Solar energy

Green Hydrogen

First Green Hydrogen Innovation Wins Prestigious Climate Innovation Challenge

South East Water and RMIT University's ground-breaking method for producing green hydrogen from solar energy and recycled water has won the 2024 Water Minis…

Microgrid

Suriname Starts Building Hybrid Solar Microgrids to Power 25 Villages

PowerChina is building three hybrid solar microgrids in Suriname, combining solar panels, energy storage, and diesel backup to power 25 remote villages across t…

Energy Investment

Türkiye to Invest $10B in Energy Storage to Boost Wind Power and Photovoltaic Solar Energy

Türkiye is making significant strides toward its 2053 net-zero carbon emissions goal by ramping up investments in energy storage systems according to T&uum…

Energy Storage Project

Arevon Fires up the First Solar + Storage Peaker Plant in the U.S.

Arevon Fires up the First Solar + Storage Peaker Plant in the U.S., Offtaker San Diego Community Power will use the Vikings project to shift low-cost daytime so…

Solar Cell

Trina Solar Claims Record-Breaking Efficiency of 26.58% for TOPCon Solar Cell

Trina Solar says it has achieved a record efficiency of 26.58% for a tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) solar cell. The Chinese manufacturer says Germany&…

Green Hydrogen

H2Global and India’s SECI Ink MoU for Green Hydrogen Trade Talks

H2Global has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) in the hopes of fostering international green hydrogen…

Solar Module

SECI Issues Tender for 400 MWp of DCR Solar Modules

The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECl) has now issued a tender seeking solarmodules upto 400 Mwp. These modules have been envisaged to be used in thepropo…

Floating Solar

RWE Pilots German PV Floater

RWE, the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) and the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) have jointly created a pilot…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Custom-Colored Modules Increase Social Acceptance of Building-Integrated Photovoltaics

A building in Eppingen, Germany, with a red roof-integrated PV systemA study by the University of Freiburg and the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems…

Solar project

US Solar Project Transforms Contaminated Brownfield Site

Thirty years in the making, but the site of a former circuit board recycling facility is now generating 7 MW of solar energy and providing power to 960 subscrib…

Solar Technology

Transforming Electric Bus Depots Into Solar Energy Hubs

An international research team has used data on Beijing’s public transit system to explore if bus depots could host solar installations and energy storage…

Solar Power Plant

Japanese Gas Supplier Buys Stake in Vietnamese PV Operator

Japanese energy producer Shizuoka Gas has jumped into Vietnam’s renewable energy sector with the acquisition of a 25% stake in My Son-Hoan Loc Viet Solar …

Solar Power Plant

Namibia: Solar Energy Project to Trade All Power on the SAPP

A 20MWp solar PV plant is set to be constructed in Namibia after the project reached financial close.The plant is touted to become the first fully merchant Inde…

Solar project

EKI Energy Registers Azerbaijan's 230 MW Solar Energy Project for Voluntary Carbon Markets

Image: Zbynek Burival, UnsplashEKI Energy Services Limited (EKI) has registered Azerbaijan’s inaugural voluntary carbon market project using renewable sol…

Solar Technology

Technology Radar for Solar Energy Buildings

Buildings with a high solar fraction require a good mix of technologies and energy efficiency measures. The scientists of IEA SHC Task 66 on Solar Energy Buildi…