South Africa’s five biggest rooftop solar systems all support the ability to produce multiple megawatts of electricity at peak capacity. There are generally two types of construction profiles for ...

One of the first questions that comes up during a discussion around using solar power is "how many solar panels does it take to power a home." While it's good that people are interested and curious ...

Solar power installers have warned South Africans against using “bakkie brigade” providers for their systems. Increased load-shedding between 2021 and 2023 drove a surge in demand for solar and backup ...

Every summer, the blazing heat makes air-conditioners an indispensable part of our daily lives. What follows next are hefty electricity bills. You can install a ...

Decreased system reliability due to overloaded power supplies is a common engineering challenge. In this Q&A-style article submitted by Allied Electronic & Automation, David Norton, technical ...

Eskom has scrapped the requirement for residential customers and households with rooftop solar panels to have the systems signed off by an engineer registered with the Engineering Council of South ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – As state officials prepare for the impact of expiring federal clean energy tax credits on top of the Trump administration’s opposition to offshore wind, a panel on Tuesday probed ...

Last month, Google quietly killed off Google Sky Maps. But there’s still another way to virtually explore most of the solar system a la Google Maps: it’s called Google Maps in Space. Google Maps in ...

A scientist spotted the asteroid hiding in the light of the sun. It's not an imminent threat to Earth, but other space rocks like it could be. A newly found space rock almost broke a speed record. The ...

Electricity demand is surging in Texas, and solar, wind, and battery storage are meeting it. According to new data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), electricity demand across the ...

For the last few weeks, we’ve been running a sidebar survey about some of the factors that are convincing Electrek readers to add home solar power systems to their homes. After receiving over a ...