Solar Industry News
50 organizations support AB 2256 to keep rooftop solar growing in California
Rooftop solar energy is essential to helping California meet its goal of generating 100% clean electricity by 2045.
Solar microgrid breaks ground in Northern California tribal community
Newsom Admin officials joined the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians at the groundbreaking of a large-scale solar & storage microgrid.
Solar panels are being used in Gaza to power wells, creating clean water
A man in the Gaza Strip is using solar panels to clean water for his neighbors in the midst of a humanitarian crisis.
California exceeds 100% of energy demand with renewables over a record 30 days
In a major clean energy benchmark, wind, solar, and hydro exceeded 100% of demand on California’s main grid for 30 of the past 38 days.
California is a solar superpower
Solar energy will play an increasingly important role in helping California achieve its clean electricity goal by 2045.
A new dawn for solar cells: 190% quantum efficiency is possible
The Intertubes lit up today with news of a new, 190% efficient solar cell that could finally send fossil fuels packing once and for all.
California Supreme Court to review rooftop solar net metering
California’s highest court granted review to a lawsuit challenging a “regressive” rooftop solar policy called NEM 3.0.
California ranked ‘greenest’ US state thanks to water conservation, EVs and rooftop solar
California ranks as the “greenest” state in America according to a report released Wednesday by the WalletHub personal finance website.
Istanbul hub to become 1st airport powered entirely by solar energy
Istanbul Airport will have its entire electricity needs met by a solar energy plant that is slated to be launched by the end of the year.
US states to conserve land, water with solar on canals
Three large projects in CA, UT, and OR will cover water reclamation facilities with solar panels for energy production and water conservation
New Jersey farm studies agrivoltaics with vertically mounted solar
The Sunzaun vertical racking system will hold bifacial solar modules that produce energy from both sides of the vertically oriented array.
Photovoltaics for elevated metro stations
Elevated metro stations may highly benefit from rooftop solar power generation combined w/ battery storage, new research from China suggests.
Smelting steel without fossil fuels: Solar power shatters the 1,000°C barrier for industrial heating
Swiss researchers have developed a solar energy method using synthetic quartz to achieve temperatures above 1,000°C for industrial processes
City of Arvin, California & Veolia North America break ground on innovative solar energy installation
Solar energy installation will decarbonize the city’s wastewater treatment plant and meet all its power needs
Solar was almost 100% of new electrical capacity added in the US in March
In March alone, solar accounted for 99.7% of capacity added, marking the seventh month in a row in which it provided more new US electrical generating capacity than any other energy source.
Israel to deploy 250 MW of floating solar, agrivoltaics
The Israeli authorities have proposed a plan to deploy 250 MW of floating solar & agrivoltaics through 4 PV plants in the Negev Desert.
California bill would undo rules making it hard for schools to go solar
State regulators slashed solar programs that school districts rely on to cut energy bills and finance sustainability projects. A new bill could fix that.
How Amazon is harnessing solar energy, batteries, and AI to help decarbonize the grid
Artificial Intelligence is helping solar-plus-storage projects provide power even when the sun isn’t shining.
Space, the new frontier of photovoltaics
Space-based solar panels are lighter and multi-junction that extracts more energy in the same amount of exposed surface area.
Renewables are meeting 95% of Portugal’s electricity needs
Portugal generated an ‘historic’ 95 per cent of its electricity from renewables in April, according to the network operator REN.
An off-grid solar tracker powers this EV charging station
The off-grid solar tracker EV charger is quicker and less expensive to install than traditional grid-connected stations and avoids costly utility demand charges since there’s no need for infrastructure.