Solar to account for 30% of all generation capacity investment until 2040
A new report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance on the future of energy not only points to solar as the technology that will have the most invested in it, but that costs will fall dramatically over the next 25 years, making it the cheapest energy source for most of the world by 2040.
Solar Impulse 2 lands in New York City
This weekend the solar-powered plane landed in New York City, as the latest leg of its round-the-world tour.
LG Chem supplies 7 MW battery to Ohio community
A 7 MW utility scale battery has been coupled with a 4.2 MW PV array in the Village of Minister, Ohio, to provide a range of electricity supply services to the community. The array was commissioned for the S&C Electric Company and will provide a number of grid and power supply services.
Relabeled modules cause headache for distributor
pv magazines ongoing Black Sheep campaign has uncovered a case in which a module supplier shipped modules that appear to have relabeled with a false module power rating. On further investigation the dealer was able to satisfy the end customer, but the dispute continues.
Operations start at Enel's 66 MW solar plant in South Africa
With production starting at the Tom Burke PV power plant, the Italian company now has nearly 160 MW of installed capacity in South Africa, as Enels groundbreaking year continues.
Sungrow Australian shipments surge, rooftop market registers mid-year uptick
Chinese inverter supplier Sungrow reports that it has grown to become the leading Chinese inverter supplier to the Australian residential market, recording 50 MW of shipments to the small scale segment in 2015. The Australian residential rooftop market registered a robust uptick in May, according to data compiled by Green Energy Markets, with over 62 MW of small-scale solar systems installed.
IBC Solar instals 2.4 MW rooftop self-consumption system in Holland
It is the largest self-consumption system ever installed by the German-company, to add to the growing network of large-scale rooftop PV systems in Holland.
Solar boat attempting to cross the Atlantic
The Solar Voyager, built by two friends in their spare time, is an autonomous boat that is attempting to be the very first to cross any ocean using solely solar power, as it travels slowly across the Atlantic Ocean.
SolarWorld donates 50 kW of PV modules for hospital in Haiti
This is now the fifth solar donation that SolarWorld has made to a hospital in Haiti, with the aim of reducing the hospitals energy reliance on expensive and unreliable diesel generators.
Australia's largest offgrid array reaches full operation
The 10.6 MW solar and 6 MW storage project at the DeGrussa mine site in remote Western Australia has reached full operation. The project has been heralded as an important proof-of-concept at scale of the application of renewable energy in off-grid industries such as mining.
