Denman Prospect in western Canberra, will soon be Australia's first suburb that requires solar panels to be installed on every home. Capital Estate Developments have said that Denman's new design and building guidelines have a...
London's Canary Wharf complex will soon have four incredible new solar powered 'smart benches' that allow you to charge your phone while on the go. These 'Strawberry Smart Benches' developed by Strawberry Energy will utilize...
The time has finally come for India's first solar powered train to mark it's tracks for the first time. Indian Railways has opted to make use of solar energy to run its transport system, and...
The CIS thin-film solar modules developed by Solar Frontier have been chosen for the ZEN or Zero Energy Nanotechnology building, which is a part of the State University of New York Polytechnic Institute’s Colleges of...
The Australian electricity grid has seen a reduction in demand due to an increase of rooftop solar installations as well as improved energy efficiency. This decrease has seen utility companies fighting hard trying to against policies in favour renewable energy...
A research team in Michigan State University has developed solar electric generators from ordinary glass surfaces. Richard Lunt, head of the research team and professor at the University, says that the solar panel that they...
This is good news to those who are saddled with old blu ray discs that are just taking up space. There is a process recently developed that can turn these useless discs into extra-efficient solar...
It has been estimated that the use of solar panels in homes and businesses in West Australia will increase tenfold over the next 10 years however the government is not quite ready for it. The...
Majority of the households in Australia with solar panels have an annual income lower than the state average, according to a recent study by the REC Agents Association. This bit of news shatters the misconception...
As the effects of the category five Cyclone Ita are felt in Far North Queensland in the wake of the storm there have been concerns over Cyclone Ita solar panel safety. As solar PV systems...
If you have decided to invest in a solar power system for your home, you want to be sure that you purchase from a high regarded company in the industry. Well, not to worry! There...
According to the 2012 Clean Energy Australia Report released by the Clean Energy Council, several homes in Australia today are equipped with a solar system, and this really should not be surprising. In fact, the...
A 100 kW solar photovoltaic installation was recently commissioned to sit atop a new four-storey retirement building near the city centre of Brisbane.
As of 1 January 2013, the Transitional Feed-in Tariff for solar panels will be closed to new customers, as will the "one-for-one" arrangements under the Standard Feed-in Tariff Scheme. Transitional Feed-in Tariff customers who add...
The anti-solar-dumping complaint against China's solar panel manufacturers levelled by the EU ProSun group calls for price tariffs on Chinese solar products of up to 120%, EurActiv has learned. EU ProSun filed a separate anti-subsidy...
Solar panel manufacturer First Solar is scheduled to report quarterly results after U.S. markets close today, with Wall Street expecting earnings per share to decline more than 64 percent year-on-year. Shares in Solar panel manufacturer...
