Daily Archives: August 16, 2026

Vikram Solar has started PV module production at its new manufacturing facility in Gangaikondan, Tamil Nadu, with the rollout of the plant’s first solar module.The facility is being developed in phases, with a planned annual module manufacturing capacity of 6 … Continue reading →

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Tesla has revealed a $10.1 billion proposal for a solar factory in Texas, offering the clearest look yet at how CEO Elon Musk could pursue his ambitions to ramp up solar manufacturing in the US, documents show.In a tax-incentive application … Continue reading →

India is on track to add a record amount of solar capacity in 2026, even as the policy driving the surge creates a supply crunch that will push system prices significantly higher, according to new analysis from Wood Mackenzie.India added 34 GW … Continue reading →

SubscribeToday’s print editionHome DeliveryTo understand U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest move to protect American solar manufacturers, it helps to follow the trail of a 32,000-kilometer trade route running through Kenya and a tiny Indonesian island off the coast of Singapore.The … Continue reading →

Vikram Solar has inaugurated a 6 GW solar PV module manufacturing plant at Gangaikondan in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu. The facility was inaugurated by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Thiru C. Joseph Vijay.Following the commissioning of the new 6 GW module production line, Vikram … Continue reading →

Agastya to set up Rs 7,800 cr solar manufacturing plant in Andhra  The New Indian Expresssource

© 2025 THE COOL DOWN COMPANY. All Rights Reserved. Do not sell or share my personal information. Reach us at hello@thecooldown.com.Plug-in solar could give more households a chance to lower their bills.Photo Credit: iStock California’s bruising fight over rooftop solar … Continue reading →

0 Powered by : BLUETTI, a China-based portable power and PV products provider, has brought its SORA 500 portable solar panel to the US market. The 500 W panel has been build for RV travel, camping, and off-grid power requirements. … Continue reading →

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© 2025 THE COOL DOWN COMPANY. All Rights Reserved. Do not sell or share my personal information. Reach us at hello@thecooldown.com.The equipment connects to a standard household outlet.Photo Credit: YouTube A steep summer electricity bill led one Massachusetts resident to … Continue reading →

Australia’s utility-scale solar sector must halve generation costs to around AU$25-30/MWh (US$18-22/MWh) to unlock a pipeline of projects capable of delivering the 10GW of annual capacity additions needed for decarbonisation, according to the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).Dan Sturrock, general … Continue reading →

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Date:What if the same acre of land could produce both food and electricity? That question drives one of the most promising innovations in sustainable agriculture: agrivoltaics. By mounting solar panels above cropland, farmers can harvest sunlight twice, generating renewable energy … Continue reading →

Australia has confirmed it will return AU$1.3 billion (US$940 million) in uncommitted funding from several clean energy manufacturing programmes as part of broader budget savings measures announced in the 2026-27 Federal Budget, with the Solar Sunshot Program among those affected by the … Continue reading →

ACEN Australia has revealed an 87% year-on-year increase in generation output for the first quarter of 2026, reaching 528GWh, driven primarily by the first full quarter of operations from its 400MW Stubbo Solar project and improved performance at the 400MW … Continue reading →

Mining giant Fortescue has begun construction on the 690MW Turner River solar PV power plant in Western Australia’s Pilbara region.The project forms part of Fortescue’s rapidly expanding “Pilbara Green Grid”, an integrated renewable energy ecosystem designed to power the company’s … Continue reading →

Solar Urgency: India has made a smooth transition to green energy  openthemagazine.comsource

Before you buy a plug-in solar panel, here are 3 places you can’t put it without permission according to the latest planning laws  TechRadarsource

© 2025 THE COOL DOWN COMPANY. All Rights Reserved. Do not sell or share my personal information. Reach us at hello@thecooldown.com.“The beauty of commercial-industrial real estate is the speed and scalability.”Photo Credit: iStock As local communities increasingly push back against … Continue reading →

A government-backed study has found that Australia could establish a commercially viable polysilicon manufacturing industry, positioning the country to address an emerging global shortage of non-Chinese material as solar deployment accelerates worldwide.The Australian Silicon (AusSi) Study, supported by the Australian … Continue reading →

The Sustainable Economic Opportunity Behind End-of-Life Solar Panels  IRENA – International Renewable Energy Agencysource

