Wind and solar generated more electricity than fossil fuels in the EU during the first six months of 2024 for the first time ever in a half-year period.
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In a major milestone, July 28 marked the 100th day of a 144-day stretch in which California supplied 100% of its electricity demand with renewables.
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Solar panel recycling company SolarCycle is using secondhand solar panels to power its panel recycling plant in Texas.
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Canadian solar panel maker Heliene and India’s solar cell maker Premier Energies are joining forces to build a US solar cell factory.
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Starbucks has partnered with Nexamp, the largest community solar provider in the US, to anchor six new community solar farms in Illinois.
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The Gemini Solar + Storage project in Nevada – the US’s largest co-located solar + battery energy storage system – is now operational.
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Solar and wind now make up more than 20% of total US electrical generating capacity, according to new data from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
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Global electricity demand is rising at its fastest rate in two decades, but solar is on course to meet half of demand growth, says the IEA.
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The US’s largest solar panel maker, First Solar (Nasdaq: FSLR), says it’s building the largest thin film R&D center in the Western Hemisphere.
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China, the world’s largest pollution emitter, is going green with clean energy alternatives and doing so quickly. Recent energy reports detail the nation’s commitment to implementing solar and wind power, so much so that it is expected to achieve its 2030 clean energy targets by the end of the month.
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Just days after a massive election win, UK’s new Labour government has hit the ground running and is already making progress on increasing solar power deployment.
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Solar and battery systems provider Enphase Energy has introduced new residential and commercial products made in the United States that will help bolster the percentage of available federal tax credits available to customers installing the tech.
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Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed a new law ensuring Michigan homeowners can install a variety of energy efficiency improvements on their homes, including EV chargers, solar panels, heat pumps and more.
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State-owned power company China Three Gorges Renewables Group will build an 8 GW solar farm as part of a nearly $11 billion integrated energy project.
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Over 130 Wendy’s restaurants in New York, Illinois, and Massachusetts are now sourcing between 30% and 100% of their energy from community solar.
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The Pew Research Center surveyed Americans about how they feel about local wind and solar development in their communities – this is what they found.
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National Grid Renewables just brought South Dakota’s largest solar farm online in Pennington County.
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Recurrent Energy has secured $513 million in financing for Arizona’s largest standalone battery storage project.
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Oxford PV, a spin-off from the University of Oxford, says it’s achieved a new world record for solar panel efficiency.
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Montgomery County, Maryland, and AlphaStruxure have kicked off construction of the US’s largest renewable energy-powered bus depot.
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The US Department of Defense agreed to source renewable power from two new solar farms for five military bases in the Carolinas.
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In a record-breaking start to 2024, renewable energy supplied 58.4% of all electricity generated in Germany during Q1 – the highest percentage since tracking began in 2018.
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In Q1 2024, the US saw the largest quarter of solar manufacturing growth in its history, bringing its total installed capacity to 200 GW.
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The US Department of Energy (DOE) is going to repurpose sites previously used in the nuclear weapons program into solar farms.
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