Landmark fundraising deals by two of Africa's largest off-grid solar companies are raising hopes that private capital markets could become a major source of funding to help bring electricity to ...

The test is whether more institutional investors will back a pay-as-you-go business model on a commercial scale ...

Researchers in Brazil developed a low-cost method combining UAV photogrammetry, GIS analysis, and an open-source Python tool ...

US IPP Walden has secured US$250 million from Crayhill Capital Management to support its 5GW US utility-scale solar PV and ...

Citing national security concerns, the Trump administration has banned the import and domestic use of new power inverters ...

ADB has approved an US$850 million loan to support the second phase of reforms for India's flagship residential rooftop solar programme.

Lake George High School students build scale solar system model ...

Kevin McCartney has overseen the Maine Solar System Model since its creation in 1999. He says the model stretches nearly 160 ...

A Soviet astronomer in the 1960s proposed a scale to classify hypothetical alien civilizations. Here’s why the framework is still coming up today.

The scale of the Solar System is already overwhelming, but it is only the beginning. From the Moon and Mars to Voyager, the Milky Way, and the cosmic web, this journey shows how small Earth is inside ...

Rain almost never reaches the deep Sahara. Some corners of it go years between storms, and the sand simply waits. It is the emptiest large place on the planet, and also the sunniest. Climate ...

Co-locating batteries with solar projects is proving a compelling strategy, enhancing grid stability and maximising land and transmission use. Despite early-stage deployment, government incentives and ...