Wanting to drive a zero emission vehicle that runs on sunshine, Doug White decided to do an ICE to EV conversion. He wanted to make an all island, go anywhere electric vehicle and of course, to start an EV conversion, one needs a donor vehicle. He wondered what might be the best island car ever? And the good old Mini Moke popped into his mind. Instantly he decided to make an electric Mini Moke. The perfect island car!
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency announced this week that it is committing $20 million in funding to boost the growth of solar PV research and development in an effort to make solar PV more affordable, efficient, and competitive.
The global installed capacity of solar PV is expected to increase from 49.77 gigawatts per anum to 69.86 gigawatts by 2020, but declines in module prices will see the market value drop from $39.71 billion in 2016 to $33.43 billion in 2020.
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Chinese solar PV manufacturer Trina Solar remained the world’s top solar PV module producer in 2015, according to research and … [continued]
Solar PV manufacturing capacity expansion announcements topped 55 GW in 2015, according to new analysis from PV Tech. According to … [continued]
The global revenue from solar PV installations is expected to total more than $1.2 trillion between 2015 to 2024, according … [continued]
The PV Market Alliance has published new figures estimating solar PV installations during 2015 reached at least 51 GW. According … [continued]
Solar installation figures for 2015 continue to roll in, with South America’s Chile and North Africa’s Algeria both completing strong … [continued]
Despite expected declines in key solar PV markets Germany and Japan, GlobalData is predicting solar PV growth will still grow … [continued]
