Australia’s rooftop solar sector posted its strongest half-year performance since 2021, with battery storage increasingly riding alongside it. New data from the Clean Energy Council (CEC) shows installers paired a record 153 home batteries for every 100 solar systems in the first half of 2026. The CEC is Australia’s clean energy industry body, and its biannual Rooftop Sol...
On October 10, a "photovoltaic string"—stretching two to three hundred meters—appeared above a stretch of farmland in Haikou. Dozens, or even hundreds, of bifacial photovoltaic (PV) panels were linked together and suspended vertically in the air. Power output peaks from sunrise until around 9:00 AM, with another surge occurring between 3:00 PM and sunset; conversely, activity dips duri...
New Jersey representative Rob Menendez has introduced a bill that would require states to “consider removing barriers to plug-in solar” and establish a US$100 million Department of Energy (DOE) grant to fund rebates for low- and moderate-income households that install plug-in solar. Plug-in solar, sometimes called balcony solar, consists of residential solar modules that can be ...