Renewable electricity just powered California 100% for the first time in history
Renewable electricity met 100% of California’s demand for the first time on Saturday, much of it from large amounts of solar power.
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Tesco trials solar-powered refrigerated trailers
Retailer Tesco is trialling solar-powered refrigerated trailers in the UK in a collaboration with Marshall Fleet Solutions.
A better way to clean solar panels
MIT researchers have devised a waterless, no-contact system, which uses electrostatic repulsion to automatically clean solar panels.
Solar beats nuclear at many potential settlement sites on Mars
A new study concludes that a solar power system would weigh less than a nuclear system, and would be sufficient to power a colony on Mars.
Repairing a solar array in space
NASA’s Lucy Mission will use solar panels to get sufficient power to run science instruments for the project,
City of Sierra Madre hosts ribbon cutting ceremony for solar array project
On Jan. 27, the City of Sierra Madre broke ground on the Sierra Madre Solar Array Project and completed the project on Earth Day, April 22.
CPUC approves California utility projects including PG&E’s 1.6GW/6.4GWh BESS
The CPUC has approved the projects proposed by PG&E in January in response to an order to procure 11.5GW of clean energy capacity.
Working out the details of a circular solar economy
A new software model helps us consider what to do with end-of-life solar modules, guiding us toward a circular solar economy.
A different kind of solar power attracts attention
Concentrated solar-thermal power harnesses the sun’s energy without photovoltaic panels, using mirrors to concentrate the sun’s rays.
Tesla takes a 9400 mile, solar-powered road trip
A team of scientists from Australia and the UK are embarking on an epic, 9400-mile Tesla road trip on 100% solar power.