Solar Power Industry News
A collection of Solar Power latest news, analysis and best practices from top business influencers and the world's most trustworthy sources.
Should you store your solar power or sell it back to the grid?
Once your solar panels are generating more electricity than your home needs, you have a choice. If you have a home battery, you can store that spare electricity and use it later. Or you can export it to the grid and get paid for the energy you send…
Steelmaking waste could store solar energy, with electric arc furnace slag leading early tests
Storing energy as heat is a proven pathway to address the challenge solar power faces when it's dark or cloudy outside by enabling the capture, storage and on-demand release of thermal energy. The process, called high-temperature thermal energy…
Piramal Pharma Solutions Advances Sustainability Efforts with Solar Power Plant Addition at Morpeth, UK Site
Piramal Pharma Solutions is installing a ground-mounted solar power plant (4.3 MWp) at its integrated drug substance and drug product site in Morpeth, UK. The new plant will provide renewable energy directly to the site through a behind-the-meter…
Edinburgh brewery installs 400 solar panels in push for energy independence
The panels are expected to generate around 175,400kWh of electricity each year, equivalent to the annual electricity use of around 70 homes. The installation is expected to save the brewery nearly £33,000 a year and more than £820,000…
What if AI data centers didn't need new power plants?
A new data center in southwest Texas isn't connected to the grid—but it also didn't require building any new power plants. Instead, a startup called Rune used modular technology to plug in directly at a solar farm, running on solar power…
Yes, this summer really was as hot as you think it was
Let's put this summer's extraordinary heat in perspective. Last week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration confirmed what so many Americans suspected, that the heat has been extra unbearable lately: This meteorological summer, which…
As Russia attacks Ukraine's grid, solar offers a path to resilience
This story was produced by Grist and co-published with The Kyiv Independent. On a spring day earlier this year, 10 men stood on the rooftop of a door manufacturing facility in the central Ukrainian town of Bila Tserkva, surveying the rows of solar…
Iowa researchers warn of future costs, energy demand caused by data centers
Updated: 8:13 AM CDT Sep 16, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ Iowa researchers warn of future costs, energy demand caused by data centers Updated: 8:13 AM CDT Sep 16, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa researchers say…
Mouser's Alternative Energy Resource Center Provides Engineering Insights into New Decentralized Systems
Mouser Electronics introduces an online resource center dedicated to alternative energy, providing engineers with technical content, product updates, and insights into renewable generation, energy harvesting, and smart grids to support sustainable…
BGF Retail opens Korea's largest convenience-store logistics hub
BGF Retail has opened what it calls Korea's largest logistics center for the convenience-store industry, placing a 260 billion won ($187 million) investment at the center of its effort to remake regional distribution and support overseas expansion.
Thailand's PTTEP says every $3 rise in LNG prices could lift Thai power prices by 5%
BANGKOK, Sept 16: Every $3 per MMBtu increase in liquefied natural gas prices could raise Thai electricity prices by 5 per cent, Kanita Sartwattayu, the incoming chief executive of Thai energy firm PTTEP, told the Gastech conference on Wednesday.
Private wells get added safeguards in Amherst
AMHERST — Private wells will get the same protections as public drinking water supplies from construction of solar arrays and installation of battery energy storage systems in Amherst's bylaw that facilitates development of clean energy…
Why Keralam is facing a power crisis | Explained
After the weekly Cabinet meeting on Wednesday (September 16, 2026), Keralam Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan said his government was in touch with eight States and multiple power sector agencies for securing emergency electricity supplies to tackle an…
Keralam CM warns State to brace for rising heat, surging power demand as El Niño effect set to worsen
Keralam Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan has urged the State to brace for a looming power crisis as the El Niño factor exacerbates global climate change. He said Keralam could face relatively high temperatures and, correspondingly, an upwardly…
Pakistan is staring at lockdown due to fuel shortage
Amid escalating global oil prices and West Asia tensions, Pakistan's government is actively exploring various strategies, including potential smart lockdowns and fuel subsidy schemes, to mitigate the impact of rising petroleum costs on its citizens…
Receive a Daily briefing on Solar Power Industry News
Get Started