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Millions Must Get Solar and Batteries or Live Without Utility Power
Posted in Business on 25th Oct, 2019
by Alex Muller
The forest mismanagement means that many communities and houses are at risk of being burned. The electrical grid and growth around power lines has been poorly maintained for decades.
Abu Dhabi throws the switch on world's largest single-site solar project
Posted in Hardware on 8th Jul, 2019
by Alex Muller
Abu Dhabi is claiming the title of the world's largest single-site solar project, having hit the go-button on the Noor Abu Dhabi project this week, with a reported capacity of 1.177 gigawatts
US Congress pushes for renewables to have same private investment incentives as fossil fuels
Posted in Business on 17th Jun, 2019
by Alex Muller
"Clean energy technologies have made tremendous progress in the last several decades, and they deserve the same shot at success in the market as traditional energy projects have experienced through the federal tax code"
Snow-powered nanogenerator works where solar panels don't
Posted in Hardware, Science on 16th Apr, 2019
by Alex Muller
Snowy places aren't ideal for harvesting solar energy – panels can't do much if they're buried under blankets of snow, of course. Now a team from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) has developed a new device that can produce electricity from snow itself.
Solar panels of Swiss Insolight achieve efficiency of 29%
Posted in Hardware on 31st Mar, 2019
by Alex Muller
While today’s rooftop standard modules typically show an efficiency of 17-19%, Insolight’s pre-production module has been validated at an impressive 29% by IES-UPM