Category:Solar Energy

The global solar market installed an impressive 98.9 gigawatts of new capacity in 2017 according to SolarPower Europe, increasing by 29.3%, in comparison to the 76.5 gigawatts (GW) and 49% recorded in...

One of the world’s largest solar companies, Canadian Solar, announced this week that it had completed the sale of a portfolio of Californian solar projects worth 235 megawatts (MW) to Korea’s largest...

Late last month, the Solar Energy Corporation of India launched a Request for Proposal (RfP) document for what will be the single largest solar power auction in the country’s history. This tender for...

While technically not a city, Diu has become the first union territory in India to be fully powered by solar power. Daman & Diu are geographically separated, but administratively form a single union...

Finnish solar thermal systems provider Savo-Solar has signed a final delivery contract with newHeat SAS in France. The contract is for France’s largest solar thermal system. It will be installed in Condat-sur-Vézère and...

Ohio-based Fifth Third Bank has become the first Fortune 500 company, the first bank, and the first RE100 member to achieve its goal of securing 100% of its power consumption with renewables...

ENGIE North America has this week announced the acquisition of Chicago-based SoCore Energy and its 320 megawatt pipeline of operational and late-stage development solar and battery storage projects. The North American subsidiary of...

Swedish power company Vattenfall, known most recently for its wind energy development, has announced that it plans to invest €100 million in large-scale solar energy generation over the next two years, as...

Renewable energy facilities totalling 2 GW are set to be commissioned in Kazakhstan by end-2020, the Astana Times reports, citing energy minister Kanat Bozumbayev. The capacity will come from about 52 of renewable...

A Mennonite college in northern Indiana is planning to install more than 900 electricity-generating solar panels on its campus. Goshen College says the solar panels will be placed atop the school's Rec-Fitness Center....

The world's largest solar park set up at an investment of Rs 16,500 crore at Pavagada in Karnataka's Tumakuru district was launched by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today. The 2,000 MW park, named as...

Indian Railways will soon launch tenders to set up large-scale solar power projects working towards its overall solar power target of 5 gigawatts. Railway Minister Piyush Goyal recently announced that Indian Railways will...

Norwegian company Scatec Solar has reiterated plans to set up large-scale solar power projects, and shared details about the capacity and location of the project. Media reported earlier this month that Scatec Solar...

American solar manufacturer SunPower has announced restructuring plans in the wake of Donald Trump’s imposition of a 30% tariff on solar modules and cells following a Section 201 trade case that will...

Danish tech news magazine Ingeniøren reports today that 18 years of hard work has resulted in the startup infinityPV finally commercializing products with printed solar photovoltaic foil. I had heard about these...

Yuri Horwitz, co-founder and CEO of Sol Systems, says he and his company expect solar power to be the dominant form of new electricity generation by 2022. In a report dated February...