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]
Tata Power commissioned a 1.4-gigawatt (GW) solar power plant in Rajasthan, India, just before the end of the year. The INR 54.9 billion ($611 million) project is actually the largest solar power plant Tata Power has ever built. Approximately 2.454 TWh of electricity are expected to be produced each year … [continued]
The era of a global free market is quickly dying, leading to a need for more and more core manufacturing within countries’ own borders. Unless leadership in the US changes dramatically, and leadership in the EU changes to some degree, and China and India loosen up their requirements significantly, this … [continued]
The ZOUPW 450W Portable Solar Panel is designed for people who need reliable, renewable power wherever they go, whether that’s camping off the grid, living the van life, or preparing for emergencies at home. It’s a foldable, weather-resistant, and high-output solar panel built to make off-grid energy generation both powerful … [continued]
Renewable energy is moving ahead all around the world, while the US sucks its thumb and whines about how good things were in the 1950s.
Last week, Carolyn Fortuna had an interesting article on Kamala Harris. Within that article, Harris had a quote that asked an important question: “Why. Didn’t. I. Separate. Myself. From. Joe. Biden?” Overall, the most obvious answer to that question was that she didn’t have much time. Introducing ideas takes time, … [continued]
Recent reports out of think tank Ember on China’s record-breaking $20 billion in August clean technology exports and the underlying data have stimulated discussion online. Electrek focused on the EV exports that are driving much of the growth. Meanwhile, Bloomberg put the numbers together with DOE and EIA data to … [continued]
We sat down with Arka Energy at RE+ in Las Vegas and were eager to see their solar awnings and carports. They have been hard at work scaling their core solution to new applications and were eager to show off their new standalone Power Gazebo alongside a new suite of digital … [continued]
A new rooftop vertical solar installation in northern Norway shows that solar can work almost anywhere there is sunlight.
The solar power industry is soaring. Developers added 12 gigawatts (GW) of new utility-scale solar electric generating capacity in the US during the first half of 2025, and they plan to add another 21 GW in the second half of the year. The buildout to 64 GW that developers plan … [continued]
