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 BPs Statistical Review of World Energy 2012 sh...... [More]

Last week, one of Indias leading solar energy developers, Mahindra Solar One announced plans to move forward with a 50 megawatt solar plant in Rajasthan, India. Funded in part by the U.S. Export Import Bank, the project is yet another example of how U.S. and Indian entities ar...... [More]

Adding yet more capacity to its Ukrainian photovoltaic portfolio, Activ Solar has completed the second and final phase of its 42.95 MW plant in the Odessa region.On June 19, the Austrian solar company announced that the first 21.18 MWp phase of the Starokozache Power Station h...... [More]

Photovoltaic solar power acconted for 10 percent of Germany""s total electricity production in May, an increase of 40 percent from the previous year, as reported by the Federal Association of the Energy and Water Industry.The significant jump stemmed from heightened capacity co...... [More]

The government must allow for 900 more megawatts of photovoltaic solar energy production in order to meet its goal of supplying 5 percent of the contrys electricity through renewable energy sources by 2014, the Renewable Energy Association of Israel said on Sunday.REAI, under ...... [More]

The mobile assembly robot named Momo can tackle the whole building process. It is particularly suitable for large area assemblies, where installers face difficult terrain and have to cover large distances. The robot moves to the designated site, supplied with all the necess...... [More]