Reuters reports that Toyota introduced the new plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHV) – “Prius PHV” on February 15th 2017. The new PHV also went on sale in the Japanese market on the 15th. The retail...  more

Roof-top PV installation is soon to be an outdated product? Elon Musk, Chairman of SolarCity, seems to agree with it. Few days ago, Musk disclosed that SolarCity is designing a roof made of solar panels and they wil...  more

Roof-top solar panels were burned at the Taipei Water Department at 2pm on July 27th. It was an autoignition. Temperatures in Taipei reached 38.5 degrees Celsius that day. The preliminary cause of the fire was overh...  more

Suntech has announced that the 8.5MW solar farm located in Valenzuela City has begun operation. Suntech has supplied 32,000 panels to support this project. "We're very excited to have contributed to one of the largest urb...  more

A new research reveals that the butterfly wing design may be an indicator for module manufacutrers to create cheaper and more efficient solar panels. The Cabbage White butterfly folds its wings in a v-sh...  more

Yingli announced on July 8th that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Yingli Singapore, has provided 4kW of solar panels to energize a school and a health clinic in rural Laos. Each site is equipped with a 2 kW off-grid system that is no...  more

A solar-powered charger which can recharge an electric vehicle (EV) in 40 minutes has been installed in Dorset, UK. It draws its power from solar panels and charge faster than standard chargers which take 8-12 hours. D...  more

Panasonic Corporation, its partner companies and the city of Fujisawa have worked together to make Fujisawa Sustainable Smart Town a reality. The city of Fujisawa in Kanagawa Prefecture is located approximately 50km west of Tokyo....  more

SolarWorld is rounding out nearly 18 MW of solar-panel deliveries to enable Atlanta-based Hannah Solar develop solar projects in several state regions and dozens of projects, many on agricultural lands. Hannah Solar fo...  more

The Delta Electronics Foundation, at the United Nations climate meeting in Lima, Peru, announced that the Namasia Elementary School, which they helped rebuild after typhoon Morakot in 2009, will achieve 'net-zero&#...  more