POWER Magazine

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Imagine a field of solar panels floating silently in the endless day of Earths orbit. Unlike their terrestrial cousins, this space-based solar array never faces nighttime, clouds, or atmospheric interference. […] The post Space-Based Solar Power: The Future of 24/7 Clean Energy Generation appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 28, 2024

Half the power needed by the world’s largest retailer now comes from clean energy projects.

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TechXplore

JANUARY 8, 2025

it does not have much of an impact on overall, long-term solar power generation activity. New research from Colorado State University shows that while wildfire smoke increasingly covers large parts of the U.S.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 19, 2020

Three stories and three approaches to equitable clean energy, and we're just getting started. The first in a series.

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TechXplore

JANUARY 28, 2025

China raced ahead building renewable energy last year, installing more wind and solar power than ever before and continuing to leave all other countries in the dust.

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TechXplore

MARCH 14, 2025

Agrivoltaic systems, which combine solar power generation with agricultural practices, offer a promising solution to the growing demand for both renewable energy and food production.

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TechXplore

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

A floating, solar-powered device that can turn contaminated water or seawater into clean hydrogen fuel and purified water, anywhere in the world, has been developed by researchers.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Space-based solar power is the cool technology of the future, although the concept was conceived hundreds of years ago. Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, a Russian scientist, proposed the idea of harnessing space-based solar power in 1923.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Argentina is planning to send solar-powered robots out to clean its dirty harbors. If it works, the self-propelled robots may make a big dent in the country’s plastic pollution problem.

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POWER Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Energy major Invenergy and telecom company Verizon are moving forward with power purchase agreements (PPAs) involving 640 MW of solar energy from projects across four states. The deals announced Feb. […] The post Invenergy, Verizon Expand PPAs for Solar Power appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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TechXplore

OCTOBER 1, 2024

A team of engineers at Nanjing University, working with a pair of colleagues from the University of California, Berkeley, has developed a new way to extract lithium from briny water.

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TechXplore

MARCH 11, 2024

During the most recent total solar eclipse visible in the U.S., Not surprisingly, solar power generation across North America plummeted for several hours, from the first moment the moon began to obscure the sun to when the sun's disk was clear again. 21, 2017, the skies darkened as the moon crossed in front of the sun.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 10, 2024

A unique contract allows companies that are typically too small to negotiate their own power contracts to fund new green energy projects.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

From Florida to Maryland to Tennessee, cities are joining forces to accelerate solar power.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Solar energy is rapidly developing as one of the most common forms of renewable energy production. But not all solar installations are alike. They produce clean, locally generated energy — a must-have in a time of ambitious sustainability goals.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

DECEMBER 7, 2021

as a solar pioneer. Tennessee may not strike people as the most progressive state with 46% of the population conservative and 27% moderate, according to a Pew Research Center poll. You might not expect it to be a bastion of green energy, but the greater Chattanooga area is stepping out in front of many other parts of the U.S.

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TechXplore

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Then they install solar panels on their roof that generate 500 kilowatt hours of electricity per month on average. How much should their consumption of electricity drawn from the power grid decline after they install solar? Imagine a household that consumes 1,000 kilowatt hours of energy per month.

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TechXplore

JANUARY 11, 2024

Space-based solar power offers tantalizing possibilities for sustainable energy—in the future, orbital collection systems could harvest energy in space, and beam it wirelessly back to Earth. These systems could serve remote locations across the planet to supplement the terrestrial power transmission infrastructure required today.

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GreenTech Gazette

JANUARY 1, 2025

This means that the device can efficiently capture and store solar power, providing a reliable and sustainable energy source. Conclusion The breakthrough solar-powered charging technology developed by Korean scientists represents a significant advancement in the field of energy storage.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 20, 2024

Featuring all-electric systems, water reuse and innovative solar power, these buildings improve “the health and resilience of economies, cultures, and people.”

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TechXplore

DECEMBER 5, 2023

More than 2.2 billion people currently live in water-stressed countries, and the United Nations estimates that 3.5 million die every year from water-related diseases.

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Solar Industry

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Penske Truck Leasing has installed and activated its first rooftop solar-powered systems, at the company’s new facility in Channahon, Ill. “These investments will allow us to directly generate our own renewable energy to power our locations and continue to support our customers with sustainable solutions.”

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TechXplore

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Researchers have developed a reactor that pulls carbon dioxide directly from the air and converts it into sustainable fuel, using sunlight as the power source.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 14, 2021

California state law (SB 1383) takes effect January 1, 2022, requiring the majority of homes and businesses in the area to recycle all food and yard waste in their yard debris carts.

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Solar Power World

JULY 23, 2024

That significant expansion of the installation market is acknowledged this year in the 2024 Top Solar Contractors List released today by Solar Power World.

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POWER Magazine

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Space-based solar power (SBSP) could prove transformative to global energy demand by providing price-efficient, continuous clean energy from orbit (Figure 1). Recent developments, including low-cost space access, mass-produced satellites, robotics, […] The post Space-Based Solar Power for U.S.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 7, 2024

Virginia is done playing by California’s rules on vehicle emissions standards; Jared Kushner is backing solar power.

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TechXplore

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Nearly two weeks after Hurricane Helene downed power lines and washed out roads all over North Carolina's mountains, the constant din of a gas-powered generator is getting to be too much for Bobby Renfro.

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GreenBiz

JULY 14, 2022

The baking company behind Entenmann’s and Sara Lee has signed a contract to design and construct solar-powered microgrids at six California bakeries in Montebello, Placentia, Oxnard, San Luis Obispo, South San Francisco and Sacramento.

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Solar Power World

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

But a new bipartisan bill in its early stages in the Senate is giving large-scale solar developers hope for a less-congested future. The Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024 (EPRA), introduced… The post Bipartisan energy permitting bill could bring solar power where it’s needed most appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Western Australia’s South West Interconnected System, regarded as the biggest isolated grid in the world, hit a new penetration record for wind and solar power over the weekend, a new peak of 85.7 pct appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Solar Power World

JANUARY 8, 2025

New rules making it easier to develop solar power on public lands… The post Solar Power World’s 2025 solar + storage trends appeared first on Solar Power World. Both small- and large-scale energy storage continues to break records, with California leading the way in both markets.

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TechXplore

MARCH 12, 2024

As societies look for ways to cut greenhouse gas emissions and slow climate change, large-scale solar power is playing a central role. the Department of Energy predicts that solar will account for nearly 60% of all new utility-scale electricity-generating capacity installed in 2024. In the U.S.,

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The Breaking Barriers initiative is developing two resilience centers in Atlanta, one on the campus of a historically Black college that will be backed by a solar-powered microgrid with battery storage.

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Science Daily: Renewable Energy

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Engineers built a solar-powered desalination system that produces large quantities of clean water despite variations in sunlight throughout the day. Because it requires no extra batteries, it offers a much more affordable way to produce drinking water, compared to other solar-driven designs.

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Renew Economy

JULY 7, 2024

What he didn't mention is that its wind and solar plans are even more ambitious than Australia's Labor government. The post UK Labour to double onshore wind, triple solar power, and quadruple offshore wind by 2030 appeared first on RenewEconomy. Peter Dutton seizes on UK Labour's commitment to nuclear.

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Renew Economy

MAY 19, 2024

Investment giant backs plans to convert Gladstone ore into green iron using hydrogen created from state's massive wind and solar resources and tapping in to federal "Made in Australia plan. billion wind and solar powered green iron project for Queensland appeared first on RenewEconomy. The post Plans unveiled for massive $3.5

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