The Best Places For Solar Power If You Want To Clean The US Grid
Solar power is useful everywhere, and it’s been big news lately that solar power has accounted for so much of US power capacity growth — 27% in the first half of 2020 and 60% in June.
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German State Requires Solar Panels On New, Non-Residential Buildings
German state of Baden-Württemberg follows basic logic and requires that all new non-residential buildings have solar panels on them.
India Extends Crucial Incentive For Solar & Wind Power Projects
As India struggles to achieve its ambitious 160-gigawatt solar and wind power target by 2022, it has once again extended the expiry of a crucial incentive for those projects.
Community Solar Power — What’s Happening? What’s New?
Learn more about what community solar is all about, and you, too, might find a way into residential solar.
Community Solar Power Guide
Many people in the United States would like to power their homes from solar but can’t do so because they rent, live in multiple-unit dwellings, don’t have optimal roof sun angles, or other reasons. But there’s a solar option for those people too: Community Solar. Think of it — an … [continued]
A Solar Roof That Only Comes Out When The Sun Is Shining
A company in Switzerland, Kronberg, and its partner, St. Gallish-Appenzellische Kraftwerke (SAK), have created something unique with solar.
Shell In Talks For Distributed Solar JV In India
After achieving significant success in large-scale solar power projects and solar parks, the Indian government is now looking to expand the decentralized solar power sector as well.
Abu Dhabi To Have Cheapest Solar Power Ever — 1.35 Cents Per Kilowatt-Hour
The UAE’s other major city, Dubai, set the low-solar-PV-price record in January 2015 at what was then a shocking 5.98¢/kWh, then did so again in 2016 at 2.99¢/kWh. Dubai also set a low-price record for concentrated solar power (CSP), at just 7.3¢/kWh. The new low-PV bid chosen by Abu Dhabi’s public electric utility will bring down the cost of solar power to just 1.35¢/kWh.
US Scientists Create New Solar Cell That Blows Past Theoretical Limit, But Why?
A new record-setting solar cell isn’t just another pretty PV face — it could open up new opportunities for concentrating solar power, too.
The Next Big Solar Technology? #Intersolar2020
Disruptive advances in solar technology are unusual, with industry-wide design improvements often taking place in very small increments. These small changes create the buzz at solar trade shows like Intersolar North America, which is wrapping up this week in San Diego.
