TOKYO -- Tokyo will begin requiring solar panels on roofs of new homes in a bid to satisfy both increasing energy and decarbonization demands, though concerns linger about the measure pushing up ...

The search for clean energy has been influenced by new technologies, such as solar panels, from its beginning. Improving constantly as discoveries are made, we saw the evolution of wind energy, the ...

Tokyo has passed regulations that will require most new residential buildings to incorporate solar paneling. The regulations, which constitute Japan’s first-ever solar mandate, will go into effect in ...

A new hail test for solar panels shoots small to large hailstones at solar panels while aimed to more accurately determine the panel’s breaking point. Introduced by VDE Americas, the “Hail Resiliency ...

I welcome this. Overlooking that this might be a case of the government being in bed with some big business, having an alternate source of power is great. Thankfully, they can drop the cool biz idea ...

FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--VDE Americas and RETC, part of the VDE Group, today introduced the Hail Resiliency Curve (HRC) Test, a groundbreaking test protocol designed to evaluate solar panel ...

Japan’s first local regulation requiring solar panel installations on new single-family homes took effect on April 1 in Tokyo and Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture ...

Every solar panel company makes bold claims about its panel efficiency, maximum wattage availability, temperature coefficient and other specs in optimal conditions. Anyone who does product testing ...

The global solar boom has introduced a new urgency around asset durability, performance, and risk. As utility-scale solar farms become more common, so do the invisible defects that compromise ...

Tap on elements on the right to explore energy efficiencies in a Tokyo home. Hover over elements on the right to explore energy efficiencies in a Tokyo home. Moving around Tokyo is an experience for ...