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FATHER-SON TEAM PLANS ANTARCTIC TREK POWERED BY RENEWABLE ENERGY
Perpetual sunlight will charge the solar panels, which will power a NASA-designed ice melter to provide them with enough water for drinking and cooking... READ MORE›
UK'S BIGGEST SOLAR FARM PLANNED FOR KENT COAST
Britain's biggest existing solar farm is at Lyneham in Wiltshire... READ MORE›
CHINA'S PANDA-SHAPED SOLAR PLANT IS PART OF A BIGGER CHALLENGE FACING TRUMP
Dou Yongqiang, a 29-year old engineer, fixes a sign at Panda Green Energy's Datong plant... READ MORE›
SOLAR GREW FASTER THAN ALL OTHER FORMS OF POWER FOR THE FIRST TIME
Solar powered by photovoltaics, or PVs, grew by 50 percent, with almost half of new plants built in China... READ MORE›
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NO ONE SAW TESLA'S SOLAR ROOF COMING
Elon Musk just showed us the grand unification of Tesla fast cars, big batteries, and a stunning solar rooftop... READ MORE›
WHILE TRUMP PROMOTES COAL, OTHER COUNTRIES ARE TURNING TO CHEAP SOLAR POWER
It is also the world's best place to produce solar energy, with the most potent sun power on the planet... READ MORE›
WORLD'S FIRST SOLAR PANEL ROAD OPENS IN NORMANDY VILLAGE
France has opened what it claims to be the world's first solar panel road, in a Normandy village... READ MORE›
TESLA'S SOLAR ROOF PRICING IS CHEAP ENOUGH TO CATCH ON
Has begun taking 1,000 deposits for its remarkable solar roof tiles--to be delivered this summer at a price point that could expand the U.S. solar market... READ MORE›
SOLAR POWER GROWTH LEAPS BY 50% WORLDWIDE THANKS TO US AND CHINA
Globally there is now 305GW of solar power capacity, up from around 50GW in 2010 and virtually nothing at the turn of the millennium... READ MORE›
TESLA'S FUTURE IN TRUMP'S WORLD
Solar and wind subsidies are probably safe Tesla is, first and foremost, an electric car company... READ MORE›
BRITAIN'S FIRST 'ENERGY POSITIVE' HOUSE OPENS IN WALES
According to Jones, the building costs of the 100 squar e metre energy positive house could drop below 100,000 if several were built at the same time... READ MORE›
SOLAR POWER BREAKS UK RECORDS THANKS TO SUNNY WEATHER
Buckley said the grid could handle a far greater proportion of solar power than currently seen, because gas power stations could be ramped down... READ MORE›
INDIA UNVEILS GLOBAL SOLAR ALLIANCE OF 120 COUNTRIES AT PARIS CLIMATE SUMMIT
India's prime minister has launched an international solar alliance of over 120 countries with the French president, Francois Hollande, at the Paris COP21 climate summit... READ MORE›
SUNSHINE COAST COUNCIL STAYS TRUE TO ITS NAME BY OPENING ITS OWN SOLAR FARM IN A LOCAL GOVERNMENT FIRST
Queensland's Sunshine Coast Council becomes the first local government to open its own solar farm to offset all of its electricity needs... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIAN HOMES AMONG FIRST TO GET TESLA'S POWERWALL SOLAR-ENERGY BATTERY
The Tesla product isn't unique by any stretch, but it's the Apple brand of the battery storage industry, they have the sex appeal that others don't... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA'S LARGEST SOLAR FARM SET TO SPROUT IN A QUEENSLAND FIELD
That is equivalent to one fifth of the current total renewable energy target for the entire country in a single power station... READ MORE›
INDIA'S BAREFOOT COLLEGE LIGHTS UP THE WORLD
It is in such villages like Santa Teresa in Belize that Tilonia's Barefoot College goes to find its women to be trained in solar engineering... READ MORE›
PROSPECT OF TRUMP TARIFF CASTS PALL OVER U.S. SOLAR INDUSTRY
