Tesla launches new feature to help solar homeowners charge with excess solar power
Tesla is launching a new feature to help homeowners with rooftop solar to charge their Tesla vehicles with excess solar power. Over the last few years, Tesla has made it clear that it is more interested in controlling a power load rather than bidirectional charging,...
GIZ to organize training course for solar panel installers in Serbia
GIZ and Energy Net launched a call for applications for a free course for solar panel installers to be held in Kać in Serbia’s Vojvodina province from March 23 to 25. Solar panel installer is a profession of the future in Europe and the world. The demand is picking up...
Float-ovoltaics’: How floating solar panels in reservoirs could revolutionise global power
Floating solar panels on reservoirs could produce three times as much electricity as the entire EU, a new study has shown. Solar panels are one of the cheapest and most efficient ways of generating electricity but they also take up a lot of space. Innovative...
Solar farm at LNG terminal powered up
The solar project is designed to lower Dragon LNG’s carbon footprint Anesco has powered up a 10MW solar farm for Dragon LNG at its liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. The terminal is a LNG receiving, storing and...
World-first flexible export limits are coming to rooftop solar. Here’s how they work.
In the country with the highest uptake of rooftop solar, and in the state with the highest rate of solar panel ownership, lies the coastal suburb of Hallett Cove. Even by South Australian standards, it has a lot of panels. When the sun rises over the Adelaide Hills,...
Nine-year old US solar farm gets tracker upgrade
A lot has changed in tracker technology in the past decade, so in upgrading its Alamo plants, OCI Solar Power completely replaced the old tracker with a new state-of-the-art system, all while keeping the plant energized. Alamo 2 began operating in March 2014, and was...