rooftop solar

VNEM incentivises builders to adopt rooftop solar and share the benefits – both financial and environmental – back to renters.

Indian incentives for rooftop solar in its interim budget will offer 10 million homes the opportunity to obtain free solar electricity every month.

Chinese solar manufacturer Trina Solar has launched a new n-type industrial tunnel oxide passivated contacts (i-TOPCon) module designed for commercial and industrial rooftops.

Czechia recorded a significant increase in installed solar capacity last year with about 970MWp of capacity added to the grid, according to the Czech Solar Association.

India installed 12.9GW of renewable energy capacity in 2023, over 10GW of which was solar PV capacity. This represents a 28% decline in PV additions and an 18% drop in overall renewables capacity additions year-on-year.

The Idaho Public Utilities Commission (PUC) voted late last year (29th December) to shift from a net metering to a net billing model for residential solar installations in a move which will make rooftop solar “unreachable” for most.

As 2023 comes to an end, PV Tech examines the rising interest in agrivoltaics, the practice of pairing solar PV deployments and farming.

EU energy ministers have agreed to extend three emergency regulations including accelerating the deployment of renewable energy.

Radial Power has raised US$80 million in tax equity financing from the Bank of America to develop 96MW of new solar capacity in the US.

Turkey's technical solar potential could reach 120GW, covering 45% of the country's total electricity consumption, according to Ember.