Researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia have investigated how excess solar power from rooftop PV installations can be used for solar pre-cooling and pre-heating (SPCaH) ...

Three hours of free power isn’t a giveaway – it’s meant to help the grid use floods of cheap solar. To succeed, the new ...

The Australian government is floating a scheme that would share the benefits of solar power with everyone on the grid, offering totally free electricity to ratepayers in the middle of the day, when ...

For years, Australians have been been installing solar panels at a rapid clip. Now that investment is paying off. The Australian government announced this week that electricity customers in three ...

In a nutshell: Benefitting from solar energy usually requires the costly installation of solar panels. However, with enough panels installed in a region, a power grid ...

British families will be offered free electricity if they use sunny weekends to do their laundry this summer amid fears that the grid will be swamped with solar power. The National Energy System ...

Tokyo-based heavy industry manufacturer IHI Corporation has created a thermal utilization system that can convert surplus direct current power at solar plants into carbon-free steam. A test project ...

Rooftop solar output has reached such enormous levels that authorities have begun issuing warnings about their ability to keep the electricity system from being overloaded at times. In an ...