The working principle of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels is to capture the Sun’s energy and convert it into electricity. The panels do not require direct sunlight to work and can [...]

One of the smallest countries in Europe, the Netherlands, has become Europe’s, per-capita, solar powerhouse. The scenic country has more than 48 million solar panels installed with an average of [...]

An ambitious project to supply electricity to the UK via an undersea cable connected to a solar farm in the Sahara Desert has been put forward by a company called [...]

The share of renewable energy used to generate electricity from solar power, globally, increased from 1.09% to 3.27% between 2015 and 2021 [1]. It comes as no surprise that companies [...]

Solar panel production is, rightly or wrongly, criticised partly for not being entirely environmentally friendly. The source of this criticism is primarily due to the reliance on precious metals required [...]

The lockdowns imposed worldwide to combat the pandemic in 2019 resulted in a significant reduction in energy demand across the world. Oil refineries have been shut down and struggled to [...]

The United States (U.S.) is starting to see potential for floating photovoltaics (FPV), otherwise known as floating solar, floatovoltaics. This began when earlier this month the US Army launched a [...]

You herd it here first, the land that makes an optimal area for livestock is often also an ideal spot for solar farms. They’re both vast, rather flat plots of [...]

Renewable energy has long been a concept that the public and industry in general, see as a positive one. The picture gets more complicated as proposals get more specific, including [...]

Innovative solutions are required to solve the ongoing global climate crisis. Year on year rises to the recorded global average temperature has resulted in a higher frequency of droughts. Water [...]