A range of new solar projects have been installed in… Fortnite!
A range of new solar projects have been installed in… Fortnite! The hugely-popular ‘Battle Royale’ online video game has added the renewable energy power plants to its map as part of a series of...
View ArticleLightsource BP launches hunt for UK’s shiniest grass… but why?
Lightsource BP has launched a hunt for the UK’s shiniest grass, as part of a bid to maximise the energy yield of double-sided solar panels. The solar energy arm of energy giant BP claims bifacial...
View ArticleNew solar portfolio ‘to cut Poland’s carbon footprint by 306,000 tonnes’
A new solar portfolio is expected to cut Poland’s carbon footprint by a total of 306,000 tonnes each year. Sun Investment Group (SIG) is planning to build a 600MW facility spread across 1,200 hectares,...
View ArticleSouth Western Railway to host trackside solar pilot project
South Western Railway (SWR) is due to host a pilot project to find a way to channel power directly from solar panels into the rail network. This would allow onsite renewable electricity to provide...
View ArticleIs solar energy worth its weight in gold?
Canadian gold mining firm B2Gold has announced plans to install a solar energy facility at its mine in Fekola, Mali. The company has announced it has completed a preliminary study to evaluate the...
View ArticleSolar and wind-powered house goes on sale on Amazon for $24k
A solar-powered house is up for sale on the US Amazon website for the sum of $23,800 (£19,700). The prefabricated Weizhengheng house has been created by China’s Wzhgroup, which specialises in the...
View Article‘Farms are the best place on Earth to site solar panels’
The most productive locations for solar energy production are farmlands and fields of crops. That’s according to an Oregon State University (OSU) study published in the Scientific Reports journal,...
View ArticleSolar energy storage market ‘to surpass annual installation rate of 3GW by 2025’
The solar energy storage market will surpass an annual installation rate of 3GW by 2025. That’s according to new research published by market research firm Global Market Insights, which notes in 2018,...
View ArticleSolar power ‘reaches grid parity in China’
Solar power has become cheaper than grid electricity across the majority of China. That’s the claim made in a new study led by researchers at Mälardalen University in Sweden, who say subsidy-free solar...
View ArticleFree solar panel scheme launches to help businesses go off-grid
A free solar panel scheme has been launched to help organisations and businesses cut their energy bills and slash their environmental footprint. Third party intermediary Monarch Partnership’s...
View ArticleSolar-powered yacht surfs towards electric-assisted sailing
A solar-powered yacht is to be unveiled at the 2019 Cannes Yachting Festival. Silent-Yachts’ Silent 55 takes the form of a battery-electric 56-foot catamaran – the firm says the €1.4 million (£1.27m)...
View ArticleWind and solar power ‘must expand eight-fold by 2030’
Global wind and solar generation must increase eight-fold by 2030 to help meet the Paris Agreement. That’s according to DNV GL, which suggests although the transition to a low carbon energy system is...
View ArticleSOLARWATT kits out poultry farm with egg-citing new solar roof
SOLARWATT has kitted out a poultry farm in Switzerland with an egg-citing new solar array. The firm has installed a solar system made up of 256 photovoltaic modules on the roof of the 720 square metre...
View ArticleIberdrola and Heineken say cheers to solar PPA in sunny Spain
Iberdrola and Heineken have signed what they claim is Spain’s first long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) between a power supplier and a brewer. The agreement reached by the two companies will help...
View ArticleSiemens and Hydrogen Renewables Australia partner on clean hydrogen plant
Siemens and Hydrogen Renewables Australia (HRA) have announced they are working together on a 5GW combined solar, wind and hydrogen production facility in Western Australia. The Murchison Renewable...
View ArticleSpanish theme park takes rollercoaster ride into the sun
A Spanish theme park has announced plans to build what it claims is Europe’s largest ‘self-consumption’ solar energy farm. PortAventura World’s new 8.5MW project will cover 100,000 square metres and...
View ArticleBentley boasts ‘UK’s first carbon-neutral luxury car factory’
Bentley says its facility in Crewe has become the UK’s first carbon-neutral luxury car factory. The site sources 100% of its electricity from onsite solar panels and other renewable sources such as...
View ArticleSolar megaproject ‘to put UAE among world’s renewable leaders’
The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) planned 2GW solar megaproject puts the nation among the world’s major renewable players. That’s according to GlobalData, which said the project would be the biggest...
View ArticleUK renewables generate more power than fossil fuels for entire quarter
In the third quarter of 2019, the UK’s wind farms, solar panels, biomass and hydropower plants generated more electricity than the combined output from power stations fired by coal, oil and gas. That’s...
View ArticleSolar panels defend against high energy costs at MOD site
A new solar panel installation is defending a Ministry of Defence (MOD) site from high energy costs and safeguarding the environment from emissions. The Defence College of Logistics, Policing and...
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