Expiring U.S. solar subsidy spurs rush for panels
America’s biggest solar power developers are stockpiling panels to lock in a 30% federal tax credit set to start phasing out next year, a strategy that could backfire if projects Continue Reading
China To Dominate Concentrated Solar Power Renaissance
“Concentrating solar power (CSP) plants,” explains the Solar Energy Industries Association, “use mirrors to concentrate the sun’s energy to drive traditional steam turbines or engines that create electricity. The thermal Continue Reading
How The Sahara Desert Can Power The Entire World
The vast Sahara Desert in Africa is inhospitable to plants and animals, but quite suitable for movie sets such as Luke Skywalker’s desert home planet of Tatooine in Star Wars. Continue Reading
Oil & Gas Pipeline Firm Buys Solar Power For Permian Operations
Canadian Solar Inc will supply solar energy to oil and gas pipeline company Energy Transfer from a solar project in the Permian in a first-ever dedicated solar contract that Dallas-based Continue Reading
Who Is Winning The Offshore Solar Race?
Solar is one of the most forms of clean energy we have, in a time that emissions-free energy is more important than ever . If the global community has any Continue Reading
Egypt expects giant solar park to be fully operational in 2019
Egypt expects the 1.6 gigawatt solar park it is building in the south of the country to be operating at full capacity in 2019, the investment ministry said in a Continue Reading
Building The World’s Largest Solar Storage System
Over the past year, several companies have outlined plans to build solar-and-storage systems around the world—from Australia to Arizona and to the heart of the Permian oil patch in West Continue Reading
Lego owner buys majority stake in U.S. solar developer Enerparc Inc
Kirkbi, the family holding company behind toy maker Lego, said on Friday it had agreed to buy a majority stake in Enerparc Inc., a U.S. affiliate of German solar developer, Continue Reading
Rumors Of Chinese Subsidy Cuts Send Shockwaves Through Solar Markets
Last year, China sent a shockwave through the global solar market after it cut subsidies and stopped approving new solar installations in the middle of 2018, aiming to curb a Continue Reading
BP Considers Powering U.S. Operations With Solar
BP is planning to start powering some of its operations in the United States with electricity produced by solar farms, Bloomberg reports , quoting the chief executive of an affiliate, Continue Reading