Solar energy is one of the most essential parts to achieve energy efficiency in Australia. It has proven to be a winning combination for people living in Australia because it has many advantages. Getting solar panels has become easier, cheaper, and more flexible recently. Many new solar systems work well for different types of homes and energy needs.

Nguyen Thi Thuy Van and her sister, Khuong Vu Tram Anh, majoring in Architecture, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, have just completed the project of a charging station for electric vehicles using solar energy named Greensol.

AES Corp. is planning to expand into large-scale wind and solar energy in Brazil to boost its generating capacity in the country.

GE Ventures bought a stake in Germany’s Sonnen GmbH to boost its presence in the fast-growing market for energy storage systems built to store solar power.

The cost of installing solar energy in the United States is down more than 50 percent since the start of a federal support program, the Energy Department said.

French energy giant Engie has announced a partnership with the International Renewable Energy Agency that will aim to create enabling conditions for the global deployment of 1,000GW of solar energy.

A team at Massachusetts Institute of Technology has developed a transparent film that could be applied to windows or clothing to store energy from sunlight, then later release it as heat.

Wind and solar energy broke the record in 2015.

Researchers have found a new, eco-friendly and highly efficient way to store solar energy using desert sand.

Plans to develop a new £1 million energy storage facility in the UK have been unveiled.

What do the recent trends tell us and what can we expect and predict in the upcoming years when it comes to renewable energy?

Project for Solar energy technology application model construction in disadvantaged communes, rural areas with "Villages to apply scientific and technological advances" was piloted in 3 communes: Cam Tuyen commune in Cam Lo district, Trieu Phuoc and Trieu Son in Trieu Phong district, Quang Tri.

India's Cochin International Airport is now the first in the world to be powered solely on solar energy.

Solar panels (40 pieces) were installed at the school, capable of providing about 30kWh of electricity per day, to meet the essential energy demands for running the essential equipment of the school activities.

With a view to use renewable energy source, world’s fourth largest railway network, Indian Railways has rolled out its solar energy powered coaches.

By remaining airborne for nearly 4 consecutive days and nights, and with the aircraft producing its own power with solar energy, Solar Impulse 2 has proven that Piccard's vision of reaching unlimited endurance without fuel was not a crazy dream.

In Germany and South Africa, researchers and industry are cooperating in a 'solar melting of aluminium in a directly radiated rotary kiln' (SOLAM ) project to develop a method by which aluminium foundries could use solar energy to melt the metal, states the German Aerospace Centre.

Recently, Schneider Electric Vietnam visited and donated 330 sets of solar energized lamps with brand name Mobiya to households in Ta Phin village, Sa Pa District, Lao Cai Province.

Powered by solar energy, Dokk1 is a modern structure designed by schmidt hammer lassen and built as part of the Urban Mediaspace project in Aarhus, Denmark.

ABB has won a solar order worth $20 million (£12.6m) in Dubai. It will extend the substation at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum solar park, which will integrate more solar energy into the grid.