Solar Energy

Solar PV is to become Europe’s leading source of power within the next five years, International Energy Agency (IEA) chief Fatih Birol has said. Speaking at SolarPower Europe’s SolarPower Summit, held virtually this year, Birol, executive director at the IEA, teased new details to be released in this year’s World …

Its clean energy generation would offset around 4.7m tons of CO2, equivalent to the emissions from more than 938,000 cars a year.

Customers living in Australia will be able to shop for solar panels through the company’s website.

It is expected to generate enough electricity to power the equivalent of 15,500 homes every year.

The new 70MW solar facility will power the social media giant’s operations in Tennessee.

The EU and UK generate 21% and 33% of their electricity respectively from wind and solar, a new analysis says .

The 25MW Canadian Hull solar plant, which is located in Southern Alberta, is expected to supply up to 50,000MWh of electricity annually under the 10-year contract.

Energy demand has fallen around the world since Covid-19 began to spread, and that has hurt the performance of companies delivering all sorts of power. The solar industry is no exception. One U.S. industry association projected that the pandemic will erase five years’ worth of job growth. But solar stocks …

Australia’s coal power plants, which make up more than half of the nation’s generation mix, are facing increased pressure as rooftop solar hollows out daytime demand. That could mean early closures among the country’s aging fleet, giving energy planners the tricky task of ensuring energy security while replacing the steady, …

The project is expected to have an annual energy production of 200,000MWh, which will result in an annual offset of 106,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide.