Imagine you’re camping or trekking up on the hills, and you get stranded. But you’ve forgotten to recharge your iPhone. Or even if you’ve fully recharged it, at the end of the day or the next your phone’s batteries will be drained if you’re continuously using it. You have your power bank too that will keep you going if you’re still outdoors for a day or two (or three days), but what if it’s running out of power too? Of course, finding an electric outlet in the thick of the forest is obviously out of the question.
It’s been reported Western Australia’s largest power station is represented by the many thousands of households and businesses with solar panels installed.
More than 23.2 million solar panels are now installed in Australia – a module for every man, woman and child in the nation.
According to solar consultancy firm SunWiz, Australia registered its 1,500,000th solar power system on December 22, 2015. More than 4.65 gigawatts of sub-100kW capacity systems are generating clean electricity across the country and saving their owners a bundle on power rates.
One of the world’s largest solar thermal plants is set to come on-line in Morocco — a rare positive development for the ailing concentrating solar power industry.
This month, the first 160 megawatts (Noor I) of the 580-megawatt Ouarzazate CSP plant will start feeding electricity into Morocco’s grid. It’s part of an effort to turn Morocco into a clean energy exporter, possibly even helping to power southern Europe. Ouarzazate is one of a wave of new projects planned for the Middle East and Africa.