International Solar Alliance to launch 121 projects at New Delhi summit By Juhi Chaudhary, India Climate Dialogue As India gears up to host the first International Solar Alliance (ISA) summit next month, efforts are underway to provide a momentum to solar deployments in over 120 sunshine countries. ISA, a brainchild of India and France launched at the Paris climate summit in 2015 ... Read More »
Solar power push lights up options for India’s rural women In her village of Komalia, the fog swirls so thick at 7 a.m. that Akansha Singh can see no more than 15 meters ahead. But the 20-year-old is already cycling to her workplace, nine kilometers away. Halfway there she stops for two hours at a computer training centre, where she’s ... Read More »
Faced With Crippling Tariffs, How Are China’s Solar Producers Planning To Survive? The global solar industry has recently been thrust into the center of a standoff between China and the U.S. after President Trump imposed a 30% import tariff on all Chinese solar panels and washing machines coming into the United States. For their part, China, as well as Asian ... Read More »
10 really cool Solar Power installations in (and above) the world Now that solar power is here, and without a doubt racing toward being a leading source of global electricity, we’ve now got some really cool, established solar power systems. Some on Earth, some above, some giant, some small. The flexibility of solar power is part of its magic. Charles ... Read More »
This U.S. City Now Requires Solar Panels on all New Homes From mid-September onward, solar panels will be mandatory for new homes in South Miami, Florida. The law — which was passed with a four-to-one majority — states that builders must install 16 m² (175 ft²) of solar panel per 93 m² (1000 ft²) of sunlit roof area, or one panel ... Read More »
Solar Power Is Cheaper, but the World Is Still Running on Fossil Fuels The Price Of Power Even without subsidies, new wind and solar power plants are usually cheaper than new coal, nuclear, or natural gas power plants. In fact, they are often not only cheaper, but substantially so. According to Lazard, levelized cost of energy (LCOE) estimates based on ... Read More »
Indian solar power producers may get module prices relief Global prices of solar modules, a key component in setting up solar power plants, could fall by as much as one-fifth this year, companies and analysts say. That will come as a shot in the arm for Indian producers of solar power and could increase the financial viability of projects. India ... Read More »
Solar-powered trains are closer to reality than we might think How can we connect solar photovoltaics (PV) directly to railways to power electric trains? That’s the question my charity 10:10 and researchers at Imperial College’s Energy Futures Lab are trying to answer. Electric trains are by far the best long distance transport mode when it comes to carbon emissions – ... Read More »
Pranab Mukherjee inaugurates solar power project in President’s Estate President Pranab Mukherjee (PTI Photo by Vijay Verma) President Pranab Mukherjee today inaugurated the first phase of a solar power project in the President’s Estate that would generate 670 kilowatt electricity for the sprawling premises. Under the project, seven rooftop solar panels have been installed with an investment of Rs 2.23 ... Read More »
Believing in India’s solar mission takes a leap of faith The sun’s energy is free, but the capital required to harness it must earn a fair return. Try telling that to the gung-ho bidders for India’s utility-scale solar power projects. Auction prices will fall below Rs4 per kilowatt-hour this year, Bloomberg News reports. The record low 2016 bid was Rs4.34. ... Read More »
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