Solar Energy
India Just Fired Up The World’s Largest Solar Plant To Power 150,000 Homes
Things are heating up in India, where one of the world’s top polluting countries has unveiled the world’s largest solar power plant. The 648-megawatt project in Kamuthi, Tamil Nadu stole the title from California’s 550MW Topaz Solar Farm, making it…
Sun Setting on Japan’s Solar Energy Boom
The sun is setting on Japan’s clean-energy boom, despite projects like a massive floating solar farm near Tokyo, as the government cuts subsidies and bets on nuclear and coal-fired power, critics say. Workers at the floating power station, one of…
Swiss Pilot Plans To Fly Solar Airplane To The Edge Of Space
It might sound like the stuff of science fiction, but a Swiss pilot is preparing to fly to the edge of space in a solar-powered aircraft. According to Wired, Raphël Domjan is planning to fly his plane, SolarStratos, higher than…
Solar Goes Big: Launching the California Valley Solar Ranch
Today marks a major solar milestone for sunny San Luis Obispo County, California, with the start of commercial operation for California Valley Solar Ranch. This facility is one of the world’s largest solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants with the ability…
UK’s Largest Community-Owned Rooftop Solar Array Installed at Oxfordshire Aerospace Factory
Installation of the UK’s largest community-owned rooftop solar array has been completed at UTC Aerospace Systems CTG’s manufacturing site in Banbury, Oxfordshire. The 2,590 panel project installed at the facility generates 593,304 kWh of clean electricity a year, avoiding 5,800…
Renewable Energy to Crown Buckingham Palace’s £369m Makeover
Solar panels could be fitted onto the roof of Buckingham Palace as part of a £369m renovation of the iconic building, according to a programme report for the proposed refit published last week by the Royal Trustees. According to the…
China is Building a Giant Solar Plant at Chernobyl
A new solar summer rises from the ashes of nuclear winter. Two Chinese energy firms will be constructing a new solar power plant in the exclusion zone near the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, which suffered a powerful explosion in 1986 that…