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Homeowners caught in solar registration grey zone

Homeowners caught in solar registration grey zone

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While City Power encourages voluntary solar registration, homeowners remain confused as Eskom and municipalities apply different rules. There is still uncertainty surrounding registration of home solar systems, with either Eskom or municipalities, as Johannesburg’s City Power confirms its meter readers are scouting for the locations of such systems. Randpark residents said this week that meter

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Everyone’s talking about a solar eclipse in August 2025 — But is it even happening?

Everyone’s talking about a solar eclipse in August 2025 — But is it even happening?

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In today’s social media-driven world, celestial events like solar eclipses and meteor showers are no longer just for science enthusiasts– they’ve become global spectacles. From live streams to viral reels, anything happening in the sky tends to catch the public’s imagination fast. Recently, one such topic has been making the rounds online: Will there be

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European electricity prices fall despite drop in solar energy production

European electricity prices fall despite drop in solar energy production

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Weekly average electricity prices fell last week in France, Italy, Portugal and Spain, even as solar energy output also declined, according to AleaSoft Energy Forecasting. July 31, 2025 Patrick Jowett Image: AleaSoft Energy Forecasting Most major European markets recorded lower average electricity prices in the fourth week of July, according to AleaSoft Energy Forecasting. AleaSoft

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New cooling technology could improve solar cell performance in the world’s hottest places

New cooling technology could improve solar cell performance in the world’s hottest places

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More recently, international researchers led by a team from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) developed a new cooling technology that they claim improves the longevity of a solar cell by 200% and its power output by 12.9%. All while reducing the cost of electricity generation by 18%. The new cooling technology

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Ignitis Group completes 94MW solar PV project in Latvia

Ignitis Group completes 94MW solar PV project in Latvia

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Latest The 110 hectares solar plant includes 156,000 solar panels and powers over 40,000 households. Image: Ignitis Group. Lithuanian government-owned utility and renewables developer Ignitis Group has completed its first 94MW solar project in Latvia.  The 110-hectare Vārme solar plant includes 156,000 solar panels and powers over 40,000 households. The total investment in the solar facility

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Ice Volcanoes Across the Solar System Distort Surfaces with Boiling and Freezing Water

Ice Volcanoes Across the Solar System Distort Surfaces with Boiling and Freezing Water

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While volcanoes ignite all sorts of chaos on Earth, ice volcanoes in space drive geological change in an entirely different way. The landscapes of icy moons across our Solar System are shaped not by molten lava flows, but by water that boils and freezes simultaneously due to extremely low pressure in space. A new study

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Kyrgyzstan signs investment deals with Vietnamese firms for 1.9GW solar PV power plant

Kyrgyzstan signs investment deals with Vietnamese firms for 1.9GW solar PV power plant

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Latest The project is scheduled for completion in 2027 and will be financed through foreign investment. Image: Ministry of Energy of the Kyrgyz Republic. The Government of Kyrgyzstan has signed two investment deals with Vietnamese firms Rox Energy Global and RECA LLC for the development of a 1.9GW solar project in the village of Kyzyl-Uruk

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