China currently dominates global polysilicon production, responsible for over three-quarters of the world’s supply of the key material needed to make solar panels. Solar experts advocate for a more resilient supply chain by moving production elsewhere, which could decrease the industry’s carbon footprint and avoid companies in China that have been accused of using […]
In 2014, two solar groups released a report which found that only around 3,750 schools in the US – out of a total of around 130,000 – generate electricity from solar panels. But this number is growing. According to the fourth edition of the Brighter Future report, published last week by the clean energy nonprofit […]
MINNETONKA, Minn., Sept. 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pineapple Energy Inc. (“Pineapple,” “Pineapple Energy” or the “Company”), a leading provider of sustainable solar energy and back-up power to households and small businesses, announced today that Eric Ingvaldson will become the Company’s Chief Financial Officer effective October 10, 2022. He succeeds Mark Fandrich, who resigned in […]
May 9 of last year should have been a typical day for solar power in West Texas. But around 11:21 a.m., something went wrong. Large amounts of solar capacity went offline unexpectedly, apparently triggered by a fault in the grid connected to a natural gas plant in Odessa, according to the Electric Reliability Council of […]
A potential charge to connect rooftop solar systems to California’s power grid risks spurring more state residents to want to leave it, says the head of America’s largest rooftop installer. “That’s a perilous path,” Mary Powell, chief executive of Sunrun Inc., said of the possibility that state regulators impose a monthly connection charge as California […]
A lack of international collaboration risks undermining efforts to decarbonise polluting sectors and could lead to decades of delay on the road towards net zero emissions, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Tuesday. At last November’s COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, 45 countries vowed to work together on the deployment of green tech across a […]
