By Anders Lorenzen The Italian Serie A football team Udinese Calcio have announced a significant sustainability move and teamed up with local utility Bluenergy Group to cover the roof of the club’s stadium with solar panels. The installation is already in progress and will comprise more than 2,400 panels and is estimated to produce a daily average of 3,000 kilowatt […]
Solar panels on the roof of a building in Gaza. By Anders Lorenzen This article is not going into nor is it taking sides in the rapidly and tragic escalating conflict in Israel and Palestine. Both Gaza and the West Bank, the Palestine territories, are incredibly energy-poor and have no energy production and thus rely 100% on energy imports. What […]
Illustration of tandem silicone and perovskite. Graph credit: Eike Köhnen / HZB. By Anders Lorenzen The rapidly expanding solar PV technology has experienced significant technological advances in recent years , as scientists have experimented with new and innovative materials. It is believed solar cells built from silicone, the material that most of the world’s solar panels consist of, has reached […]
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Solar panels on the rooftop and car park of a secondary school in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Many such projects allow users to generate their own electricity and sell the surplus back to the grid. Photo credit: Energe. By Javier Lewkowicz Distributed generation and local actors are boosting renewables, democratising energy and reducing bills. A small town generating its own power, […]
By Jeremy Williams In his book The Switch, Chris Goodall argues that solar technologies will eventually power the world. It’s harder to imagine in Britain than in other places, but if it did, what would the implications be? We know what a fossil-fuelled economy looks like, and the politics of fossil fuels. How would solar be different? These are […]
By Jeremy Williams There has been some unwarranted fussing about solar farms in the UK recently. There is an enduring perception that they compete with food production and should be restricted. I’ve described why that’s not the case, but even if land is in short supply and isn’t suitable for solar panels, there are other options. Yes, there are roofs, […]
A village in Madagascar that has been electrified WeLight. Photo credit: WeLight. By Anders Lorenzen Madagascar, an island off the east coast of Africa, is one of the most impoverished countries in the world. Last year we reported when parts of the country underwent a fatal and devastating drought. Now a solar company in the country, WeLight, has secured […]
The U.S. Department of Energy recently released a study showing how America could decarbonize its power grid using solar energy and power 40% of the nation’s electricity by 2035. They predict the transition won’t result in higher electricity prices. This is good news for the environment. Solar prices have dropped so far it is actually profitable to install solar pretty […]
Residential solar continues to increase in desirability and popularity. According to a new study by Rocket Homes, 74.8% of non-solar households find the upfront cost to be the top barrier. Despite concerns about cost, 66.5% of households that do not have solar panels are interested in getting them. When asked what would make solar more accessible to homeowners, 61.2% of […]