Two Chinese companies plan to invest $1 billion to build a 1 gigawatt grid scale solar farm on land near the Chernobyl nuclear reactor that had a meltdown in 1986. There is almost no other imaginable use for the land.
(Originally published on Planetsave.com) With major solar development and deployment getting underway in the country, Egypt is ramping up to full-speed-ahead. The swell of international finance, development, and construction firms inundating the nation is riding on a high tide of good will and warm welcome. One such international firm enjoying the warm welcome is FAS […]
In some countries, it is common for solar power system owners to receive credits on their electricity bills when they transmit electricity from their solar systems back to the grid. Utility companies that allow net metering help these solar owners save money on their bills by giving such credits, while also benefiting for more electricity […]
Even though the state of Georgia has plenty of sunshine historically it hasn’t done that well with solar power development. Utility and state politics have been the main barrier, but apparently that resistance has been fading, at least somewhat. For example, recently it was announced that the largest solar power plant in Georgia will be […]
Utility-scale solar photovoltaic power plants are now generating about twice as much electricity as they did just one year ago in the US. 12,303 Gwh were sent to the U.S. grid by utility-scale solar in 2014 through the month of September. For the same period in 2013, that number was 6,048 GWh. The larger figure […]
A new peak generation record for the California grid was set on August 15 at 12:03 PM. It was 4.813 GW for utility-scale solar PV and concentrating solar power. The California Independent Operator released data showing the record had been achieved. The 4.8 GW of solar power was about 14% of demand. This percentage would […]
US-based First Solar has led the utility-scale solar league for awhile now, but the latest statistics for utility-scale solar construction (EPC contracts) put it way out in the lead. As you can see in the Wiki-Solar table below, First Solar now has built 1,147 MW of solar power capacity at solar farms 10 MW in size or […]
Want to know which are the top solar power companies in the US, or in the world? For a thorough look at solar power companies leading various solar power markets and holding various solar power records, check out our Solar Energy & Solar Power Facts page. However, for a look simply at the top solar module manufacturers […]