The Victorian government in Australia has formally declared five onshore renewable energy zones (REZs) and a dedicated shoreline zone for offshore wind infrastructure.In doing so, this completes a process that began with the release of the draft Victorian Transmission Plan … Continue reading →

Solar Stocks Facing Tariff Pressure With U.S. Supply Chains In Focus  simplywall.stsource

China’s 20,000-Mile Solar Trade Route That Battled US Tariffs  finance.yahoo.comsource

Naturgy’s international generation subsidiary Global Power Generation (GPG) has commissioned two utility-scale solar PV power plants in Australia with a combined capacity of 360MW.This brings the Spanish group’s total installed capacity in the country to 1.3GW. Get Premium Subscription The … Continue reading →

Share articlePrint articleSouth Africa’s coal-fired power stations are retiring. The country must replace a huge amount of electricity over the next two decades. Currently, coal still supplies 74% of the country’s power. But the government’s national energy plan has largely … Continue reading →

Australia leads the world in residential rooftop solar, with 22GW of household capacity installed, but its commercial and industrial sector has deployed only 5.6GW, despite consuming more electricity than households, according to a new report from the Institute for Energy … Continue reading →

This evening’s solar eclipse will cut Europe’s effective solar PV capacity by 9.7GW as the moon blocks out the sun for around two hours, according to the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E).ENTSO-E said that it expects … Continue reading →

Your support helps WABE tell important stories. Please give today! Alex Helmick | WABE August 15th, 2026This week the WABE news team explores top stories like the MARTA Board of Directors choosing Interim GM and CEO Jonathan Hunt to take … Continue reading →

German-style plug-in solar panels are coming – can they save you money?  The Telegraphsource

GSU opens 50MW solar plant transforming Central African Republic grid  utilities-me.comsource

Australia’s large-scale renewable energy pipeline has reached 32,277MW of probable generation capacity, according to the Clean Energy Regulator’s pipeline tracker.The CER’s pipeline data, updated weekly, categorises projects as probable once they publicly announce a financing source, such as signing a … Continue reading →

Renewable energy sources covered 33.2% of electricity consumption in metropolitan France in 2025, while accounting for 27% of total electricity generation, according to the Renewable Electricity Overview as of December 31, 2025.Renewable electricity generation reached 148 TWh in 2025, down … Continue reading →

Naturgy’s Australian generation subsidiary Global Power Generation (GPG) has entered the construction phase of the 330MW Fraser Coast Hybrid Project in Queensland.The Fraser Coast solar-plus-storage site GPG’s largest renewable energy development in Australia, combining 330MW of solar PV with a … Continue reading →

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Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator (CER), the federal body responsible for administering the country’s clean energy schemes, has suspended 21 companies from the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES) during the April to June 2026 quarter.The organisation cited failures to meet the … Continue reading →

Europe TodayEuronews' flagship morning TV show with the news and insights that drive Europe, live from Brussels every morning at 08.00. Also available as a newsletter and podcast.The RingThe Ring is Euronews’ weekly political showdown, where Europe’s toughest debates meet … Continue reading →

A community solar array at a Public Storage location in Justice, Illinois.Kari Lydersen/Canary Media This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Krzysztof Wasowicz, mayor of Justice, Illinois, has some concerns about solar: that it … Continue reading →

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On Friday, the Carrboro-based nonprofit TABLE hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the installation of solar panels on their building at 311 E. Main St. in Carrboro. The project, spearheaded by the UNC student-run nonprofit SolarEquity, was completed last week after a year of development. Around 50 … Continue reading →

By: Luis ReyesPublished: Aug 14, at 8:00am ETPutting solar panels over an irrigation canal is one of those ideas that sounds too tidy to be true. Shade the water and less of it evaporates. Let the water sit underneath and … Continue reading →

© 2025 THE COOL DOWN COMPANY. All Rights Reserved. Do not sell or share my personal information. Reach us at hello@thecooldown.com.A cheap temporary solution can turn into an expensive replacement cycle.Photo Credit: iStock Before the rest of the solar project … Continue reading →

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Noon Energy and Sabanci Renewables have signed a joint venture agreement to co-develop up to 1 GW of what it calls ‘ultra long-duration energy storage’ (ultra-LDES) projects to deliver 24/7 renewable energy for large artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure. The partnership will … Continue reading →

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