Daily Archives: August 29, 2026

Global PV installations are on track to reach 638 GW in 2026, according to analysis from solar and storage technical advisory firm Intertek CEA.The company’s PV Supply, Technology and Policy Report for Q2 2026 predicts a decline on last year’s … Continue reading →

Plug-in solar bill awaits governor’s signature in California  cbs8.comsource

Global horizontal irradiance across Europe averaged 5% above the 2007–2025 norm in August 2026, extending the elevated solar resource recorded during June and July, according to analysis using the Solcast API. Nearly three quarters of the continent received above-average irradiance … Continue reading →

pv magazine: Mr. Brown, the Chinese government has successfully reduced excess capacity in the past, particularly in coal and steel from around 2015, as well as in sectors such as cement, glass, aluminum and shipbuilding. What lessons from those restructuring … Continue reading →

© 2025 THE COOL DOWN COMPANY. All Rights Reserved. Do not sell or share my personal information. Reach us at hello@thecooldown.com.Its edge increased month by month as the weather turned hotter and sunlight intensified.Photo Credit: Nanjing University A China-led research … Continue reading →

© 2025 THE COOL DOWN COMPANY. All Rights Reserved. Do not sell or share my personal information. Reach us at hello@thecooldown.com.An expansion may require a new inverter, utility approval, and an updated system design.Photo Credit: iStock A solar array that … Continue reading →

Our Privacy Statement & Cookie Policy By continuing to browse our site you agree to our use of cookies, revised Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. You can change your cookie settings through your browser. Liu Baocheng CopiedThe photovoltaic solar … Continue reading →

Solar development is accelerating in some parts of Canada, while others are taking a more cautious approach as provinces and territories chart their own energy policies.Phil McKay, Senior Director of Member Programs at the Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA), told … Continue reading →

Free-On-Board (FOB) China TOPCon mainstream PV module prices rose this week, as firmer upstream prices increased production costs and prompted module manufacturers to raise their offer indications.According to the OPIS Global Solar Markets Report released on Aug. 25, the Chinese … Continue reading →

Ethan Ellis, Community JournalistPublished: August 28, 2026 at 5:50 PMEthan Ellis, Community JournalistFRANKLIN CO., Va. – A Franklin County Circuit Court judge has approved the controversial Constitution Solar Project in Franklin County’s Henry community, allowing the more than 35-acre solar development … Continue reading →

World’s First Solar-Powered Ambulance Could Bring Healthcare to Remote Africa  GreekReporter.comsource

Reel agrees multi-buyer PPA for Danish solar park  Renewables Nowsource

KITCHENER, ON, Aug. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Canadian Solar Inc. (“Canadian Solar” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: CSIQ) today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026.Second Quarter Highlights During the quarter, shipments within our Manufacturing segment were … Continue reading →

We use cookies to improve your experience and for marketing. Read our cookie policy Manage cookies Search across reports, market insights, and blog stories.Bringing solar modules into the United States will cease to be financially sensible under the newly imposed … Continue reading →

China Built a Solar Panel Empire—and May Have Seriously Messed Up Its Birds  AOL.comsource

© 2025 THE COOL DOWN COMPANY. All Rights Reserved. Do not sell or share my personal information. Reach us at hello@thecooldown.com.“If the law gives us a path to say ‘no’, I think we all should know about it.”Photo Credit: iStockIn … Continue reading →

A researcher at Turkey’s Selçuk University has conducted a comparative analysis of multiple machine learning algorithms for predicting plane-of-array (PoA) irradiance on bifacial PV panels. The researcher used identical input conditions to predict PoA irradiance on both the front and … Continue reading →

SweetwaterNOW file photo ROCK SPRINGS — The Rock Springs Police Department shared a Facebook post stating that the city does not use Flock cameras in response to recent vandalism of solar panels powering streetlights.While the RSPD did not outright say … Continue reading →

Complex site topography can have a crucial bearing on a PV system’s energy yield. In a market characterised by tight margins and careful risk management, precision in terrain-aware modelling is an essential ingredient of smart engineering, writes Solargis CEO Marcel … Continue reading →

© 2025 THE COOL DOWN COMPANY. All Rights Reserved. Do not sell or share my personal information. Reach us at hello@thecooldown.com.Many energy-saving programs go underused because people do not know where to begin.Photo Credit: York County Community Foundation A new … Continue reading →

© 2025 THE COOL DOWN COMPANY. All Rights Reserved. Do not sell or share my personal information. Reach us at hello@thecooldown.com.“We didn’t go up, and that was good.”Photo Credit: Amherst-Pelham Regional School District Amherst, Massachusetts, cut its greenhouse gas pollution … Continue reading →

The MV Yampu, a diesel-electric self-loading 11, 000 deadweight tonnage (dwt) Limestone Carrier has begun operations transporting limestone from construction materials company Adbri’s quarry on South Australia’s (SA’s) Yorke Peninsula to Canada Steamship Lines (CSL) subsidiary CSL Australia’s Birkenhead cement … Continue reading →

© 2025 THE COOL DOWN COMPANY. All Rights Reserved. Do not sell or share my personal information. Reach us at hello@thecooldown.com.The study measured middle class relative to what people in a given place typically earn.Photo Credit: iStock Rising bills for … Continue reading →

