The 150-MW EDF Renewables Slate Creek Wind Farm in Kansas the 150-MW Pattern Operations Fowler Ridge IV Wind Farm in Indiana are tied for the largest renewable energy projects that went online in North America in January 2016. Seven other solar wind projects went live i......[More]

How easy is it to go solar in your state? A new “report card” by theInterstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) Vote Solar grades all 50 U.S. states on two important criteria for solar development: interconnection stards net-metering policies. Now in its 9th year, the re......[More]

China has announced its intention to join the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Despite ongoing trade wars between China and both the US and European Union, it will become the 161st member of the body, which is lobbying to double the share of renewable ener......[More]

The European Photovoltaic Association (EPIA) has asked the European Union to take action against member states curtailing support to the renewable energy industry. More than 70 companies and associations in the solar PV electricity sector have co-signed a letter to Euro......[More]

The Financial Times have reported that Solar World filed an anti-dumping complaint accusing Chinese manufactures of selling photovoltaic cells below cost, the EU commission will have 45 days from the date of filing to decide whether to start an investigation. According ......[More]

While the global use of fossil fuels continues to grow by up to a few percentage points a year, solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity is exploding, driven partly by government policies but also by rapidly falling costs. Data presented in BP’s Statistical Review of World Ener......[More]