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Windorah's Second Chance at Solar: Outback Town Revives Renewable Hope
Discover how Windorah, a remote town in western Queensland, is replacing its failed solar dish farm with a new $4.5 million solar farm that promises to meet the town's electricity needs. Ergon Energy is taking steps to ensure success and the locals are cautiously hopeful.
Oct 19, 2023 // Plants, queensland, Windorah
New thin-film modern technology uses lasting elements for solar panels
Commercialized thin-film photovoltaic panels on the market include rare-earth elements like indium and gallium, or very toxic steels like cadmium. Both of these thin-film photovoltaic panel types have their own problems, such as high-cost and issues in operation in living places.
Jun 30, 2020 // Technology, Solar Panels, solar cells, Jin-Kyu Kang, DGIST, Dae-Hwan Kim
90-MW Solar Park to Power Italy
European Energy A/S has won approval to construct a 90-MW solar farm in Italy’s Puglia Region. The project, led by Thorvald Spanggaard, will generate enough energy to power 55,500 households. The solar park will use tracker panels on 35 hectares of land and involve reforestation and infrastructure upgrades. European Energy's ambitious goal to develop renewable energy in all of Italy moves closer to reality.
Nov 3, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Italy, Europe, PV Power Plant
What is Concentrator?
A solar module consisting of lenses or other optical elements that focus sunlight on a photovoltaic cell, thus increasing the amount of solar energy captured.
Sep 12, 2023
Ingeteam unveils new residential hybrid inverter
The manufacturer said its new hybrid device includes a maximum power point tracking system, which makes it ideal for east/west oriented rooftop PV systems. The inverter is available with power outputs of 3 kW and 6 kW and is compatible with most lead-acid and lithium-ion batteries that are made by leading storage specialists.
Jan 28, 2020 // Inverters, Spain, Europe, Ingeteam
Statkraft-Luminous UK Solar PPA: Innovative Energy Trading Solution
Statkraft's cutting-edge PPA with Luminous Energy showcases their innovative approach to energy trading, providing price certainty and risk management for solar farm generators.
Jul 3, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, Statkraft, luminous energy
Russian Far East sees 75 MW of large scale solar come online
Five PV power plants, each with a generation capacity of 15 MW, were grid-connected in the Russian Republic of Buryatia and the Zabaikalsky Territory. The projects were built under a program which offers generators capacity payments and the ability to trade on the wholesale energy market.
Nov 1, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, Asia, Russia, Far East
€280m Refinance: 500MW Mula Solar Farm
Qualitas Energy has completed a €280m refinancing operation on the 500MW Mula photovoltaic solar plant in Spain. BBVA, EDC, DekaBank, Unicaja and Bankinter participate in the "Green Loan Principles" classified loan. Qualitas is a leader in renewable energy investment and management since 2006.
Sep 5, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, PV Power Plant, Qualitas Energy
This Is Why We Don't Have Solar-Powered Autos
The suggestion of humming about on pure sunshine appears compelling. The sun certainly gives off enough energy, yet math discloses that it's much less useful than it seems.
Jun 10, 2021 // Technology, Transport
Spain sets demand-led grid plan prioritizing hydrogen, renewables by 2030
Spain will invest EUR 13.59bn in its power grid by 2030, shifting focus to industrial demand, green hydrogen and large-scale renewable integration.
Sep 15, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, Grids, Solar to Fuel, Spain, Europe, hydrogen
Walla Solar Farm Helps Australia's GRS Seal Year with Almost 2 GW Pipeline at Hometurf
Gransolar has secured a new alliance with FRV to complete a 300 MWac plant in New South Wales.
The project will certainly make up near 700,000 photovoltaic panels with singe axis tracking and have an annual output of 720,000 megawatt hours.
Dec 28, 2022 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, GRS, Fotowatio Renewable Ventures Australia, Gransolar Group, Walla Walla project
Poland Shines Bright with Solar: Former Coal Mine Now Home to EU's 2nd Largest Solar Facility
Poland opens its second-largest solar farm at former coal mine, producing 220 GWh of clean energy annually to power 100,000 homes and reduce CO2 emissions. Renewables to provide 51% of electricity by 2040, with a nuclear power plant to be operational by 2030s.
Sep 27, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Poland, Europe, PV Power Plant
What is Azimuth angle?
Angle between direction to the sun and direction to the south (for the northern hemisphere). For a PV installation, azimuth specifies how far the installation
Sep 11, 2023
Largest solar power stations in Canada
Top biggest solar photovoltaic power stations in Canada.
(Updated March 2026)
Solar power stations, PV farms 2026 in
May 13, 2026
ECOwind completes Austrian floating solar farm
The 24MW project is among the biggest in Europe
Feb 21, 2023 // Plants, Floating PV, Europe, Austria, ECOwind, floating solar farm







