This is what the Green New Deal looks like in real life. What an inspiration to experience first hand the harmony of a cooperative, decentralized, warm group of socially and environmentally attuned people — nonprofits working with other nonprofits, transitioning the skyscapes and the landscape naturally with an energized, renewable pulse.
People are starting to worry about Tesla’s Gigafactory 2 in Buffalo, New York. More than two years after the reveal of the SolarRoof, it seems no closer to volume production than it was in 2016. Elon Musk needs to get involved or risk an embarrassing failure.
Silicon Valley-based solar manufacturer SunPower has finally returned to manufacturing in the United States as it announced on Thursday its newly-acquired Hillsboro, Oregon facility is now assembling the company’s high-quality 19% efficient Performance Series solar panel (P19 or P-Series) for US commercial customers.
Researchers at Delft Technical University have developed a new software toolkit that can assist architects and city planners to identify where to place solar panels in urban environments.
Florida Power & Light has embarked on an ambitious program that will install 30 million solar panels by 2030, making it one of the largest renewable energy providers in the world.
An operator of a custom dolphin observation boat has combined Sunflare solar panels with lithium-ion batteries for what may be the first charter vessel of it kind, says the Key West owner. Dubbed “The Squid,” the vessel was designed for tour operator Honest Eco by David Walworth, an MIT-educated boat designer and builder.
The first solar power plant in Canada featuring bifacial solar panels has received support from Canada’s Emerging Renewable Power Program. The 23 MW facility will be built in southern Alberta.
I started covering the solar energy industry seriously in 2009. It seemed like a hopping, exciting time in the industry — growth was exploding. I remember one early story in which readers admonished me a little because I put “Solar Power Exploding” in a headline, and they thought I was referring to genuine explosions. In 2019, 2009 and 2010 progress looks like anthills.
Pay-as-you-go programs continue to revolutionize the world through solar lighting and cell phone charging systems that open up the opportunities that come with electricity, and Fenix International is leading that charge in Africa. CleanTechnica sat down with Jit Bhattacharya, CTO of Fenix International at CES this week to talk about how pay-as-you-go solar systems have scaled up to power the entire home and how the acquisition by Engie has helped Fenix International take its business to the next level.
Below are the 55 CleanTechnica articles published in 2018 that got the most eyeballs on them. Why 55?
