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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›
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INDIA UNVEILS THE WORLD'S LARGEST SOLAR POWER PLANT
Images have been released showing the sheer size of the new solar power plant in southern India... 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›
CHINA JUST BUILT A CUTE SOLAR PLANT SHAPED LIKE A PANDA
The first phase of the plant was completed on June 30, PV magazine reported and it has started delivering power to a grid in North Western China... 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›
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›
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›
ABU DHABI'S PLOWING AHEAD WITH THESE 10 MEGA PROJECTS DURING AN OIL SLUMP
From Louvre Abu Dhabi, a new airport terminal and a nuclear power plant, here are the 10 biggest projects underway in the sheikdom... READ MORE›
AN ECLIPSE IS JUST WHAT THE U.S. POWER SECTOR'S BEEN WAITING FOR
In North Carolina, a part of which will see total darkness during the eclipse, Duke Energy Corp... 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›
THE ECLIPSE WILL GIVE US A GLIMPSE OF THE FUTURE OF NATURAL GAS
Natural gas is about to get a glimpse of its future role in the U.S. power mix as solar energy's backup... 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›
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›
DOCTORS IN THREE COUNTRIES TRIED TO SAVE THE 'WORLD'S HEAVIEST WOMAN.' NOW THEY MOURN HER.
Burjeel Hospital AP It is unclear whether Abd El Aty was undergoing a surgical procedure at the time of her death... 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›
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›
A 'MINI ICE AGE' IS JUST 15 YEARS AWAY AS SCIENTISTS PREDICT DROP IN SOLAR ACTIVITY
The Earth could be plunged into a 'mini ice age' in just 15 years from now according to new research which looks at the Sun's activity cycle... READ MORE›
SOLAR IMPULSE PLANE BEGINS FIRST SUN-POWERED FLIGHT AROUND THE WORLD BUT HOW DOES IT WORK... AND WILL IT?
Two Swiss pilots began the first ever attempt to fly around the world in a solar-powered plane this morning... READ MORE›
AMERICAN TEACHER STABBED TO DEATH BY BURKA SUSPECT IN ABU DHABI MALL
Mrs Ryan was born in Hungary but trained as a teacher in the US and lived in Denver, Colorado, before moving to Abu Dhabi... 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›
'THE ADVENTURE HAS STARTED': SOLAR PLANE TAKES OFF FOR HISTORIC JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD
Borschberg will trade off piloting with Solar Impulse co-founder Bertrand Piccard during layovers on a 35,000-kilometre journey... READ MORE›
SOLAR IMPULSE BREAKS RECORD FOR NON-STOP SOLO FLIGHT
Video Solar Impulse breaks record for non-stop solo flight... READ MORE›
BILL GATES: WORLD WILL DELIVER 'CLEAN ENERGY BREAKTHROUGH' WITHIN 15 YEARS
Bill Gates has predicted researchers will discover a clean energy breakthrough that will save our planet and power our world within the next 15 years... READ MORE›
ISRAEL BUILDS WORLD'S TALLEST SOLAR THERMAL TOWER IN NEGEV DESERT
Countries with cooler climates like Germany have outpaced Israel in renewable energy development... READ MORE›
SOLAR IMPULSE 2 SETS OFF ON FINAL LEG
From New York's JFK airport to Seville in Spain, then also piloted by Piccard... READ MORE›
SOLAR IMPULSE 2 TAKES OFF FOR 16-HOUR FLIGHT TO INDIA
Solar Impulse 2 departed Muscat, Oman, on Tuesday for an estimated 16-hour flight to Ahmedabad, India... READ MORE›
WORLD BANK, INDIA SIGN $1 BILLION SOLAR POWER DEAL
The total lending from the World Bank's various arms to Asia's third-largest economy is close to 32 billion... READ MORE›