China Built a Solar Panel Empire—and May Have Seriously Messed Up Its Birds  Popular Mechanicssource

Posted By: Mining.com Staff August 28, 2026 Zinc climbed to its highest level since June 2022 on the London Metal Exchange (LME) as warehouse stockpiles drained to multi-year lows and mine supply cuts tightened the physical market.LME zinc for cash … Continue reading →

© 2025 THE COOL DOWN COMPANY. All Rights Reserved. Do not sell or share my personal information. Reach us at hello@thecooldown.com.“It has been going up, never went down.”Photo Credit: iStock Florida officials have said home insurance premiums are finally starting … Continue reading →

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LANSING — Michigan has given the go-ahead for a nearly $100 million solar farm in southern Ingham County, the first project to move forward under a 2023 state renewable energy law that shifted approval for such projects from local governments … Continue reading →

Energies Media The Yellow Sea is generating solar power on floating platforms, and seaweed is keeping it steady.The intermittency and land limitations of traditional photovoltaic installations remain global challenges.To address this and boost grid stabilization, developers are exploring different deployment … Continue reading →

How can plug-in solar kits be 1,260W when the limit is 800W?  AOL.comsource

Perovskite solar cells have long promised a cheaper, more versatile alternative to conventional silicon photovoltaics, yet the manufacturing methods needed to turn that promise into mass-produced devices remain stubbornly difficult. A new study reports a way to produce fully screen-printed … Continue reading →

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Given the price of gas these days, electric vehicles sound like an affordable alternative. However, what you save on gasoline you will likely spend on higher electricity bills and registration fees. You might try to mitigate these costs by charging your … Continue reading →

© 2025 THE COOL DOWN COMPANY. All Rights Reserved. Do not sell or share my personal information. Reach us at hello@thecooldown.com.The current draft reflects an attempt to balance access and oversight for small clean energy projects. Photo Credit: iStock After … Continue reading →

Global investment in renewable energy reached $327.5 billion (€281 billion) in the first half of 2026, virtually unchanged from the previous six months but 21% below the record set in the second half of 2024.Data from BloombergNEF (BNEF) show that … Continue reading →

For two decades, the solar EV sector’s core problem wasn’t panels — it was physics. Bolt solar panels onto a two-ton SUV that burns 350 watt-hours per mile, and a full day of Southern California sun barely adds ten miles … Continue reading →

© 2025 THE COOL DOWN COMPANY. All Rights Reserved. Do not sell or share my personal information. Reach us at hello@thecooldown.com.“It is definitely getting warmer and I feel like summer is just shifting to be later and later now.”Photo Credit: … Continue reading →

LUXEMBOURG, Aug. 28, 2026 /CNW/ — Westbridge Renewable Energy S.A. (WEB) (OTCQX: WEGYF) (FRA: PUQ) ("Westbridge" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive share purchase agreement dated August 27, 2026 (the "Agreement") for … Continue reading →

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By: Luis ReyesPublished: Aug 28, at 5:00am ETAmerica has decided to build its own solar supply chain, and it is not being quiet about it. Tesla filed paperwork this month for a $10.1 billion cell and module campus outside Houston. … Continue reading →

Solar project, meant to power 70,000 homes near KCI, put on hold indefinitely  Kansas City Starsource

© 2025 THE COOL DOWN COMPANY. All Rights Reserved. Do not sell or share my personal information. Reach us at hello@thecooldown.com.Utilities can avoid some costly emergency measures, while customers can earn money from equipment they already have.Photo Credit: Reddit A … Continue reading →

Waaree Renewable Technologies Secures LOA for 291 MWp Solar PV and 280 MWh BESS Project  SolarQuartersource

California legislators approved a bill on Aug. 26 that could help reduce skyrocketing energy costs for residents by allowing them to install plug-in solar panels as an alternative, portable way to meet household energy needs.The bill, Senate Bill 868, authored … Continue reading →

From daily news and career tips to monthly insights on AI, sustainability, software, and more—pick what matters and get it in your inbox.Access expert insights, exclusive content, and a deeper dive into engineering and innovation all with fewer ads or … Continue reading →

JinkoSolar Reports RMB 12.36 Billion Q2 2026 Revenue as Module Shipments Rise 16.7% Sequentially  SolarQuartersource

© 2025 THE COOL DOWN COMPANY. All Rights Reserved. Do not sell or share my personal information. Reach us at hello@thecooldown.com.Renting remains expensive, but buying a home is even farther out of reach for many Americans.Photo Credit: iStock The average … Continue reading →

CrossBoundary Energy’s solar photovoltaic and battery energy storage system serving the Kamoa-Kakula copper complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo has reached commercial operation and is now supplying 30 MW of firm baseload power to Kamoa Copper. The facility entered … Continue reading →

Energy News BeatThe Intersection Between Energy and FinanceCommercial production is targeted for the first quarter of 2029 if Tesla picks the Texas site, wins incentives, and clears permits. Tesla has not disclosed annual gigawatt output, so any panel-count figure is … Continue reading →

Silver’s Solar Demand Boom Starts to Fade as High Prices Bite  Bloomberg.comsource