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Out of this world: Floating solar farm could power a million homes
It sounds like the stuff of science fiction - but Europe might one day be powered by giant floating solar panels orbiting the planet. The European Space Agency (ESA) has unveiled a plan to harvest the sun’s energy in space and beam it back down to Earth.
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Electric cars won't overload the power grid — and they could even help modernize our aging infrastructure
Battery-powered Teslas, Fords, and Volkswagens aren't about to overwhelm the US electrical grid, despite what Tucker Carlson and some Republican politicians say. Last month, electric-vehicle skeptics had a field day when California's utility urged customers to conserve power during a scorching heat wave by not charging their cars during certain hours. Some conservatives questioned how the state expected to ban sales of combustion-engine cars by 2035 if it couldn't handle the number of EVs on the road today.
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The first 'utility scale' renewable energy plant combining solar and wind generation with battery storage opens in the US
A utility-scale renewable energy plant using wind and solar combined with battery storage opened last week, a US first, with the potential of powering 100,000 homes with clean, reliable energy. The project gives us a glimpse into the future as the US shifts from fossil fuels to clean energy sources.
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Charging cars at home at night is not the way to go, study finds
The vast majority of electric vehicle owners charge their cars at home in the evening or overnight. We're doing it wrong, according to a new Stanford study.
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UK eases pressure on business by halving energy bills this winter
The British government on Wednesday said it would cap wholesale electricity and gas costs for businesses at less than half the market rate from next month, helping relieve the pressure of soaring energy costs but adding to the government's fast-rising spending.
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Todd proposes 400 MW solar farm for New Zealand’s North Island
New Zealand’s large-scale solar PV market is poised for a momentous shift with energy company Todd Generation pursuing plans to establish a 400 MW solar farm at Rangitāiki on the North Island.
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Floating Artificial Leaf Turns CO2 Into Fuel
A new artificial leaf is light enough to float on water, where it can soak up sunlight and carbon dioxide from air, and use the water below to produce fuels. Researchers at Cambridge University tested their 100-square-centimeter artificial-leaf device outdoors on a river. Depending on the catalyst used, the device either splits water to produce hydrogen fuel, or converts carbon dioxide into syngas, a mix of carbon monoxide and hydrogen that is used to make other fuels like methanol. Fleets of such devices could be deployed on brackish water ponds, canals, and on seas, so as not to compete with land use, they say.
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Op-Ed: California's giant new batteries kept the lights on during the heat wave
This technology has just proved its value in a crisis, and the more capacity we add, the more it will save us from high bills and blackouts.
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Europe's Energy System Is a Scam Against Its Own People
"The UK doesn't need Russian gas, doesn't need Texan LNG, it doesn't need to import anything."
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‘This is the future’: rural Virginia pivots from coal to green jobs
Region’s long awaited energy and economic transition will be substantially boosted by US’s first climate legislation, the Inflation Reduction Act.
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Rather Than the End of Abundance, It Is Sustainable Abundance That We Must Aim for.
Lover of punchlines that sting and provoke epidermal reactions, French president Emmanuel Macron had promised to change his style during his campaign for the presidential election in 2022. A few months later, re-elected for a second term, it is clear that Emmanuel Macron has difficulty changing his method.
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New contra-rotating turbine design produces double the energy of the world's largest turbine
Norway-based firm World Wide Wind is developing a new type of floating, vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT) that it believes will radically change, and improve, the way we harness the wind's powers, a report from New Atlas reveals. Their VAWTs employ two sets of contra-rotating blades to produce double the output of today's biggest turbines, the company says.
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The world's biggest offshore wind farm is now fully operational
A facility described by Danish energy firm Orsted as the “world’s biggest offshore wind farm” is now fully operational, with its 165 turbines set to help power in excess of 1.4 million U.K. homes.
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Wave-riding generators promise the cheapest clean energy ever
Sea Wave Energy Ltd (SWEL) has been working for more than a decade on a floating wave energy device it calls the Waveline Magnet. With several prototypes tested on- and off-shore, the company claims it delivers "ultra low cost," with high output.
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Renewable Energy is Absolutely Crushing Fossil Fuels in 2022
The Inflation Reduction Act recently passed by Congress adds significant long-term certainty for electric utilities and power generators eager to transition to cleaner power sources, but the effects won't be felt for a few years. That doesn't mean industry is waiting around in the meantime.
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For half an hour on Friday, Australia was running on more solar power than coal
For about half an hour on Friday, the national energy market caught a glimpse of what a renewables-powered future might look like.
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There are now enough solar panels on Earth to power the whole of Europe
There are now enough solar panels installed throughout the world to generate 1 terawatt (TW) of electricity from the sun, according to the latest estimates, marking a major milestone for renewable energy adoption.
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Russia's attack on Ukraine is a clear warning to US to become energy independent with renewables
We are witnessing history repeating itself. America and our allies have once more been thrust into a conflict inextricably linked to the world’s addiction to fossil fuels. But if we heed the warning and decisively act now, it could be the last such global conflict. U.S. leadership for rapid national and global expansion of clean, sustainable renewable energy will increase our energy security, economic security and environmental security, the key elements that underpin our national security and quality of life.
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Wind power becomes Spain’s leading energy source for 2021
Renewable sources already cover almost half of the country’s consumption needs – so far this year, they have contributed almost 47% of the total compared to less than 30% a decade ago.
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The $1.5 Billion Mammoth Solar Farm Will Be the Largest in the US
The 13,000-acre Mammoth Solar farm will span two northern Indiana counties.
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