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Solar Growth Skyrockets as Nuclear Power Fails to Compete
Last year’s solar deployment numbers just came in and they are, in a word, phenomenal. Utilities bought more new solar capacity than they did natural gas capacity: an astounding 22 states added more than 100 MW of solar each. At…
ABB Delivers Dubai Sun
ABB has completed a substation to deliver the electricity generated by a 200MW photovoltaic plant in Dubai. The 400/132kV gas-insulated switchgear unit, built for local utility Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA), will connect and integrate the second phase of…
India Officially Doubles Its Solar Parks Target to 40 Gigawatts
The Indian government has confirmed that it will go ahead with a second phase of its solar power park program. The announcement was made by the Minister of Finance in the union budget speech for financial year 2017-18. India will…
Solar Surge Accounts for One in Every 50 New US Jobs
Those still hoping President Trump’s focus on job creation could deliver dividends for the green economy were handed fresh ammunition yesterday, as a new report revealed one in every 50 new jobs created in the US last year was in…
Hangzhou Fengling Finishes 200 MW Solar-Aquaculture Project
The developer connected the massive installation to the grid earlier this month in eastern China, roughly 150 kilometres south of Shanghai. The panels were mounted on piles above the surface of the Changhe and Zhouxiang reservoirs in Cixi, Zhejiang province.…
Campaigners Cheer as EU Member States Vote Against Solar Trade Duties
A host of EU Member States yesterday voted against extending controversial measures imposing a Minimum Import Price (MIP) on solar cells and modules from Asia. More than half of Member States voted against extending the MIP, in a landmark move…
Melbourne Trams to Be Solar-Powered under Andrews Government Proposal
Building large-scale solar farms in northern Victoria part of plan to reduce state’s net carbon emissions to zero by 2050. Melbourne’s tram network will become entirely solar-powered under a proposal by the Andrews government to build large-scale solar farms in…