Solar Industry News
Officials greenlight massive billion-dollar solar farm project that will be largest of its kind
The Oak Run Solar Project on 6,000 acres in Madison County will be able to serve the grid with enough electricity to power 170,000 homes.
Spanish installer tests vertical rooftop PV array based on conventional panels
Sud Renovables has installed a pilot vertical rooftop PV system on one of its facilities in Barcelona, Spain.
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
USA solar panel manufacturing capacity soared 71% in Q1 2024
A record-setting 11GW of new solar module manufacturing capacity came online in the USduring Q1 2024, the largest quarter of solar manufacturing growth in American history.
Solar modules deployed in France in 1992 still provide 75.9% of original output power
New testing conducted at France’s oldest PV system have shown that its solar modules can still provide performance values in line with what the manufacturers promised.
IEA: Solar PV investment to surpass all technologies combined in 2024
Investment in solar PV is expected to surpass all other generation technologies combined with over US$500B, according to a report from IEA.
The US is putting enough solar to power 70,000 homes on old nuclear weapons sites
The US Department of Energy (DOE) is going to repurpose sites previously used in the nuclear weapons program into solar farms.
World’s biggest solar farm goes online, big enough to power a country
The world’s biggest solar plant has come online in China, capable of powering a small country with its annual capacity of more than 6B KWh.
Agrivoltaics boost food & energy production in Asia
Agrivoltaics offers a promising solution to the complex task of harmonizing energy production and agriculture.
Solar passes 100% of power demand in California
For 55 days in a row, electricity from solar, wind, and water power exceeded 100% of power demand on CA’s main grid for part of the day.
This Spanish city plans to turn its cemeteries into the country’s largest urban solar farm
Valencia, a city in Spain is starting to use its cemeteries to generate renewable power. The project has been dubbed RIP (Requiem in Power).
Senate passes bill to partially restore solar incentives
SB 1374 removes a burdensome barrier and restores the ability for customers to self-consume the energy they produce on their property.