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Solar Technology

Australian Solar PV Integrated Window Technology Gains US Approval

Australian integrated building materials company ClearVue says it has won approval to market its innovative PV integrated window materials in the US, opening up…

Microgrid

ACWA Connects Sakaka Solar Plant to Saudi Arabia’s Electricity grid

ACWA Power has successfully connected the Sakaka Solar PV Plant in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to the national electricity grid.

Distributed Solar

What’s Holding Back Community Solar?

Research shows nearly half of U.S. homes and businesses are unqualified for suitable PV systems. Add demographics who lack permission or funding for installatio…

Australia: Making Every Building Count in Meeting Emission Targets

Buildings in Australia account for over 50% of electricity use and almost a quarter of our carbon emissions but the failures, frailties and fragmentation of the…

Solar Power Panel

Cleantech Solar commissions 914 kWp on-site rooftop solar PV at Molnlycke in Malaysia

Over 2,600 solar panels have been deployed on top of Mölnlycke’s manufacturing facility located in Kuala Ketil through a long-term power purchase agreement (P…

Market Analysis

Solar in Burundi – Just Add Water

The African Development Bank is seeking consultants to explore how two hydropower projects and an associated grid planned in Burundi can incorporate solar power…

Solar Technology

Novel Hybrid Device Harnesses Heat from Sun and Stores it as Thermal Energy

Scientists at the University of Houston describe a new device that can efficiently harness solar energy and store it until it is required, offering the potentia…

Saudi-led Group Lined up for Dubai PV Giant

ACWA Power and Gulf Investment Corp to build phase four of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum solar farm

Solar Technology

Silfab Making Back-Contact PV Modules in North America

North American PV module manufacturer, Silfab Solar has installed a full-size industrial production tool for the manufacturing of back-contact PV modules from E…

Ofgem Charges Ahead with UK Grid Reforms

UK energy regulator Ofgem is to press ahead with grid charge reforms that renewable trade associations say will undermine subsidy-free deployment.

Solar Power Panel

Meeco Installs First Sun2rope Solution in Kenya

A Swiss-based clean energy provider, The meeco Group, has completed the structural installation of its first solar photovoltaic (PV) project using an innovative…

Market Analysis

The IEA's Electricity Outlook and Solar Solution

IEA scenarios show solar PV becoming the largest component of global installed capacity, saying, “The expansion of generation from wind and solar PV helps rene…

Zimbabwe Includes Pumped Storage Hydro in Renewable Energy Strategy

Swedish-owned Ngonyezi Projects has entered into a non-consumptive water use agreement with Zimbabwe National Water Authority, which will see the installation o…

Solar Company

Côte d’Ivoire Gets World Bank Support for 60 MW of Solar

The African country has joined the World Bank’s Scaling Solar Program. Two PV plants will be located in Touba and Laboa, in the northeast of the country.

Bangladeshi Government Will Renegotiate Solar Tariffs for Projects Which Miss Deadlines

Officials in Dhaka frustrated by the lack of progress on several PV projects have decided to punish tardy developers by setting new power prices which reflect t…