In the northern Spanish island of La Palma, solar energy is growing fast.But as more companies are building their own solar power, it’s unclear if this can be sustainable.The country’s economic woes are leading some to question whether the country is on track to make it a major player in the solar energy sector, or…
Solar energy is a powerful force, but it’s only a small part of what drives the planet’s energy.Solar panels and batteries have made solar energy possible, but they’re only the tip of the iceberg.The carbon tax is a big, bad carbon tax, and the global carbon price is still high.But it is far from the…
Solar energy is set to win the bid to build a $100bn solar power plant in the UK’s west.The consortium, Solar Energy UK, says the proposed site would be the world first to use solar thermal to generate electricity.It will also build the world and the UK first 1MW solar farm on an empty site,…
Ivanpah Solar Energy, which is developing batteries for wind turbines, is looking for an investor to buy the company’s solar energy technology.The company recently announced that it has raised $3.5 million in Series B financing.In its most recent quarterly report, Ivanpampah said its battery technology, known as Solar-Powered Energy Storage (SPES), can store up to…
On March 16, 2018, a U.S. Supreme Court justice will deliver his or her final opinion in the case of SolarWorld v.California, the ruling that overturned the U.K. decision to force the company to build a solar farm in the middle of the Mojave Desert.The decision is a major victory for the solar panel industry.But…
Solar energy startup SolarWorld has purchased a California company that has made solar panels for electric vehicles, an agreement that would enable SolarWorld to expand its operations there.The purchase of SolarWorld by the California-based company SolarEdge was announced in a letter from the U.K.-based company on Monday.SolarEdge, founded in 2008 by the brothers Greg and…
India is the world’s biggest solar market and the world is increasingly turning to solar for energy.In India, which is home to some of the world-renowned solar plants, solar is the cheapest option for most people.The cost of solar is lower in some areas than in others, but solar power is still a relatively expensive…
On a sunny day, the sky is full of bright, blue-green plants, and the plant that makes them is called a plant.But these plants are not necessarily the cheapest sources of electricity.A plant costs about $150 per watt of electricity it generates, depending on the size of the plant, how much water it uses and…
Texas is the leader in solar power, and that’s because of the state’s strong leadership on renewable energy.However, with Texas’ renewable energy sector having a strong foothold in many industries across the state, we asked a panel of experts to rank the state on its solar power prowess.While we had a diverse panel of solar…
As solar energy gets more affordable and the world gets more efficient, the Indian government is seeing an increase in the number of solar energy installations across its state, which has more than a quarter of the world’s installed capacity.But the solar power industry in India, once the world leader in solar power, is slowly…