On April 16, the grid was fully supplied by wind and solar for the first time, reaching 100.6% of demand, and on April 21, solar power accounted for 78.6% of domestic demand at its peak.

The EIA said the U.S. generated 218.5 TWh of solar power last year; when including small-scale generation, the figure rises to 303.2 TWh. Energy analysts have said those numbers are helped by the ...

The idea of Nigeria’s seat of power installing a N10bn solar power structure has generated a lot of interest in the past few weeks. From an ecological point of view, the concept is a welcome ...

There are plenty of systems that convert DC to AC, allowing solar power to feed into the grid or power home appliances directly, but they typically lose power in the process, add complexity and ...

TWIN FALLS — Some solar panel owners say Idaho Power has them over a barrel. They bought their rooftop systems, often costing tens of thousands of dollars, looking forward to significant savings ...

The cause of the power outage has not been conclusively clarified. It is correct that at the time of the blackout, solar energy provided around 60% (19.3 GW) of the power available in the Spanish ...

Zambia could tap into solar power to light up its rural areas, but this potential has yet to be exploited. So far, only 3.23% of its installed electricity generation capacity is solar based.

Monday’s devastating blackout in Spain is raising questions about the country’s massive reliance on solar and wind power for electricity — and whether the new power sources may have played a ...

This means real energy costs of solar and wind are far higher. One study looking at China showed that the real cost of solar power on average turns out to be twice as high as coal, while a peer ...

has signed a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) to develop Asia’s largest integrated solar and battery energy storage system. The shares of ...

BOISE, Idaho — This story originally appeared in the Idaho Press. Idaho Power is looking to make sizable adjustments to the level at which solar users in the state are compensated for the extra ...