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Panasonic speeds up efforts to turn windows into solar panels
Panasonic Holdings is accelerating plans to mass-produce solar cells that can be embedded in glass, bolstering Japan's push into the next-generation technology and expanding renewable energy deployment. Large-scale production of glass-based…
Solar panels plan for thousands of council homes in Sheffield
Plans to improve the energy efficiency of almost 10,000 council-owned homes in Sheffield and lower fuel bills by 2030 are to be considered. A combination of better insulation and solar panels would be installed in as many as 9,850 homes, if the…
KHNP brings Tajikistan's first large-scale solar power plants online
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power said Tuesday it helped complete Tajikistan's first megawatt-scale solar power facilities as part of efforts to tap into the Central Asian market. The South Korean firm, known as KHNP, said the…
New plug-in solar kit targets renters as energy bills rise
A new plug-in solar panel kit designed for renters and households without traditional rooftop solar is launching in the UK, just weeks after the technology was legalised. Energy technology company Zendure has announced its SolarFlow 800 system…
Geothermal Just Undercut Solar-Plus-Storage In Sunny Nevada
Geothermal has long been the clean, firm power source that was always a few breakthroughs away from being cheap enough to matter. Numbers buried in a Nevada utility filing suggest that day may have arrived. Joel Edwards, co-founder and CTO of…
Trump's Energy Push Runs Into A Solar Giant
The Trump administration on Tuesday will auction off geothermal leases on Nevada desert land that solar developers want for their own projects. NextEra Energy, a major solar developer, has asked the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to…
Rooftop solar panel electricity rates to fall sharply
Israeli homeowners and roof owners who do not act quickly to install solar panels on their roofs will receive significantly less money for the electricity they produce according to a draft decision published by the Electricity Authority. Starting…
Dutch development bank finances 50 MW of solar in Ivory Coast
Dutch development bank FMO is financing the 50 MW Kong solar project in the Ivory Coast. Its €55.5 million ($62.3 million) financing package represents the project's entire long-term financing with a 20-year tenor. Located near the town of…
Evolve Energy launches Solar Xperience Centre in Chennai
Chennai-based Evolve Energy Group on Tuesday inaugurated its Evolve Solar Xperience Centre in Chennai. The centre showcases the company's integrated approach to residential rooftop solar where customers have a single point of contact instead of…
Wyze Solar Cam has a 2K camera and needs just an hour of sunlight to keep recording
Wyze is launching a new Solar Cam that has a camera that matches the best Google Nest has to offer, while needing just an hour of sunlight to avoid needing to manually recharge. Wyze has a camera for basically every need, and its latest is one that…
China next-gen solar tech curb to impact SpaceX AI computing plan
Beijing has proposed banning exports of the technology used to make next-generation solar cells, a move that could complicate United States technology guru Elon Musk's plan to expand into space solar power. The ban, which covers production…
The rapidly growing business of solar grazing
The business of solar grazing, using animals to manage vegetation at solar sites, has taken off in along with the growth of solar in the U.S. According to Stacie Peterson, executive director of the American Solar Grazing Association (ASGA), solar…
China proposes stricter efficiency standards for solar manufacturers
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has proposed stricter efficiency requirements for photovoltaic manufacturers, raising minimum average conversion efficiencies for solar cells and modules and introducing separate…
Captona Closes Equity Investment With Nexamp in Large Community Solar Portfolio
Captona LLC, a North American investment firm, has announced its latest preferred equity investment in partnership with Nexamp, a fully-integrated distributed generation and community solar company. The investment announced October 13 support the…
Solar Stocks Rebound as Selloff Reverses: Sunrun Surges 10%, SolarEdge and Enphase Energy Climb 5%
Solar stocks are clawing back ground after a heavy selloff, and the group's hardest-hit name is leading the way. Sunrun (NASDAQ:RUN) stock is at $7.59, up 10% in afternoon trading, recovering part of its slide to a fresh 52-week low. Meanwhile…
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