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All I want for Christmas is a 90% efficient solar panel
NovaSolix hopes to use carbon nanotubes to capture a broader portion of the sun's electromagnetic spectrum, a process they hope will yield a 90% efficient solar cell at a tenth of the cost of modern solar modules.
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This hip-hop entrepreneur is hoping to build a smart village in his hometown of Highland Park
Juan Shannon is in the process of turning the grounds of Thompson Elementary School — abandoned for two decades — into Parker Village, a $5 million smart neighborhood and urban farming operation.
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New Home Solar Laws Could Triple US Solar Base By 2045
If other states follow the California proposal to require solar on all new home builds, the United States could have three times as much solar power as it does now, reckon analysts at Environment America who have produced a new report on the issue. Installing solar panels on all new US homes built from 2020 to 2026 would result in more solar energy capacity than the entire country currently has installed, the analysts say. “By 2045, installations on new homes would total 203 gigawatts, or 3.5 times as much solar capacity as the nation currently has installed,” the authors calculate.
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Solar Industry's Future Lies in Lightweight Technology
Scientists are developing flexible, thin-films that will be more resilient and have wider uses than current solar technology
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Transparent Solar Technology ‘Wave of the Future’
See-through solar materials that can be applied to windows represent a massive source of untapped energy and could harvest as much power as bigger, bulkier rooftop solar units, scientists report today in Nature Energy. Led by engineering researchers at Michigan State University, the authors argue that widespread use of such highly transparent solar applications, together with the rooftop units, could nearly meet U.S. electricity demand and drastically reduce the use of fossil fuels.
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All I want for Christmas is a 90% efficient solar panel
NovaSolix hopes to use carbon nanotubes to capture a broader portion of the sun's electromagnetic spectrum, a process they hope will yield a 90% efficient solar cell at a tenth of the cost of modern solar modules. By John Weaver.
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Hyundai and Kia unveil new solar roof to charge batteries in vehicles, launching next year
Electric vehicles enable owners to have more choices for the sources of energy to power their vehicles.
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10 States Now Get At Least 20 Percent of Their Electricity from Solar and Wind
True story.
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What Make Portable Camping Solar Panels A Must Have
The sunbeams falling on the globe can create energy that is more than adequate to satisfy global energy requirements
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New trial launched to create 'green' gas from solar power
An Australian-first trial is creating ‘green’ hydrogen gas made from renewables to power Sydney homes. Energy company Jemena has partnered with the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) in a $15 million trial to convert excess solar and wind power into hydrogen gas, which will be stored and used in Jemena’s New South Wales gas network.
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New material could up efficiency of concentrated solar power
Could allow us to generate electricity using supercritical carbon dioxide.
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Message from Hurricanes Michael and Maria: Renewable energy makes more sense than ever
As hurricanes tore apart Caribbean islands and crippled their energy infrastructure, renewables consistently outperformed fossil fuels.
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Spain scraps “sun tax,” moves to boost solar self-consumption
Following through on a move that was first hinted at in June, the Spanish government has put an end to the much-reviled “sun tax” which had imposed a levy on solar self-consumption. The change was approved by Spain’s Council of Ministers early this week, after being submitted by the country’s Ministry for the Ecological Transition, headed up by Teresa Ribera. The legislation was first introduced – by Royal decree – back in 2015, by then-Spanish minister of industry, energy and tourism minister Jose Manuel Soria.
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Punishing solar customers for disrupting outdated electric model is wrong
All across the country, solar energy is providing real, tangible benefits to the American people. Everyone from families and businesses to churches and schools are investing in clean energy to take control of their own energy and lower their utility bills.
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Spain scraps “sun tax,” moves to boost solar self-consumption
Spanish government agrees to scrap much-reviled tax on solar self-consumption, brings in new rules removing all costs and barriers to self-consumed power.
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Solar energy now mainstream power source
Solar energy-produced electricity is poised to grow exponentially as solar panels get cheaper to install, more efficient batteries are developed to store the sun's energy and investors pour more money into an increasingly reliable energy source. Energy produced by the sun is already providing electricity to about 30 percent of the United States, and investors have taken notice of the investment potential.
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Power outages during a hurricane can be deadly. Solar could fix that.
Within two weeks after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, Richard Birt, a Las Vegas fire captain, flew to San Juan on what would be the first of many missions to try to get the island’s 96 fire stations up and running—not by fixing the problematical grid but by using solar power. With the encouragement of San Juan fire chief Alberto Cruz Albarrán, logistical help from San Juan firefighters, and donated equipment from the company Sunrun, within a day-and-a-half a team outfitted the flat roofs of the fire department in Barrio Obrero—one of the poorer neighborhoods in San Juan—with solar panels.
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Solar installation costs declined 5 to 11% in 2017, little so far in 2018
This year’s version of Berkeley Lab’s Tracking the Sun report saw residential installs fall 6% to $3.50 / W, small business fall 11% to $2.90 / W and large business fell 5% to $2.20 /W in 2017, with light changes in early 2018. However, these averages cover wide price variances in different markets.
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Solar power can fulfill electricity demand by 2050, say experts
Experts at a seminar yesterday said the country could generate 100 per cent of its electricity from renewable energy in 2050 if steps are taken to achieve the target, reports UNB. “Scarcity of land is no longer a problem for solar energy as technologies are improving and different forms of new systems like floating solar and rooftop solar are coming up with more efficiency,” said Munawar Moin, president of Solar Module Manufacturers’ Association of Bangladesh (SMMAB).
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In nearly 60 countries, solar power is deemed the cheapest source of energy power
It is now official that solar power is recognized to be the cheapest source of energy power in countries with low income, providing companies and governments to let go of the coal and gas in exchange of renewable energy. Bloomberg New Energy Finance or BNEF provided a data that shows that in 2016, the average solar energy price in nearly 60 countries declined per megawatt to $1.65 million, with wind energy source at $1.66 million per megawatt.
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