Every residential solar project starts with the same question: what does this roof actually look like? The answer shapes everything that follows, from panel layout and system size to the price on the proposal.  For years, getting that answer meant sending someone up a ladder with a tape measure. Today, a growing number of installers send a drone instead. Here's how drone site surveys work, what they change for solar design, and where they still fall short.

The University of Maine at Fort Kent recently received the largest research grant in the institution’s history, securing a five-year, $649,836 total award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s  National Institute of Food and Agriculture through its Agriculture and Food Research Initiative. The grant will support a research project titled “Assessing Forest Readiness for Creating Efficient Biomass Supply Chains: Perceptions on Emerging and Innovative Technologies.” 

CalWave Inc. and SKF have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore a future supplier relationship for CalWave’s ocean energy solutions. Building on successful bearing unit tests and design for rotary equipment, the collaboration combines CalWave’s innovative technology with SKF’s marine, tidal and industrial manufacturing experience as ocean energy moves towards commercial scale and volume production.

Israeli independent renewable power producer Econergy Ltd said it has acquired a 106-MW portfolio of operational battery energy storage system (BESS) sites in the UK, with plans to increase the assets' value through upgrades to longer-duration storage.

Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC), announced that 36 school districts, nonprofit organizations, local and Tribal governments, manufacturers, and higher education institutions will receive $11.5 million from the Energy Innovation Grant Program (EIGP) to reduce energy usage, expand the deployment of clean energy technologies, bolster preparedness and resilience, and bolster comprehensive energy planning statewide.

España debería haber empezado a aplicar el pasado 1 de enero de 2026 su Plan Social para el Clima, un instrumento dotado con 9.099 millones de euros, 6.800 de los cuales (el 75% del total) deben llegarnos desde el Fondo Social para el Clima, o sea, desde Bruselas. ¿Problema? Para acceder a esos fondos el Gobierno tiene primero que trasponer la Directiva (UE) 2023/958 y la Directiva (UE) 2023/959 (relativas ambas al régimen de comercio de derechos de emisión). ¿Solución? Que el Consejo de Ministros envíe a la Diputación Permanente del Congreso un Real Decreto-ley para la "transposición directa" de esas directivas.

Baterías con premio en la gran feria europea del almacenamiento de energía
El jurado de la feria ees (la gran feria europea de las baterías y los sistemas acumuladores de energía) ya ha seleccionado los productos y soluciones innovadoras que aspiran, como finalistas, al gran premio ees 2021. Independientemente de cuál o cuáles sean las candidaturas ganadoras, la sola inclusión en este exquisito grupo VIP constituye todo un éxito para las empresas. A continuación, los diez finalistas 2021 de los ees Award (ees es una de las cuatro ferias que integran el gran evento anual europeo del sector de la energía, The smarter E).