Photo: WorldWater and Solar TechnologiesA solar-powered MaxPure system turns pond water into clean drinking water. When WorldWater and Solar Technologies deploys its mobile water purifiers—arrays of solar panels, batteries, and high-pressure pumps—the machines usually wind up in natural disaster zones, off-grid villages, or military operations around the world. Now the company is expanding within the United States, where cities are …

reader comments 116 With the price of photovoltaics having plunged dramatically, solar is likely to become a major contributor to the electrical generating mix in many countries. But the intermittent nature of photovoltaics could put a limit on how much they contribute to future grids or force us to develop massive storage capabilities. But photovoltaics aren’t the only solar technology …

Don’t look now, but the solar industry is slowly exiting from public markets. Trina Solar and JA Solar have gone private, and Canadian Solar‘s CEO is trying to take his company off public markets. Now, Hanwha Q Cells (NASDAQ:HQCL) is trying to exit the public market with an $825 million buyout offer from its parent company, Hanwha Chemical Corporation, earlier this week.  …

Clean Power Published on October 21st, 2018 by Charles W. Thurston 0 October 21st, 2018 by Charles W. Thurston  Solar professional training and certification experts Solar Energy International is rapidly expanding its global footprint in an effort to bring more standardization to the process of installing and maintaining photovoltaic solar power systems. From its base in Paonia, CO, SEI recently …

And at night or when snow, rain or clouds blot out the sun, the house or company relies on that same grid to deliver electricity from windmills, or from rushing water, or from natural-gas-fired turbines, or even from coal-fired generators. If not, then, like the toy panda, the house or business would stop “swinging.” And because you can’t turn large …

It’s been a wild 2018 for First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR) and its stock. Shares nearly doubled early only to fall to about flat for the year, where they’re trading today. Enthusiasm over rising bookings and earnings early in 2018 has been overshadowed by falling global solar panel prices and weakening demand in China.  When First Solar reports earnings after the market …

By Guest Columnist DON MORELAND, past chairman of the Georgia Solar Energy Association and a local business owner By now you have likely heard a lot about solar energy. You may have heard that solar is fast becoming the least expensive, most resilient, and cleanest source of energy for homes and businesses. In fact, every 90 seconds a new solar …

By Guest Columnist DON MORELAND, past chairman of the Georgia Solar Energy Association and a local business owner By now you have likely heard a lot about solar energy. You may have heard that solar is fast becoming the least expensive, most resilient, and cleanest source of energy for homes and businesses. In fact, every 90 seconds a new solar …

<!– //www.cnbc.com/staticContent/showads.js –> MENUSEARCH QUOTES Sustainable Energy Enel Green Power Brasil Participacoes (EGPB) has begun construction of a 475 megawatt (MW) solar facility in Brazil. EGPB is a renewable energy subsidiary of the Enel Group. The Sao Goncalo solar park is located in the north-eastern state of Piaui and is expected to commence operations in 2020. In a statement Monday, …

Austin, Texas — Solar energy — increasingly paired with battery storage — is likely to be the “next big thing” in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, attendees of the Texas Renewable Energy Industries Alliance annual GridNEXT conference learned Monday. Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes personalize your experience. Register Now During a workshop about the Texas Power …