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Engineers are building solar balloons that float above the clouds for constant sun
Solar farms have been making headlines lately, and solar power options are gaining in popularity as their efficiency levels improve. But a new photovoltaic solution is going to bring solar farms directly to the skies in order to supercharge that efficiency. Since cloud coverage creates uncertainty around the effectiveness of solar farms, why not bring the solar cells themselves above the clouds? Using stratospheric balloons, it may be possible to source solar power...
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Fossil Fuel Defectors are Embracing Clean Tech
Are we about to see a brain drain from fossil fuel industries?
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Renewable energy passes the 50% mark for new U.S. electricity capacity
Electricity generated from renewable sources accounted for more than 50% of all new U.S. energy capacity installations in 2014, growing to 15.5% of total installed capacity and 13.5% of total electricity generation. Solar electricity installations lead the pack, increasing by more than 54% and adding 5.5 gigawatts (GW), according to a report from an annual report by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
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North Carolina town bans solar for fear it will "suck up all the energy from the sun"
Let's fact check that, why don't we?
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Rooftop Solar Power To Be Mandatory In Dubai By 2030
The political leader of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, recently announced the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050, which includes a number of renewable energy targets. Perhaps most notable is that all rooftops in the city will have solar panels by 2030. Some might say, however, it’s the goal of solar generating 75% of the city’s energy by 2050 that is more remarkable. On the way to achieving this goal is the requirement that 25% is generated by solar by 2030.
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Wind And Sun Come To The Rescue In Power-Short South Africa
Renewable energy arrived in South Africa as a green luxury. But this year, wind and solar farms turned out to be economy-saving necessities.
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The Beauty of the World’s Largest Solar Project
Deep in the Mojave Desert, the mirrors of Ivanpah Solar follow the sun. By Stephanie Heimann and Michelle Legro.
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How can we store more energy from the sun and the wind?
Storing more energy from renewable sources such as solar and wind is essential to counter their variable nature and challenge fossil fuels' dominance.
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Google Harnesses Power of the Sun through Investment in Mega Solar Projects
Google Inc.has signed a contract to purchase power from wind and solar farms in three countries.
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How Africa's Fastest Solar Power Project is Lighting up Rwanda
East African plant is completed in less than a year – creating jobs and setting the country on the path to providing half its population with electricity by 2017
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Solar Towers Don't Seem to Be the Bird Destroyers Once Thought
They are not killing tens of thousands of birds and bats as some early media reports suggested, and mitigation strategies show signs of further reducing avian impacts
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For the future of solar, we’ve got the tech—it’s the economics, stupid
In the US, the future of solar energy will be made in California. Earlier this month, the state's governor signed legislation that commits California to obtaining half of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030. And to some extent, that future is now—the state's utilities are working to meet a goal of one-third renewables by 2020.
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Solar Panels & Tesla Powerwall Batteries To Power Vermont Park
Vermont’s first “ePark” will be created with a combination of solar power and Tesla Powerwall batteries. Pika Energy has been chosen by Green Mountain Power to plan and design Emerald Lake State Park so it will be powered by sunlight, with the Tesla batteries providing backup electricity
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Morocco poised to become a solar superpower with launch of desert mega-project
The Moroccan city of Ouarzazate is used to big productions. On the edge of the Sahara desert and the centre of the north African country’s “Ouallywood” film industry it has played host to big-budget location shots in Lawrence of Arabia, The Mummy, The Living Daylights and even Game of Thrones. Now the trading city, nicknamed the “door of the desert”, is the centre for another blockbuster – a complex of four linked solar mega-plants that...
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This gigantic Chinese airship flies on solar power for up to six months at a time
It might not be as huge as the upcoming Aeroscraft ML866 airship , but China’s largest aircraft ever also isn’t just a work in progress – this thing actually flies the skies. The Yuanmeng (which means “dream”) embarked upon its maiden flight this month, launching from Xilinhot in Inner Mongolia to test its systems and capabilities. According to reports, the 75-metre-long airship’s 48-hour test flight last week saw the airship rise to a near-space altitude of 20 kilometres.
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Hurricane-Resistant House Wins Solar Decathlon
The team from Stevens Institute of Technology of Hoboken, New Jersey – inspired by Hurricane Sandy to design and create a net-zero home resilient enough to withstand hurricane-force winds and flooding – won top honors at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2015.
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The coming era of unlimited — and free — clean energy
The incredible drop in the price of solar energy will shake up our world.
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Odisha bets big on solar power, plans to set up 1,000-Mw park
Odisha has unveiled an ambitious plan to set up a 1,000-Mw solar park. "There is a proposal for setting up a 1,000-Mw solar park. The identification of land for the project is underway. For setting up such a park, about 5,000 acres are required. Since it is an uphill task to get a contiguous patch of 5,000 acres in Odisha, the park might be developed in clusters," said a government official in the know of the matter.
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The economics of battery energy storage
2015 has been the ‘Year of The Battery,’ but it’s time to focus less on cost and more on the value.
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California Governor Signs Ambitious Renewable Energy Bill Into Law
Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill into law Wednesday that requires state-regulated utilities to get a whopping 50 percent of their electricity from renewable energy sources, such as wind, solar, and hydro, by 2030.
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