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,…
By Scott Langer Scott Langersis energy analyst for the energy research firm EY.com.Follow him on Twitter @scottlanger.The energy sector is undergoing a paradigm shift, with companies like SolarCity and Tesla increasingly focusing on selling solar power. The latest energy industry milestone is that the state of Nevada, which is home to more than 80 percent of…
Solar energy sources like solar panels and photovoltaic cells don’t produce power at night and they can’t produce energy at night when they’re cloudy.Solar energy is often used when a cloudy night sky doesn’t make the best viewing conditions for solar panels, but solar energy also makes good use of cloudy nights when it’s cloudy.Solar…
Posted February 12, 2018 11:59:25California is the first state to begin installing solar power on a large scale, and it’s not just because of the weather.Solar panels are cheap, plentiful, and easy to install.And now that California has a large population and a population-growing population, it’s getting a lot of the solar panels installed.The state…
How do you beat climate crisis?In the summer of 2020, I sat in the sunroom of a small house in New Zealand.I was sitting in a corner, watching the sun as it rose over the horizon.As I was reading a book, I noticed a couple of clouds rolling over a cityscape that was slowly becoming…
Solar power is booming, and there are many reasons for that.But China’s growing power has also attracted the attention of many countries.The United States has been looking for ways to export solar energy and the European Union has been studying the potential of solar energy in the energy mix of its new high-speed rail network.But…
A little over a month ago, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Tesla’s vice president of electric vehicles, Steve Johnson, announced the company’s plan to build a “solar power windmill” that would harness solar energy to power its cars and trucks.The plan has since been scrapped by Tesla, but not before Musk and Johnson did an…
The world’s largest solar power plant in the United States has a price tag of $7.5 billion, but the solar energy it generates could save American families thousands of dollars per year, according to a new report from the nonpartisan Energy Information Administration.That’s because solar panels in the U.S. power over 60 percent of all…