A total of 1.1 gigawatts (GW) of solar have been installed around the world as of September, according to a new report by the World Bank (PDF). That’s similar to the amount of traditional solar panel ...

Japan Semiconductor, the chip manufacturing subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Toshiba, has signed a virtual Power Purchase ...

Ground mounted solar PV and rooftops with solar panels are becoming ubiquitous. Now, imagine solar panels floating on water. Floating solar (or floating photovoltaic, FPV) is an emerging trend, and ...

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Abu Dhabi’s Masdar has signed a power purchase agreement for a 200-megawatt floating solar photovoltaic project at Chereh Dam, Pahang, marking its first project in Malaysia and the largest floating ...

CHN Energy has started full commercial operations at the 1GW HG14 floating PV (FPV) project off the coast of Dongying in ...

Officials at Del-Co Water Company, a nonprofit cooperative in north central Ohio, were looking for ways to add solar power to reduce the carbon footprint of their energy-intensive pump systems. But ...

Renewable energy producer Q Energy is now building Europe’s largest floating solar farm on a brownfield site in northwestern France. The floating solar farm is called Les Ilots Blandin, and it’s going ...

Masdar signs deal to develop floating solar project in Malaysia, set to become Southeast Asia’s largest and support energy ...

Europe’s largest floating solar farm – which is on the Alqueva hydroelectric dam’s reservoir in Portugal – is ready to produce power in July. The Alqueva reservoir is Western Europe’s largest ...

Ever since the first solar power plant was built in the 1960s, solar arrays have become a familiar sight on mountains, in deserts, and even on rooftops. But in the past decade, a new breed of solar ...