Solar Industry News

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.

US Senators urge Biden administration to expedite solar tariff investigation decision

A group of US Senators are urging President Biden to expedite and conclude the administration’s investigation into imported solar panels.

Meet the power plant of the future: solar + battery hybrids are poised for explosive growth

Early signs suggest the top energy trend of the 2020s may be a boom in “hybrid” power plants composed of solar and battery storage.

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,