Category: Solar Sales and Services

A California solar energy company is going through a Meta metamorphosis of sorts that will help energize our power- and data-hungry world. When Meta, the parent company of Facebook, inked a deal with Adapture Renewables to buy 330 megawatts of solar power from three utility-scale solar farms last year — two in Illinois and one in Arkansas — it jump-started a pivot for the company, founded in 2011. “These projects for Meta put us on the map from a large utility perspective,” Adapture Renewables senior development director Gabe Klooster said…

The Greene County School District continues to work toward construction of solar panels to reduce its overall energy costs.  Superintendent Brett Abbotts says after a meeting with a company, Generac, that does solar panel battery systems and is looking at potential ways of putting all three school buildings on these batteries. “And just kind of worked me through on what this could mean for us from a dollars and cents standpoint, from an energy use standpoint, and really try to help all three of our schools move away from these…

Romanians install 3 times more solar panels and heat pumps in 2024 compared to last year, to reduce energy consumption as much as possible, due to rising bills during heatwave, says Kilowat, one of the leading solutions companies of green energy. In the context of heatwaves and the constant increase in energy prices, more and more Romanians are looking for solutions to reduce their costs and to get rid of the worries of energy bills. “The energy bills are getting higher, and this puts a significant pressure on the budgets…

China’s energy largest storage facility, with rows of white batteries similar to containers lined across on a field in Shandong province, was connected to the grid last Saturday. The batteries form a 795 megawatt (MW) plant that can hold up to 1 million kilowatt-hours of electricity – enough to power 150,000 households for a day. Built by Lijin County Jinhui New Energy Co, the project is part of an explosion in development of energy storage in China, which has called for even more investment in the sector to boost renewable…

GAINESVILLE – Above a spartan field near the Oklahoma border, scant clouds skate across the North Texas sky. Hundreds of solar panels slowly track the morning sun’s path for a direct hit from an energy source 94 million miles away. But not the sheep. They’re tracking JR Howard’s gray Ford F-250 – weaving between rows of solar panels as he lays on the horn. It’s feeding time on this April morning. Why This Story Matters Texas lost almost 18,000 farms and ranches, and more than 1.5 million acres of agricultural…

Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Kazakstan and Tajikistan this week during a five-day tour that begins on Tuesday.  Xi will also attend a two-day leaders summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization that begins on Wednesday in Astana. (AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE) Five Indian soldiers were killed on Saturday when a military tank they were traveling in sunk while crossing a river near the heavily fortified border with China in the Himalayas. Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh called it an “unfortunate accident.” (ASSOCIATED PRESS) The Indonesian government will impose 100% to 200%…

Sweltering summer temperatures are increasingly common, especially in cities where closely packed buildings and paved surfaces trap heat. When temperatures climb above 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit), it can be a serious health hazard, especially for the elderly and sick. And while drawing curtains to block out the sun during the day and ventilating homes during the night when its cooler may help, many turn to power intensive air conditioning units. Fortunately, the sun itself can help us to stay cool. Given that the sun generally shines for extended periods…

Investments in solar and wind could reach US$770 billion in the Asia Pacific region by the second half of the century, according to a new study by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), an energy think tank. The bulk of this amount could be spent localising large parts of the region’s solar and offshore wind supply chains. Doing so would have a greater impact on the financial viability of both energy sources, than domestically manufacturing the panels and turbines that go in them, said Grant Hauber, IEEFA’s strategic energy finance advisor…