Solar Industry News

A Maine company has built the world’s 1st solar-powered electric boat

A Maine company has built a 100% solar-powered boat that burns no oil or gasoline, causes no water pollution and generates very little noise.

Renewable electricity just powered California 100% for the first time in history

Renewable electricity met 100% of California’s demand for the first time on Saturday, much of it from large amounts of solar power.

Tesco trials solar-powered refrigerated trailers

Retailer Tesco is trialling solar-powered refrigerated trailers in the UK in a collaboration with Marshall Fleet Solutions.

A better way to clean solar panels

MIT researchers have devised a waterless, no-contact system, which uses electrostatic repulsion to automatically clean solar panels.

Solar beats nuclear at many potential settlement sites on Mars

A new study concludes that a solar power system would weigh less than a nuclear system, and would be sufficient to power a colony on Mars.

Repairing a solar array in space

NASA’s Lucy Mission will use solar panels to get sufficient power to run science instruments for the project,

City of Sierra Madre hosts ribbon cutting ceremony for solar array project

On Jan. 27, the City of Sierra Madre broke ground on the Sierra Madre Solar Array Project and completed the project on Earth Day, April 22.

CPUC approves California utility projects including PG&E’s 1.6GW/6.4GWh BESS

The CPUC has approved the projects proposed by PG&E in January in response to an order to procure 11.5GW of clean energy capacity.

Working out the details of a circular solar economy

A new software model helps us consider what to do with end-of-life solar modules, guiding us toward a circular solar economy.