Solar Industry News
California residents are increasingly pairing battery storage with solar installations
Solar paired with battery installations makes up about 9% of all installed residential net metering capacity in California
Community solar can help affordable housing residents fight inflation
Critically, community solar programs are increasingly focused on ensuring these energy bill savings are shared with low-income households
1,000 times more powerful than solar panels: This ceramics breaks the laws of physics
A team of scientists at ETH Zurich has come up with a new photovoltaic ceramic known to transform the solar energy market.
Watch the world’s tiniest solar-powered robot take flight
Researchers hope the palm-size solar-powered robot will help monitor remote disasters and link telecommunications systems
California’s grid passed the reliability test this heat wave. It’s all about giant batteries
California's power grid remained largely unscathed by a nearly 3-week record-setting heat wave thanks to renewable energy and giant batteries
World’s largest green energy project to send Australian solar power underwater to Singapore
The 12,000-hectare solar installation is expected to generate 17-20 GW (at peak times) and a minimum of 10 GW from its expanse of PV arrays.
The mystery of this vertical solar panel: it generates more energy, but experts don’t understand it
This vertical solar panel could be the answer to the prayers of an industry desperately seeking new ways to exploit solar energy.
Smart agrivoltaics policy allows us to harvest the sun while preserving American farmland
Agrivoltaics help preserve & improve prime agricultural land while providing farmers with additional income.
China building two-thirds of world’s wind and solar projects
The amount of wind and solar power under construction in China is now nearly twice as much as the rest of the world combined.
A new concept in floating solar trackers
Soltec launched a new floating tracker, dubbed Flotus, designed for inland water bodies such as reservoirs and ponds.
Tesla’s California virtual power plant delivers 100 MW to help the grid
Tesla’s virtual power plant (VPP) in California delivered 100 MW of power to help the grid not use gas peaker plants yesterday.
Check out Michael Phelps’ massive home solar + battery system
Olympic Champion and Team Panasonic Brand Ambassador Michael Phelps embraces solar at home with Panasonic EVERVOLT Total Home System.
California residents are increasingly pairing battery storage with solar installations
Solar paired with battery installations makes up about 9% of all installed residential net metering capacity in California
Community solar can help affordable housing residents fight inflation
Critically, community solar programs are increasingly focused on ensuring these energy bill savings are shared with low-income households
1,000 times more powerful than solar panels: This ceramics breaks the laws of physics
A team of scientists at ETH Zurich has come up with a new photovoltaic ceramic known to transform the solar energy market.
Watch the world’s tiniest solar-powered robot take flight
Researchers hope the palm-size solar-powered robot will help monitor remote disasters and link telecommunications systems
California’s grid passed the reliability test this heat wave. It’s all about giant batteries
California’s power grid remained largely unscathed by a nearly 3-week record-setting heat wave thanks to renewable energy and giant batteries
World’s largest green energy project to send Australian solar power underwater to Singapore
The 12,000-hectare solar installation is expected to generate 17-20 GW (at peak times) and a minimum of 10 GW from its expanse of PV arrays.
The mystery of this vertical solar panel: it generates more energy, but experts don’t understand it
This vertical solar panel could be the answer to the prayers of an industry desperately seeking new ways to exploit solar energy.
Smart agrivoltaics policy allows us to harvest the sun while preserving American farmland
Agrivoltaics help preserve & improve prime agricultural land while providing farmers with additional income.
China building two-thirds of world’s wind and solar projects
The amount of wind and solar power under construction in China is now nearly twice as much as the rest of the world combined.