Australia has a golden opportunity to expand its solar energy manufacturing capacity as the industry booms and nations scramble to cut their over-dependence on China, a report by the Australian Australian PV Institute Institute says. The country is installing 4GW of solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity a year already but meeting just 3% of that from […]
SOLAR: Mississippi’s two regulated electric companies push back against state regulators’ new rule that expands incentives for customers to install solar panels and other renewable energy systems. (Mississippi Today) ALSO:• A 317 MW solar farm that will be Texas’ second largest solar energy facility takes shape west of Houston. (KHOU)• A North Carolina solar business […]
Rice University engineers say they’ve solved a long-standing conundrum in making stable, efficient solar panels out of halide perovskites. It took finding the right solvent design to apply a 2D top layer of desired composition and thickness without destroying the 3D bottom one (or vice versa). Such a cell would turn more sunlight into electricity […]
Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2022 Contact: Interior_Press@ios.doi.gov PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — The Department of the Interior announced today that the Blythe Solar Power Project – a four-unit, 485 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic facility and 387 MW battery energy storage system in Riverside County, Calif. fully operational. The project, which will produce enough energy to power approximately 145,500 homes, […]
A solar panel that moves with the sun was showcased at Bishop James Mahoney (BJM) High School in Saskatoon on Thursday. The device dubbed the Smartflower Microgrid (MG) is an intelligent solar-powered energy system that unfolds as the sun rises, follows the sun to maximize the energy absorbed, and folds back up during the evening. […]
“I needed an improved tool for clearing snow and other debris from solar panels,” said an inventor, from Seguin, Ontario, Canada, “so I invented the SOLAR BRUSH. This efficient and quick tool can be used to remove snow buildup around the mounting bolts that attach the panels to the frame. It can also brush […]