FILE PHOTO A man views solar panels on a roof at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, U.S., June 18, 2007... READ MORE›
RENEWABLES ROADSHOW: HOW BROKEN HILL WENT FROM MINING TO DRAG QUEENS AND SOLAR FARMS
Thomas says while former Broken Hill artists painted mining scenes, many of the newer ones are inspired by renewable energy... READ MORE›
SOLAR PLANE MAKES HISTORY AFTER COMPLETING ROUND-THE-WORLD TRIP
Solar Impulse 2 has completed the first round-the-world flight by a solar-powered aeroplane, after touching down in Abu Dhabi early on Tuesday... READ MORE›
SOLAR IMPULSE LANDS IN HAWAII AFTER LONGEST NON-STOP SOLO FLIGHT IN HISTORY
Veteran pilot tested to the limit of endurance on record-breaking solar-powered flight across the Pacific, on the eighth leg of round-the-world journey... READ MORE›
TRUMP'S PITCH FOR MAKING THE MEXICO BORDER WALL 'BEAUTIFUL'
Trump's pitch for making the Mexico border wall 'beautiful' add solar panels... READ MORE›
WORLD'S BIGGEST FLOATING SOLAR FARM POWERS UP OUTSIDE LONDON
Thames Water said that plans for a super-sewer under London would not affect the solar power project... READ MORE›
THE MOST-HATED BEAR IN SOLAR ISN'T BACKING DOWN
Turns out Johnson was right about solar-panel company SolarCity, bought by Tesla Inc... READ MORE›
WORLD'S LARGEST SOLAR PLANT OPENS IN CALIFORNIA DESERT
If legislators adopt a 50 renewable energy mandate, it could incentivize massive projects like Desert Sunlight... READ MORE›
NEVADA SOLAR INDUSTRY COLLAPSES AFTER STATE LETS POWER COMPANY RAISE FEES
In July, Sunrun filed a public records request for messages between the governor, his aides, and NV Energy... READ MORE›
NEVADA'S SOLAR WORKERS AND CUSTOMERS REEL AS NEW RULES 'SHUT DOWN' INDUSTRY
California and a number of other states eventually defeated efforts by energy companies and corporate lobby groups to claw back incentives for solar customers... READ MORE›
FLORIDA MEASURE CALLS ITSELF PRO-SOLAR BUT CRITICS SAY IT'S 'A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING'
Environmentalists have rounded on the Florida measure, with former vice-president Al Gore accusing the utilities of trying to fool you into killing off the solar industry... READ MORE›
SAN FRANCISCO ADOPTS LAW REQUIRING SOLAR PANELS ON ALL NEW BUILDINGS
San Francisco has this week passed landmark legislation requiring all new buildings under 10 storeys in height to be fitted with rooftop solar panels... READ MORE›
SOLAR, WIND INDUSTRIES HOPE YEARS COURTING REPUBLICANS PAYS OFF UNDER TRUMP
The Solar Energy Industries Association, before the election, provided Trump staffers with information about the investment tax credit and its impact on jobs and the economy... READ MORE›
QUEENSLAND INSTALLS AUSTRALIA'S FIRST POWERWALL BATTERY FOR SOLAR TRIAL
Energex, which is owned by the state government, launches a 12-month trial of solar batteries to investigate ways to integrate them into electricity supply... READ MORE›
JAPAN BEGINS WORK ON 'WORLD'S LARGEST' FLOATING SOLAR FARM
The Japanese electronics multinational Kyocera has begun work on what it says will be the world's biggest floating solar farm... READ MORE›
SOLAR IMPULSE 2 COMPLETES FIRST EVER ATLANTIC CROSSING BY SOLAR PLANE
Solar Impulse 2 has completed the first ever crossing of the Atlantic by a solar-powered aeroplane, landing in Spain early on Thursday morning... READ MORE›
WORLD'S LARGEST SOLAR POWER PLANT UNVEILED IN INDIA'S KAMUTHI
India's new solar power plant in Kamuthi town has a capacity of 648 MW, spread over 10 square kilometers almost 4 square miles ... READ MORE›