In Africa, where many regions benefit from plentiful sunshine throughout the year, solar water heating is a no-brainer.

Essentially, it allows the water heater to get much hotter during times when solar energy is available, and lets it drop to lower values before running the heater on utility electricity during ...

Explore our comprehensive list of the best solar water heaters, covering capacity, energy efficiency, and more to help you ...

“It was still working when we sold the house 10 years later.” But today, hardly anyone is using these solar water heaters even as photovoltaic (PV) panels have popped up on the roofs of nearly ...

A new solution aimed at reducing the electricity used for heating water, is now available to South African households. The ...

Researchers in China have designed a two-stage, solar-assisted thermochemical heat pump system that uses caustic soda and water as a working pair. The system is reportedly able to achieve an ...

Emmaberg Girls High School in the Njombe Region, Tanzania, will no longer experience challenges associated with unreliable ...

On a much larger scale, solar-thermal power plants employ various techniques to concentrate the sun's energy as a heat source. The heat is then used to boil water to drive a steam turbine that ...

Global Water Center (GWC) has completed a Solar Powered Water Systems (SPWS) Demonstration Site in Karnataka, India. This innovative facility showcases how solar pumping can deliver safe water while ...