Agrivoltaic Research, Applications Could Reconcile Trade-Offs at the Water-Food-Energy Nexus
A growing body of scientific research and real-world applications at the water-food-energy nexus is revealing that solar panels and photovoltaic (PV) energy systems on...
Caribbean Island Rolls Out Battery Energy Storage System, Looks to Add Solar on Path...
Grid power and electricity service on the Caribbean island of Bonaire has improved substantially as a result of the addition of a new, smart,...
Nevada Utility NV Energy Goes “Solar Plus Storage” in a Big Way
Customers of Nevada utility NV Energy are going to be getting a lot more electricity from utility-scale “solar plus storage” power plants in the...
No Batteries Needed: Can Low-Cost Solar Desalination System “Green” Namibia’s Desert Coast?
Water quality and scarcity is a growing issue the world over, including in Namibia, which has been struggling to cope with a prolonged drought...
Solar Jobs and Seeing the Light
While various professional solar journals like SEIA, Solar Energy and ASME report the employment numbers, sometimes the dots aren’t getting connected. The development of...
New Solar Power Resources for Canada’s Alberta Province
The Canadian Province of Alberta has signed a 20-year Solar Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the Conklin Metis Tribal Nation to deliver 94 MW...
Sunrun’s ISO New England Home Solar-Plus-Storage Forward Capacity Award Establishes a Distributed, Renewable Energy...
U.S.-based Sunrun recently won a bid to provide regional transmission organization (RTO) ISO New England (ISO-NE) with energy capacity at wholesale rates by aggregating...
A New U.S. Solar Market Force Aims to “Generate Energy from Every Roof”
U.S. solar growth prospects received what could be a substantial boost recently when Standard Industries announced the launch of a new unit, GAF Energy, that...
California-based Solar Finance-Installation Company’s Revenues Soar 3,000 Percent in Three Years
Freedom Forever doubled its revenues in 2018, breaching the $100 million mark for the first time in the company’s seven-year history. Revenues have soared...
Solar Fields of Green: Researchers Find Symbiosis at the Food-Water-Energy Nexus
Researchers around the world are discovering a variety of benefits resulting from installation of photovoltaic (PV) solar energy systems on farms and ranch lands,...
Solar Power Jobs Campaign Aims to Provide Education, Training for 4.5 Million
A worldwide coalition of 200 private and public organizations, Power for All today launched Powering Jobs, a campaign aimed at providing the training and...
The Solar Energy Industries Association and The Solar Foundation Aim to Bring Down U.S....
So-called “soft costs” continue to account for a rising proportion of total installed solar energy systems costs in the U.S. That has led the...
