News Germany looks to install up to 48GW of photovoltaic panels on highway network Germany’s Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt) has estimated that Germany could add up to 48GW of photovoltaic panels to its road network.
News Brussels blaze points to growing risk of fires caused by solar panels Solar panels on an office building in the centre of Brussels caught fire on Tuesday, according to the city’s fire brigade and local media. The fire happened around 2pm in…
News Modi: India ‘to install solar panels on 10 million homes’ India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, has announced plans to install solar panels on 10 million homes in the country. Writing on X, Modi said: “The people of India should have…
News Ferrovial to build a 200MW solar plant in southwest Spain Spanish contractor Ferrovial has won a €100m turnkey contract to build a solar farm with a 200MW capacity in Spain’s southwestern Badajoz region. The scope includes engineering, construction and the…
News US company successfully tests robot system to install solar panels American robotics and technology company Sarcos has completed a pilot project that uses robots to install photovoltaic panels. During the field trial, an autonomous vehicle with a Sarcos robotic arm…
News Romanian developer to put solar panels on all its industrial buildings Tesla 50Hz (T50Hz), part of Tesla Group Romania, will build rooftop solar PV systems on all the industrial buildings of developer Element Industrial in Romania. Over the next five years,…
News French law to require solar canopies in parking lots The French government will legislate to require car parks with 80 or more spaces to install solar panels in a move it says could generate up to 11GW of electricity.…
News Fin-tech: Mott MacDonald to make Taiwan fish farm generate power Solar PV panels placed over fishponds will generate 180 million kilowatt-hours of electricity a year.