EDF agrees acquisition of US solar company
The French energy giant expands its presence in the United States renewables industry with a deal for the acquisition of solar project development and management company Global Resource Options.
EDF agrees acquisition of US solar company
The French energy giant expands its presence in the United States renewables industry with a deal for the acquisition of solar project development and management company Global Resource Options.
Solar Impulse pilot spoke with U.N. from cockpit during testing leg of journey
Bertrand Piccard, one of two Swiss pilots that are taking shifts to fly the Solar Impulse 2 around the world, spoke to Ban Ki-moon after the signing of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, while in mid-flight across the Pacific Ocean last week.
Update: Solar Impulse completes Pacific crossing
Swiss pioneering pilot Bertrand Piccard has completed the second leg of the Solar Impulse’s crossing of the Pacific. The solar aircraft landed at Moffett Airfield on 23 April at 11:44 pm local time. The Solar Impulse 2 will continue onto New York, Europe or North Africa and Abu Dhabi, completed a circumnavigation of the globe.
Alice Springs: Solar city at centre of a fossil fuel controversy
Renewables have been erroneously blamed for a number of blackouts in Australia, which were actually the result of failing network equipment and fossil fuel generators.
Senate passes energy bill with benefits for solar and renewable energy integration
Solar is not a main feature of the bill that passed the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, but the legislation does contain perks for solar, as well as measures to study grid modernization and energy storage.
Offgrid solution: Using discarded smartphone batteries to light up rural homes
Kyung Hee University researcher Boucar Diouf plans to start solar-powered LED lamp pilot projects in Senegal and sub-Saharan African countries within the next year.
Solar Impulse 2 ready to resume its round-the-world mission
The solar-powered aircraft is back in mission mode after a 9-month hiatus, with more motivation within the team to demonstrate that modern clean technologies can achieve the impossible.
New Development Bank to give India $250 million loan for renewables
The renewable revolution in India continues, as high ranking Indian official confirms that the country has been accepted for a $250 million loan from the New Development Bank, which is expected to be for solar projects.
Design your own Solar: Sunworks reports strong interest in new concept
US solar provider Sunworks has opened an innovative design center, where customers can not only learn about the benefits of solar power, but can design their own personalized system, at a time when inventive mounted arrays are being touted as visual, as well as financial, assets.
