Search
The weekend read: Unsteady progress of a potential MENA solar superpower
With a combination of scale, a growing population, outstanding irradiation, and available capital, solar PV should be a ‘no brainer’ for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. But early explorations of the technology have soured expectations, and progress has come in fits and starts.
Aug 17, 2019 // Solar, Saudi Arabia, solar pv, Asia, K.A.CARE, REPDO
Saudi Arabia Advances 2-GW Battery Storage Tender Bidding
Saudi Arabia pre-qualifies 33 firms for 2,000 MW battery storage projects, boosting renewable energy towards a 50% share by 2030. Exciting prospects lie ahead!
Jan 3, 2025 // Storage, Saudi Arabia, Asia
SolaEon Sets 27.87% Perovskite Cell Record
SolaEon hits certified 27.87% perovskite record, nears theoretical limit; tandem tops 31%, and meter-scale modules reach 25%+ stabilized—mass production hurdles next.
Jan 30, 2026 // Technology, solar cell, perovskite, efficiency, SolaEon
Exploring the Key Players in Dubai’s Solar Panel Distribution Market
A Market Defined by More Than Demand
Dubai has positioned itself not just as a leader in luxury real estate or tourism, but as a forward-looking city
Aug 1, 2025 // Solar
Largest solar thermal power stations (CSP) list
Largest operational solar thermal power stations list. Commercial concentrating solar power (CSP) plants, also called "solar thermal power stations".
See
Oct 14, 2024
Equinor, Hydro, Panasonic discover battery options
Trio to examine possibilities for establishing a European service based in Norway
Nov 18, 2020 // Storage, Panasonic, Europe, Norway, Equinor, Mototsugu Sato, Arvid Moss, Allan Swan
Impossible breakthrough method of creating solar material at NREL
Scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) achieved a technological breakthrough for solar cells previously thought impossible.
Dec 19, 2019 // Technology, NREL, solar cell, Kevin Schulte
Masdar Acquires 50% Stake in US Renewable Developer
Masdar secures a 50% stake in Terra-Gen, boosting its US renewable energy ambitions and advancing global goals for sustainable power by 2030.
Oct 1, 2024 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Masdar, North America
Masdar, KESH Pursue Gigawatt Renewable Energy Projects
Masdar and KESH unite for a groundbreaking renewable energy venture in Albania, paving the way for sustainable power and regional energy exports. A green future begins!
Nov 14, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Masdar, KESH
Race Heats Up For Title Of Cheapest Solar Energy In The World
Dubai has narrowly missed out on reclaiming the title of having the world’s cheapest solar photovoltaic (PV) energy, after receiving bids for the latest phase of a massive solar park on the desert outskirts of the city.
Oct 17, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, China, Asia, ACWA Power, Dubai, Tom Heggarty, mbr solar park, Abu Dhabi, Concentrated solar power
Solar panels in Sahara could enhance renewable resource yet damages the global climate
The world's most prohibiting deserts could be the best position on Planet for gathering solar power-- the most plentiful and also tidy source of energy we have. Deserts are sizable, reasonably level, abundant in silicon-- the raw product for the semiconductors from which solar cells are made-- and also never short of sunlight. As a matter of fact, the 10 biggest solar plants all over the world are all located in deserts or dry regions.
Feb 12, 2021 // Plants, Solar Panels, Amazon, Sahara, Congo Basin, African Humid Period
Buckyballs on DNA for harvesting light
Organic molecules that record photons and also convert these into electrical energy have vital applications for generating environment-friendly power. Light-harvesting facilities need 2 semiconductors, an electron benefactor as well as an acceptor. Exactly how well they function is determined by their quantum efficiency, the price whereby photons are exchanged electron-hole pairs.
Feb 24, 2021 // Technology, Germany, solar cells, Europe, KIT, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, efficiency, quantum efficiency, DNA
Deployment of Li-ion Batteries in Solar PV system
Depletion of fossil fuels, climate change and global warming were the driving factors for investment in the field of renewable energy. The renewable technologies can play a vital role in mitigating or slowing down of energy insecurity, energy prices and climate change globally.
Feb 10, 2021 // Storage, Li-ion batteries
Major advancement in producing new family members of semiconductor materials
MIT engineers report producing the very first high-grade thin films of a new household of semiconductor materials. The task, which lead scientist Rafael Jaramillo describes as his "white whale" because of his fixation in pursuing it over the years, has the potential to effect several areas of technology if background repeats itself. The capability to develop top notch films of other families of semiconductors brought about computers, solar cells, night-vision video cameras, and extra.
Oct 4, 2021 // Technology, USA, solar cell, perovskite, MIT, North America, Thomas Lord
The victors and losers in U.S. solar production in 2020
As we liquidate 2020, the solar sector prepares to enter its last scheduled year with tariffs on imported solar panels. The Trump administration repetitively stated the tariffs were enforced to re-energize U.S. solar manufacturing. As well as while we did get some significant capacity enhancements in 2019, market revitalization has actually petered out considering that.
Nov 16, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, USA, Miasolé, North America, Toledo Solar, Aaron Bates, violet power, Global Solar, Charlie Gay








