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Elon Musk criticizes California's proposal to cut solar energy incentives as 'anti-environment'
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has accused California's government of pushing "anti-environment" legislation. The California Public Utilities Commission put forward a proposal last month that would slash the amount of incentives available to people who install solar energy systems on their roofs. The proposal is due to be voted on later this month.
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Nail-On Solar Shingles: An Affordable Alternative To Tesla?
GAF Energy has developed an innovative new nail-on solar shingle that's allegedly cheaper and easier to install than Tesla's solar roof system.
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Elon Musk slams California's $8 per kW monthly utility charge plan for solar owners
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has slammed California’s plan for homeowners who use solar panels in their homes. The proposal calls for a discounted rate for excess power sold into the grid, as well as a monthly utility charge of $8 per kW to cover the cost of maintaining the state’s power infrastructure. Musk noted that the idea, which essentially penalizes sustainable energy, is “insane.”
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Renewable Energy Is Great—but the Grid Can Slow It Down
Say you want to build a wind farm. You find a nice empty knoll in northern Vermont, where the breeze blows steadily and the neighbors don’t complain about sullied views. (A damn miracle, in other words.) You line up investors, get the right permits, and prepare to install your turbines. Then you hit a snag: power lines.
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SEC probes Tesla over whistleblower claims on solar panel defects
The U.S. securities regulator has opened an investigation into Tesla Inc. over a whistleblower complaint that the company failed to properly notify its shareholders and the public of fire risks associated with solar panel system defects over several years, according to a letter from the agency.
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EdisonFuture EF1-T Is An All-Electric Pickup With Solar Charging
SPI Energy is a Chinese company founded in 2016 whose main area of activity is in renewable energy and earlier in 2021, the company announced its intention to also launch a fully-electric pickup truck and this is our first look at that vehicle, the EdisonFuture EF1-T.
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Recent discovery may give solar cells 1,000% more power
The photovoltaic effect of ferroelectric crystals can grow by creating crystalline layers of barium titanate, strontium titanate and calcium titanate.
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The race is on to replicate the power of the sun with fusion energy
With a number of recent breakthroughs, the race is on to prove that nuclear fusion is not only possible, but integral to a clean energy future
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VFX Artist Reveals how Many Solar Panels are Needed to Power the ENTIRE World
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The reality behind solar power’s next star material
Companies say they are close to commercializing cheap perovskite films that could disrupt solar power — but are they too optimistic?
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Solar Power Could Become a Catalyst for a Major Synthetic Fuel Upgrade
As global carbon emissions that stem from fossil fuels keep adding to our ever-growing climate change issue, energy companies have turned their focus on renewables to generate fuel. One of those companies is Synhelion from Switzerland. The company harnesses the energy of the heat of the sun and converts the collected carbon dioxide into synthetic fuels, in turn offering a green and sustainable solution.
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How chlorine stabilizes next-gen solar cells at an atomic scale
A team of researchers led by Professor Yabing Qi in the Energy Materials and Surface Sciences Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) in Japan have imaged the atoms at the surface of the light-absorbing layer in a new type of next-generation solar cells, made from a crystal material called metal-halide perovskite.
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Biden unveils plan for solar power to produce 45% of US electricity by 2050
The Biden administration has issued a plan to increase the country’s reliance on solar power from 3 per cent to more than 10 times that amount in under 30 years. The Department of Energy published a blueprint on Wednesday on how to provide 45 per cent of US electricity from solar by 2050, which would involve ramping up production of solar panels and modernising energy infrastructure across the country.
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You’ve got $30 billion to spend and a climate crisis. Nuclear or solar?
Research suggests we can power 80% of the U.S. with wind, solar, and 12 hours of energy storage, but being able to replace a nuclear power plant hasn’t been financially viable. Is that about to change?
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A safer, greener way to make solar cells
Scientists at SPECIFIC Innovation and Knowledge Centre, Swansea University, have found a way to replace the toxic, unsustainable solvents currently needed to make the next generation of solar technology. Printed carbon perovskite solar cells have been described as a likely front runner to the market because they are extremely efficient at converting light to electricity, cheap and easy to make.
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Why Not Turn Airports Into Giant Solar Farms?
The next time you’re staring out a plane window during takeoff or landing, give the airport a scan. You’ll see hangars and other support buildings and, of course, the terminal. But mostly, you’ll see lots of empty space. Airplanes, as many aeronautical engineers have noted, like open spaces—for obvious reasons, including not getting along with trees.
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After Tesla increased the price of a Solar Roof project by more than $30,000, the customers explain why they have filed a lawsuit alleging breach of contract
A Pennsylvania lawsuit said Tesla was in breach of its contract after raising a Solar Roof price.
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World entering ‘new epoch’ as solar set to become most economic generation source by 2030
By 2030, all of the world's solar resource will be economic in comparison to local fossil fuel generation, according to a new report from thinktank Carbon Tracker. Already around 60% of global solar generation is economic - with 15% of wind resource being economic - a figure expected to grow to more than 50% by 2030.
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Positively LEX 18: Sheep are stars of KU's new 'Ewe-Tube'
These 'Ewe-Tube' stars might be a bit sheepish, but they sure make good TV. Some sheep are making themselves right at home on a farm in Mercer County ... a solar farm that is. Kentucky Utilities has partnered with Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill to put the animals to work at the E.W. Brown Generating Station just outside of Harrodsburg, and now you can check it out for yourself online.
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Solar panels that throw shade on canals are an environmental win–win
Placing solar arrays over canals would prevent water loss and improve panels’ energy harvest.
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