Global unit shipments of single-axis solar photovoltaic (PV) trackers increased by over 40% in 2018, surpassing 20 gigawatts-dc (GW) globally for the first time. While the United States continued... Read More
Solar is becoming cost competitive with conventional energy technology, giving rise to new opportunities from both the technical as well as business side. According to IHS Markit, demand for solar... Read More
During construction of his new home in San Antonio, Texas (US), John Bedingfield decided he wanted to include a solar system that would reduce his utility bill and allow him to generate his own... Read More
As solar energy evolves and becomes more mainstream, the industry will shift its focus from development and installation to maintenance and performance. The global solar market grew by more than... Read More
New technologies are allowing photovoltaic (PV) inverters to switch at ever higher frequencies. Consequently, these inverters are becoming much smaller and lighter. Meanwhile, international... Read More
For the first time, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have used advanced molecule design to create an iron molecule that can function as a photocatalyst to produce fuels as well as in solar... Read More
Researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) in Germany have achieved a record 25.5% conversion efficiency in a perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell after adding a microstructured foil over... Read More
Solar power is at a dead end, and I say that happily. I also say it as the CEO of a US-based solar company. On its path and in its current direction, it is impossible for solar energy to go any... Read More
It’s no secret that new technologies are up-ending many industries and solar energy is no exception. Cost reductions have enabled the rapid deployment of solar energy across the US and the... Read More
Imec, partner in EnergyVille, recently obtained record efficiencies by adding perovskite solar cells on top of conventional silicon and CIGS technology (shown above). For each solar cell... Read More
Within five years, the vast majority of the retail solar market will be solar + storage, and much of the wholesale distributed solar market will be, too. Why? The energy markets, supply... Read More
An unusual combination of beekeepers, cider makers and a solar installation is turning out what is called “Solar Sweet Farm Cider”. The cider is a collaboration with the beekeepers... Read More
Panasonic Eco Solutions of North America and Enphase... Read More
Valentin Software from Berlin (Germany) has adapted its... Read More
Hanwha Q CELLS GmbH, the German subsidiary of one of... Read More
As a global leading inverter solution supplier for renewables,... Read More
SepiSolar, a national solar design and engineering firm, has... Read More
Tigo, pioneer of the smart modular Flex MLPE platform,... Read More
Tigo, pioneer of the smart modular Flex MLPE platform, today... Read More
APA Solar Racking announced the launch of itsTITAN Series... Read More
Sunnova Energy Corporation, one of the leading U.S. residential... Read More
RGS Energy, the exclusive worldwide manufacturer of the visually... Read More
KACO new energy has relaunched its Internet portal for the remote... Read More
TE Connectivity (TE), a world leader in connectivity and sensors, announces the new SOLARLOK... Read More
