PV

Swiss International Airlines (SWISS) to be the world’s first airline to use Synhelion solar fuel

Tuesday, 01 March 2022 Robin Whitlock SWISS and the Lufthansa Group have entered a strategic collaboration with Synhelion to bring its solar aviation fuel to market, making SWISS the first airline in the world to use ‘sun-to-liquid’ fuel, ...

UK Government decision on CfDs welcomed by Solar Trade Association (STA)

Tuesday, 24 November 2020 Robin Whitlock The Solar Trade Association (STA) has welcomed a decision by the UK Government on proposed amendments to Contracts for Difference – the government’s main incentivisation scheme for supporting renewable ...

Energy Company Promotes Solar Panels for Use on Petroleum Tanks

Monday, 11 February 2019 Dan McCue Sprague Operating Resources, a subsidiary of New Hampshire-based Sprague Resources, and Picktricity, have teamed up to produce thin-film solar panels, unique in that they can be directly applied to flat ...

BP Investing $200 Million In Solar Company Lightsource

Tuesday, 19 December 2017 Dan McCue

BP is investing $200 million in solar energy company, Lightsource, over three years, for a 43 percent stake in the business.

South Africa

South African solar plant connects to the grid three months ahead of schedule

Friday, 15 November 2013 Robin Whitlock

A solar plant built by Scatech Solar in cooperation with local partners has become the first utility-scale renewable energy facility to supply electricity to South Africa's state power provider

Ecuador

Galapagos Islands to boast hybrid renewable energy system

Tuesday, 28 August 2012 Toby Price The Government of the Republic of Ecuador has announced that it will soon be tendering for the Isabela Hybrid System which will provide the island of Isabela in the Galapagos Archipelago with clean energy ...

BP Solar abandons solar power

Monday, 19 December 2011 The restructuring performed by the multinational, BP, in response to the challenges faced by the solar sector has not been enough, and the British company has decided to abandon solar energy. This is the ...

India

Indian sun attracts US funding

Tuesday, 23 August 2011 Toby Price Over the last month, the US Administration has shown an interest in working to develop India’s nascent solar industry. In July, the government-owned Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC) earmarked ...

Google, SolarCity create $280 million residential solar fund

Tuesday, 14 June 2011 Dan McCue Google has done it again, partnering with solar power company SolarCity to create a new, $280 million fund designated for residential solar projects. The fund is the largest of its kind in the US. It is ...

South Africa looks to Germany for support with developing its renewable resources

Wednesday, 22 July 2009 Renewable energy and energy efficiency were sectors with a lot of potential to scale up South African and German cooperation, said Southern African German Chamber of Commerce and Industry CEO Matthias ...