What will we do with all those solar panels when their useful life is over?

As solar power booms, businesses are exploring ways to ensure valuable components don’t end up in landfills

Rooftop solar can help schools cut pollution, power bill: Study

India receives about 300 clear and sunny days in a year and a solar exposure of 5,000 trillion kilowatt-hours every year

Automation in solar sector: when robots form the clean-up crew

While automation can drastically bring down the maintenance cost of solar plants, ensuing job losses cannot be discounted

Energy in news on May 1

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and developments on energy

Recycling solar panels needs boost from Indian policymakers

Only around 10% of photovoltaic waste gets recylced globally while the rest ends up in landfills

At Indian Science Congress, a time capsule on India’s scientific prowess

The capsule was put together by students of Lovely Professional University, who plan to bury it underground till January 3, 2119

Solar dispute: US blocks request for WTO panel but India confident of policy compliance

Canada, EU support India’s bid for setting up of the panel and settling the dispute

Two years since Bihar’s ambitious solar streetlight project, village roads still engulfed in darkness

Only 20% of the target has been met with only few months left for the deadline, shows official data

How to sell solar panels? How about adding some colour

Traditional panels deep black for absorbing light; New tech with photonic glass both efficient and attractive 

NASA gets ready to say farewell to InSight spacecraft on Mars

Lander losing power after 4 years on the Red Planet as dust gathers over solar panels

Rooftop solar energy: Revised net metering cap in the new draft electricity rules means good news

The bidirection meter that will calculate the final bill after net metering should be a smart prepayment meter

Large-scale solar needs tighter land regulations

The fundamental approach to solar taken up by the government was brought to question at the State of Renewable Energy in India, 2019 conference …

Largest hybrid renewable energy system to be set up in Jamaica

80 kiloWatt installation will generate more than 106,000 kiloWatt hours of energy every year

Uttar Pradesh is falling short of solar energy targets; here’s why

The state has the highest electricity demand, but target of 22,000 MW solar power by 2026-27 unrealistic at current pace