REC Panels Powering US Midwest’s Largest Commercial Solar Rooftop
REC Group has announced its Peak Energy solar panels were used for the largest commercial rooftop solar power system in the Midwestern United States. The recently commissioned 3.18 megawatt Rockville Solar II project in Indianapolis is powered by 12,264 260 watt REC Peak Energy Series solar panels. The array is expected to generate 4.292 million […]
South Australia Sets 50% Renewable Energy Target
South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill announced on Tuesday the State Government will boost its Renewable Energy Target to 50 percent by 2025. “This new target of half the State’s power to be generated by renewable sources will create jobs and drive capital investment and advanced manufacturing industries,” said the Premier. However, there is a catch. […]
Rockefellers Divesting Fossil Fuel Investments, Choosing Renewables
It probably says a lot when a foundation run by one of the world’s richest oil families starts divesting from fossil fuel in order to invest in renewable energy. In a move that will have many investors sit up and take notice, the ABC reports the Rockefeller family have joined in a pledge to divest […]
Yingli Solar Panels To Power Largest Honduras Solar Farm
Yingli Solar has announced it will supply more than 24 megawatts of solar panels for the Pavana Solar Park, which will be the largest solar farm in Honduras. Located in the city of Choluteca in southern Honduras, the Pavana Solar power plant will feature close to 80,000 YGE 72 Cell Series modules. The facility is […]
Home Solar Power System Still Cranking After 2 Decades
The owner, installer and inverter manufacturer SMA are quite chuffed with the performance of this solar power system. The Autonomous House, located in Southwell, Nottinghamshire in the UK, was the first privately owned system in the nation to export electricity to the mains grid. Since July 27 1994, the solar panels have generated over 33 […]
US Gov. Funds Taller Wind Turbine Technology
The U.S. Energy Department says new funding aimed at building wind turbines with hub heights up to 140 metres could unlock 1,800 gigawatts of new onshore wind energy across 380, 000 square-kilometres of the United States, an area about the size of Texas. Two organisations, Iowa State University and Massachusetts engineering firm Keystone Towers, will […]
National Rally For Renewables This Friday
Thousands of solar supporters across the nation will be sending another very clear “hands off” message to the government this Friday regarding the future of the Renewable Energy Target. The Rally for Renewables on Friday, September 26 at noon will be held in major centres across Australia; with events occurring at key Cabinet ministers electorate […]
SunEdison Solar Farm Built On Former Landfill
SunEdison, Inc. (NYSE: SUNE), has announced the completion of a 1.8 megawatt DC solar farm; constructed on a remediated EPA Superfund site in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The US EPA describes a Superfund site as “an uncontrolled or abandoned place where hazardous waste is located”. The facility was developed on approximately 10 acres of land on […]
SMA Inverters For Canada’s Largest Solar Farm
SMA operations and maintenance (O&M) services and central inverters have been selected for a 140 MW solar farm in Kingston, Ontario. The project, which will be the largest solar installation in Canada when completed in 2015, is being constructed by Kingston Solar LP. Delivery of 125 Sunny Central 800CP-US inverters will occur later this year. […]
QUT Solar Scientist Awarded Berlin Fellowship
Queensland University of Technology scientist Dr Sarina Sarina has received honours from one of Germany’s top research institutes for her work on using solar energy to turn raw materials into valuable chemicals. Byproducts of oil, farm waste and minerals can be transformed into usable everyday products such as plastics, detergents and medicines; but the process […]
