Solar

Canadian Solar selling GoldLight project to DIF Infrastructure

Canadian Solar Inc is selling its 10MW AC GoldLight solar power plant at Georgina in Ontario, Canada, to an affiliate of DIF Infrastructure III. The...

Yingli achieves emission targets in partnership with WWF

Yingli Solar has surpassed its targets of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by the end of 2013 as part of its membership commitments in...

Duke Energy offers $1mn for clean energy storage research at Indiana

Duke Energy will grant $1 million for research at the Indiana Battery Innovation Center for integrating battery storage with rooftop solar as well as...

Sharp won’t exit solar business says company head

Japanese electronic giant Sharp Corporation, which is in financial doldrums, has quelled speculation that it was going to exit solar business. Kazushi Mukai, the...

Kerala power utility to open 1 MW solar energy plant

The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB), the state owned power utility of Kerala in India has started construction of a 1 MW solar plant. A...

Solar plane leaves Myanmar for China

Mandalay, March 30 The Solar Impulse (Si2), the solar-powered aircraft on a mission to fly around the globe without a drop of fuel, left...

Facebook working on solar operated drones that beam internet access to Earth

Facebook is experimenting on unmanned drones operating on solar energy, to provide internet access to people across the globe. Named Aquila, the drones will take...

Grid Alternatives to start Colorado solar community program for low income citizens

GRID Alternatives has announced a partnership with Grand Valley Power (GVP) to produce a community solar garden for low-income groups in Grand Junction, Colorado. The...