Solar Industry News

Students invent solar vaccine storage system for Sub-Saharan locales

A team of four SUNY Orange engineering sciences students have designed a solar-powered absorption refrigeration (SPAR) system and will to present their project at the Innovation Challenge Boot Camp.

US Army executes lease with Bright Canyon Energy for microgrid energy resilience project

The US Army recently executed a 30-year lease with Bright Canyon Energy for a privately funded, owned and operated energy resilience project.

Amazon agrees to 450 MW solar purchase in California with AES

Amazon has sealed two power purchase agreements that will see it get 450 MW of renewable energy in the CAISO market.

This solar-powered plane could stay in the air for months

Solar Impulse 2 could be converted into the world’s first commercially viable “pseudo-satellite,” capable of replacing an orbiting satellite.

New solar-powered system produces energy and drinking water

A new solar-powered system out of Saudi Arabia is capable of producing two vital resources: energy and clean water.

ForeFront Power installs 1.4-MW solar + storage system for California school district

ForeFront Power has partnered with Newark Unified School District in California to install a 1.4-MW solar energy and storage system.

Sheep and solar panels: using solar sites for pastureland

Using solar sites for livestock grazing is still in its infancy, but flocks of sheep are already grazing contentedly in PA, VA, MD and NY.

Microsoft signs 110MW PPA with AES to power California data centers

AES Corporation this week announced a 20-year agreement with Microsoft to provide renewable energy to its data centers in California.

Construction begins on largest floating solar project in the US

Construction has begun on a 8.9-MW floating solar installation in Millburn, NJ, that will be the largest floating array in the United States.