Zachary Shahan’s review of the Bluetti Elite 400 battery made me smile, I have to admit. Let me explain. Perhaps you might smile as well. I have been interested in getting a solar power system for a very long time. So long, in fact, that I remember talking about such … [continued]
The space solar field is emerging from science fiction to fact, regardless of US energy policy favoring fossil fuels.
If someone told you off-grid solar power was used to charge an electric Subaru in the sub-Arctic, would you believe it? Well, a pilot project conducted by Easee and Subaru just demonstrated it is possible to use portable solar panels and a portable EV charger to charge an electric Subaru … [continued]
The US startup Lunar Energy has raised another $232 million towards its goal of dominating the US home energy storage market, pushing Tesla’s Powerwall out of the picture.
Clean, renewable energy is cost competitive with fossil fuels, and in some cases costs less. Factoring in all the costs, including climate change impacts and harm to human health from fossil fuels, clean renewables make even more sense. In some cases where remote communities need to be able to generate … [continued]
The last time I watched a True North solar-powered boat video, he was slowly moving on a journey of about 200 miles and on electricity from his boat’s solar panels. He constructed his own boat with rooftop solar and an electric motor for propulsion, an Epropulsion 6 kW. There are … [continued]
The CdTe thin film solar manufacturing industry has an opportunity to grow to 100 gigawatts per year in the US as soon as 2030, according to an US industry-academic research team.
The US manufacturer First Solar plans to build a new 3.7 GW factory, aimed at pushing more CdTe solar cell technology into the US market (cropped, courtesy of First Solar).
Inter Partes Review applications denied as First Solar lawsuits continue to progress. First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) (“First Solar”) today announced that the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) denied three separate Inter Partes Review (IPR) applications seeking to invalidate the company’s Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact (“TOPCon”) … [continued]
I got behind on reading comments on my articles for a few days, and I’ve spent all morning catching up on that. Going through the comments on “How The World Can Respond To Trump & Rubio’s UNFCCC Idiocy,” I eventually realized I should really highlight some of them. I love … [continued]
UL Solutions has launched a dedicated testing and certification program for plug-in solar systems, also known as balcony solar, creating a clear safety framework to support their installation and use across the United States. The program establishes construction, performance and labeling criteria that help manufacturers design plug-in solar products meeting … [continued]
