solar energy

Over the past seven years, PSEG has invested more than US$1 billion in developing solar energy, transferring the traditional power company into a solar company. Solar is a clean and inexhaustible power source that is crucia...  more

Cochin International Airport, the seventh busiest airport in India, is now completely operating by solar power generated from its own solar power plants. By installing solar arrays on buildings’ rooftops and on near land, C...  more

The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) in Nairobi, Kenya, will be powered by three rooftop solar PV arrays totaling 1,154kWp. Solarcentury will undertake the installations while schedules completi...  more

Escondido Union High School District (EUHSD) and SunPower announced a power purchase agreement (PPA) under which SunPower will build 2MW of solar power systems at four district schools. The district estimates that the agreement wi...  more

India will add 3,790MW of solar power generation capacity by end of March, taking total capacity to 9,038MW from existing 5,248MW, according to a status report by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. Tendering for sola...  more

London i Airport is going to install a 2.5MW solar PV array, which will supply 20% of the airport’s annual electricity demand. The airport owner Stobart Group signed to use China Sunergy’s (CSUN’s) solar PV modules for the airport...  more

For the first time, Johns Hopkins unveiled a solar project to produce solar energy to power its facilities and offset 18% of energy use. SolarCity has signed to install and maintain the 13.6MW project for Johns Hopkins and Direct ...  more

Azure Power won projects with 100 MW solar power capacity which were recently put up for auction by NTPC Limited, India's largest power generation company. The auction is part of the National Solar Mission. The projects will be bu...  more

DTE Energy and City of Lapeer Michigan are planning to construct 45MW of ground-mounted PV projects at two sites. The projects will generate enough to power 9,000 average size homes with clean, zero-emission solar energy. The larg...  more

SB Energy, or SBG Cleantech, a joint venture formed between Softbank (Japan), Foxconn Technology Group (Taiwan) and Bharti Enterprises Limited (India), has won the NTPC bid to develop a 350MW solar power plant in the Ghani Sakunal...  more