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TESLA TINY HOUSE: A Perfect Home to Show off Solar Power Potential (PHOTO)
Tesla has a new way to demonstrate the possibilities of its home solar products to potential customers – using a ‘tiny house’ on wheels, which it can tow on a rolling tour with a Tesla Model X. The Tesla Tiny…
Green Light for Scotland’s Largest Solar Farm
A Scottish council has this week granted planning permission for what would be the country’s largest solar farm, a 20MW project near Urquhart in Morayshire, Northern Scotland. The solar farm is set to be constructed on a 47-hectare site and…
World’s Largest Solar Thermal Power Plant Approved for Australia
The South Australian state government has approved the construction of a 150-megawatt solar thermal power plant. The AU $650 million (US $510 million) structure will be built in Port Augusta and is slated for completion by 2020. It will be…
GE Pumped Hydro Project to Increase Israel’s Energy Resiliency
GE Renewable Energy has won a contract to supply and build the 344 MW Kokhav Hayarden hydro pumped storage station in Israel. The plant is deemed key to stabilizing the Israeli power grid. The turnkey contract was secured with Israeli…
Colorado Co-Op To Develop Country’s Largest Low-Income Community Solar Project
A partnership between the Colorado Energy Office, GRID Alternatives, and the Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association will work to develop the United States’ largest low-income community solar project aimed at lowering the electricity bills of qualifying low-income residents, affordable housing…
India’s Recent 500 Megawatt Rooftop Solar Auction Sees Lowest Bid Of 3.4¢/kWh
India has auctioned the largest capacity of rooftop solar power projects in history and the results are extremely promising and could provide a much-needed boost to the rooftop solar power market. The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) recently announced…
Increased Hydro & Solar Generation Brings Down Electric Prices In El Salvador
Increased hydro power generation and a newly commissioned solar power project have reduced the overall cost of electricity in El Salvador, the power regulator of the country, Siget, recently stated. Siget recently announced that the electricity tariff for the period…