Earlier this year saw the opening of the very first solar pathway in Amsterdam, one of the most picturesque places in Europe. The solar pathway is 70 meters long and connects two suburban neighbourhoods within the city. The solar pathway intended for...
Let’s be honest, the cost of electricity has made a huge contribution to the high cost of living and the difficulties Australian families experience in balancing their family budgets. According to a survey carried out...
A crucial inquiry into the reasons more than 58,000 disconnections concerning electricity and gas within residential homes has been set up by the local government. Disconnections with regard to electricity alone set a new record...
When rooftop solar installation statistics are examined and significant variance are identified, one might ask why there are more rooftop installations in some U.S. states than others. To answer this question, the SunShot Initiative of the United...
A research team from the The University of Kassel in Germany has just manufactured a fully functional building material that also doubles as a solar cell.
GRID Alternatives, Australia’s biggest not-for-profit solar installer, and SunEdison have recently agreed upon a $5 million partnership set to boost the solar industry as well as the Australian economy
On the 19th of March, the French government approved a law that requires all new establishments in commercial zones to include solar panels or green roofs. As it currently stands, France is way behind its...
Facebook announced earlier this year that they would soon be offering internet connectivity to over 5 billion people who do not currently have access. The global giant plans on achieving this astonishing feat through the...
Andreas Gutsch, a researcher from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, has recently spoken at a PV Symposium in Germany about his findings that some lithium-ion cells working in storage systems have achieved up to 30%...
Due to the high cost involved with battery cell manufacturing wholesale adoption of electric vehicles on a commercial scale has been slow to take off However a study published within Nature Climate Change Letters shows...
Just a mere six years ago an international climate treaty was on the verge of becoming possible. Costly green technology coupled with a good dose of scepticism concerning climate change as well as a heavy...
Energy analysts at Deutshe Bank, a global financial institution based in Germany, have announced that by the year 2016, solar power is expected to be the same rate, or even cheaper, than traditional electricity from...
While the economy continues to face rising rates of unemployment, the construction industry is booming, according to recent data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. There has been a continual surge of new jobs in...
As rooftop solar PV systems are expected to grow as much as 5 times within the next 15 years, Origin Energy has decided to concentrate on the domestic solar market. Origin's latest product, set for release in...
Earlier this year in a webinar the Director of Business Development at Locus Energy, Gabe Abbott, offered his top four predictions for the future of solar monitoring. This article is a recap outlining the highlights...