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 ranging…
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 Generating…
Bangladesh, World Bank Team Up to Double Grid-Connected Renewable Energy Capacity
The USD185 million credit also includes a USD26.38 million loan and a USD2.87 million grant from the World Bank’s Climate Investment Funds’ Strategic Climate Fund.…
Sun on the Sand: Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Turns to Solar Power
Oil wells dotting the landscape, giant super-tankersplying the waters through the Strait of Hormuz, unending miles of blue-grey solar panels stretching to the horizon in…
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 it…
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, it’s…
The Donald’s Damage Done
The U.S. Loses 20,000 Jobs to Trump’s Solar Panel Tariff Within two years of taking office, U.S. President Donald Trump has managed to cause multiple…
Thailand Solar Energy Profile
Results of General Election Might Set the Stage for Solar to Play a Much Greater Role in Thailand's Energy Mix
Solar Energy News Highlights Feb. 25–Mar. 4, 2019
Among this week’s highlights: The list of U.S. states and cities shooting for 100 percent renewable or zero-carbon electricity grows; European oil and gas majors…
Solar, Renewables, Energy Transformation Reshaping the Geopolitical Landscape
Solar energy investments and usage have grown fast and spread worldwide in recent decades, so much so that they’re influencing and reshaping the geopolitics of…
