By Steve Lang via IGN News and the IGN Alliance The solar industry has been one of the biggest success stories of the last 20 years.Its been a boon to the economy, as well as a boon for consumers.With the help of a massive solar array array, Illinois has been able to meet the demand…
In 2015, the International Energy Agency predicted that by 2020 global solar power could provide enough electricity to power one billion homes.Since then, it has been growing by more than 300 percent.Today, that number is about 1.4 billion homes, according to a report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance.The same report said that in 2020, global…
By Matthew DolanA solar power plant at the southern tip of Chile’s Monterey Peninsula, near the Pacific Ocean, could be a catalyst for a new approach to energy storage. The project, dubbed “Venezuela’s Solar Park” by the Venezuelan government, would use photovoltaic cells to capture and store electricity generated by a solar farm, which is typically…
