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Training Your Team for Drone Roof Inspections: Best Practices for Roofing Contractors

This guide will help you get the most out of your drone solution. Read on to learn about necessary training, keeping drones ready for flight, safety protocols, and more.

Floating Solar Panels Could Support US Energy Goals

New Study Shows Federally Controlled Reservoirs Could Host Enough Energy To Power Approximately 100 Million US Homes a Year

How Agrivoltaics Can Help Solve Land Access Challenges for Emerging and Young Farmers

The 2022 National Young Farmer Survey, a survey conducted by the National Young Farmers Coalition, found that land access is the number one challenge faced by young farmers.

Is Solar Panel Cleaning Safety the Next Frontier in EHS?

While this task is generally classified as “non-electrical” maintenance, a more accurate label might be “quasi-electrical,” given the potential hazards involved.

Monitoring Tools for Manufacturing Plant Maintenance

Electrical power delivery systems are usually the most impactful on plant operation. The cost of failure of certain pieces of equipment can quickly escalate into multi-millions of dollars of equipment replacement costs and production downtime.

Southco: What is a Friction/Torque Hinge?

A torque hinge uses friction to control the movement of a door, lid, or other type of panel. It allows the panel to be held in any position along its range of motion, without additional hardware or support.

Making solar cells more weatherproof

In recent experiments at the Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask), Kelly, professor of chemistry at USask, and his team were trying to figure out why solar cells made with lead halide perovskite, rather than silicon, were failing prematurely.

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Half of energy will come from solar by 2035: ground-breaking climate modeling tool challenges previous energy projections

Birch is challenging decades of inaccurate solar energy forecasting, correcting a flawed equation at the heart of projections: he says the metric of primary energy is only applicable to fossil fuels, as over half of fossil fuel energy is wasted when it is burned.

Schletter supplies Central Europe's largest Agri-PV project

A total of 260,000 PV modules were installed on around 180 hectares of farmland in the municipalities of Wallern and Tadten in the Austrian province of Burgenland. The modules were mounted on the Schletter Tracking System 2V in an east-west orientation.

JinkoSolar's Perovskite Tandem Solar Cell Based on N-type TOPCon Sets New Record with Conversion Efficiency of 33.84%

The record-breaking perovskite tandem solar cell utilizes JinkoSolar’s N-type high-efficiency monocrystalline TOPCon solar cell as the bottom cell, enhanced by significant advancements across multiple key technologies.

Other Renewables - News Headlines

SolarBank to Present at The Microcap Conference 2025

SolarBank's CEO, Dr. Richard Lu, will deliver a corporate presentation on January 29, 2025 at 10AM, EST in Studio 2, and will engage in one-on-one meetings with institutional and individual investors to discuss the company's recent developments, growth strategy, and investor opportunities.

NovaSource Power Services Strengthens Industry Ties by Joining Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)

With a portfolio of over 30GW of utility-scale solar and battery storage projects, NovaSource brings to SEIA's diverse membership unparalleled expertise, extensive industry knowledge, and a strong track record of optimizing renewable energy assets.

Wind Energy Market on Track for USD 496.9 Billion Boom by 2032

By 2032, the wind energy market is projected to exceed USD 496.9 billion, driven by technological advancements, supportive government policies, and a growing focus on decarbonization.

Other Renewables - Featured Product

MORNINGSTAR - GenStar MPPT
MORNINGSTAR - GenStar MPPT

MORNINGSTAR - GenStar MPPT

GenStar MPPT is the industry's first fully integrated solar DC charging system, an all-new design with "lithium DNA" from the leader in charge controllers. Out of the box, GenStar is an overachiever-delivering legendary Morningstar quality, efficiency, power and reliability along with the latest in advanced communications and control technologies. All the most installer-requested features are on-board; additional features can be easily added via Morningstar's ReadyBlock expansion technology, with snap-in blocks that provide battery metering and monitoring, signaling and load control, and lithium battery communications/control

Other Renewables - Featured Company

Southco, Inc.

Southco, Inc. is the leading global designer and manufacturer of engineered access solutions. From quality and performance to aesthetics and ergonomics, we understand that first impressions are lasting impressions in product design. With unrivalled engineering resources, innovative products and a dedicated global team, Southco delivers the broadest portfolio of premium access solutions available to equipment designers throughout the world.