Italian companies to build 1 GW of solar farms in Iran
Reports have surfaced that Italian companies Genesis and Dynkun have signed a memorandum of understanding with officials from Irans northwestern Qazvin province, for 100 PV plants of 10 MW each.
Trina Solar sets new IBC cell efficiency record
The Chinese company achieved an impressive 23.5% efficiency for its large-area Interdigitated Back Contact mono-crystalline silicon solar cell, to go with the companys other efficiency records.
EDF agrees acquisition of US solar company
The French energy giant expands its presence in the United States renewables industry with a deal for the acquisition of solar project development and management company Global Resource Options.
EDF agrees acquisition of US solar company
The French energy giant expands its presence in the United States renewables industry with a deal for the acquisition of solar project development and management company Global Resource Options.
EDF agrees acquisition of US solar company
The French energy giant expands its presence in the United States renewables industry with a deal for the acquisition of solar project development and management company Global Resource Options.
Solar Impulse pilot spoke with U.N. from cockpit during testing leg of journey
Bertrand Piccard, one of two Swiss pilots that are taking shifts to fly the Solar Impulse 2 around the world, spoke to Ban Ki-moon after the signing of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, while in mid-flight across the Pacific Ocean last week.
Update: Solar Impulse completes Pacific crossing
Swiss pioneering pilot Bertrand Piccard has completed the second leg of the Solar Impulse’s crossing of the Pacific. The solar aircraft landed at Moffett Airfield on 23 April at 11:44 pm local time. The Solar Impulse 2 will continue onto New York, Europe or North Africa and Abu Dhabi, completed a circumnavigation of the globe.
Alice Springs: Solar city at centre of a fossil fuel controversy
Renewables have been erroneously blamed for a number of blackouts in Australia, which were actually the result of failing network equipment and fossil fuel generators.
Senate passes energy bill with benefits for solar and renewable energy integration
Solar is not a main feature of the bill that passed the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, but the legislation does contain perks for solar, as well as measures to study grid modernization and energy storage.
Offgrid solution: Using discarded smartphone batteries to light up rural homes
Kyung Hee University researcher Boucar Diouf plans to start solar-powered LED lamp pilot projects in Senegal and sub-Saharan African countries within the next year.
