On Tuesday, AGL Energy Ltd announced plans to cease its residential solar installation services, consequently recording losses amounting to $47 million in closure and write-down costs.

The ACT government recently unveiled its massive “solar highway” project of 36,000 solar PV systems at Williamsdale. The Minister for Climate Change Mr. Shane Rattenbury noted that the long-awaited Williamsdale Solar Farm situated around 20 kilometres south of Canberra’s city centre, was capable of generating adequate electricity to power 3,000 households.

The Japan SoftBank Group Corporation in conjunction with GCL System Integration Technology, a Chinese-based company is set to unveil a $930 million joint solar power investment which forms part of its broader solar venture roadmap into Indian solar.

According to a new energy industry report, renewable sources of power will account for about 85% of all global electricity generation by 2050. The report also predicts that nearly one-third of all electricity supply will emanate from solar PV by the same period of time.

The current PV inverter shipments worldwide are expected to hit a record 63.5 gigawatts in 2016 (up from 59.7 gigawatts in 2015), and are projected to reach 100 GW by 2021.

In partnership with CSIRO and the Australian National University (ANU), a local technology company Dyesol has designed a new form of solar photovoltaic (PV) cells that exclude rare earths and silicon metals.

Carl Elkin, a U.S-based engineer and employee at Google started using his free time to tinker with the company’s 3D mapping program in a bid to find out if it could actually identify rooftops that receive adequate sunlight, and consequently make rooftop solar panel installation worthwhile.

In the forefront of the race for electric vehicle technology is Tesla Motors, recognized as the top electric auto manufacturer in the world. Tesla is in the thick of things – opening a number of Supercharger fast charging stations all around the United States and even in other countries.

You may think that it rains too much in the land of Poms for solar PV to be effective but the UK has a pretty vibrant industry across both commercial and domestic sectors.

Today, you don’t need the sun shining intensely to get solar energy. New developments in photovoltaics enable the use and storage of solar power even when it is cloudy.

Solar PV Recycling A new report predicts the total annual recycled product value of crystalline silicon solar panels will hit USD $12 billion in 2035.

Hello and welcome to our first country report in 2012! This year we will report from 3 continents from the most important Solar PV events! But today we would like to update you about Benelux countries starting with Belgium.