Tag: solar investment
African Solar Investment and Industry Continues to Grow but Falls Far Short of What’s...
The 21st annual Africa Energy Forum took place in Lisbon, Portugal June 11–14, highlighting the risks, rewards, opportunities and challenges African nations and solar...
Malaysia Solar Energy Profile
Malaysia has emerged as an international hub for the manufacture of solar photovoltaic (PV) cells, wafers and modules. The southeast Asian nation has been...
Indonesia: A Nation Rich in Unrealized Solar Energy Potential
Solar energy and Indonesia seem almost ideally suited for each other. Indonesia has yet to tap into its abundant solar energy resource potential in...
Leading U.S. Corporations on the Cusp of Achieving 100 Percent Renewable Energy Goals
Corporations have become major drivers of solar and renewable energy growth in the U.S. over the course of recent years. Along with a growing...
Why Is Solar Energy Being Embraced by Businesses?
Commercial utilization of energy takes a sizeable chunk out of a country’s energy quota. In the United States alone, 40% of the energy that’s produced...
The Switch to Solar at Coal Power Plants and Mines is On
Project developers, investors, government and community organizations in the U.S. are coming together to resolve the socioeconomic and environmental issues associated with deploying solar...
Vietnam Solar Profile: Energy, and an Economy, in Transition
Vietnam’s power sector has been expanding alongside its economy—at USD223.9 billion in 2017—one of the 20 fastest growing in the world with year-over-year growth rates...
Solar Magazine’s Curated News Highlights, March 31–April 7 Week
The shift away from coal and towards decentralized solar, wind and renewables continues. News regarding utility solar-storage in Hawaii, retirement of the massive Navajo...
Bangladesh, World Bank Team Up to Double Grid-Connected Renewable Energy Capacity
As much as 310 megawatts (MW) of new solar power capacity is to be installed in Bangladesh beginning this year on out to January...
Sun on the Sand: Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Turns to Solar Power
Oil wells dotting the landscape, giant super-tankers plying the waters through the Strait of Hormuz, unending miles of blue-grey solar panels stretching to the horizon...
The Solar and Renewables-Fueled Utility of the Future May Be Evolving in Sub-Saharan Africa
Though yet to prove itself long-term, smart, off-grid solar-plus-energy storage and mobile money and banking services are shaping up as a potent combination when...
The Solar Shift: PV Power Side-Tracks the Feds
Under the Trump Administration, policy initiatives and financial supports that propelled the solar industry forward have been under attack, but for the most part,...
