While We've Been in Lockdown, Solar Cell Technology has...

Today, the world is grappling with more than just the climate crisis, and yet even now, in the face of a global pandemic, scientists are marching on with renewable solutions. Just this month, no less than three records have been broken in solar...

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www.sciencealert.com
The State of Oil Is Falling in Love with Solar Energy

"Everything's bigger in Texas," as the saying goes. Texas generates most electricity in the U.S., and accounts for approximately 25% of the U.S. oil refining and natural gas industry.Texas is also on the verge of a renewables boom since it...

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finance.yahoo.com
Sunlight Destroys Virus Quickly, New Govt. Tests Find...

Preliminary results from government lab experiments show that the coronavirus does not survive long under high-temperature, high-humidity conditions, and is quickly destroyed by sunlight, providing evidence from controlled tests of what...

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Seven Solar Tracker System Tweaks and New Tech to Know...

One unique tracker design on display at Intersolar 2020 back in February was the bellow-actuated Sunfolding single axis tracker. The bellow, manufactured with a DuPont polymer, uses no motors to actuate the table, and relies on off-the-shelf...

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solarbuildermag.com
“When there’s a huge solar energy spill, it’s just called a ‘nice day’ ”
now virtual!
Solar Power Plants Get Help from Satellites to Predict...

The output of solar energy systems is highly dependent on cloud cover. While weather forecasting can be used to predict the amount of sunlight reaching ground-based solar collectors, cloud cover is often characterized in simple terms, such as...

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www.novuslight.com
This Crisis Provides a Very Green Opportunity - The...

ASIDE FROM AGRICULTURE, the pre-crisis consensus among clean-energy experts was that mitigating climate change involved four big steps. First, decarbonize transportation - the largest carbon-emitting sector in the United States and Europe - by...

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www.bostonglobe.com
Minnesota Researcher Studies How Rural Co-ops Can Build...

Courtesy with support from a federal grant, Gabriel Chan aims to clarify the costs and benefits of distributed solar for electric co-ops. While the grid benefits of distributed solar generation are well known for large utilities, less is known...

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energynews.us
Choose the Solar District Cup 2020 Industry Choice Winner

Vote for the Industry Choice winner of the U.S. Department of Energy Solar District Cup 2020! On April 27 the three top teams will give a short presentation to a public audience, who will vote to choose a winner.

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www.energy.gov
Kentucky City of 28,000 Selects 50 MW of Solar to Help...

In western Kentucky, where the city of Henderson overlooks the Ohio River, wholesale energy is usually reasonably priced. But if you run an electric utility, and your customers use about 100 MW of power on a summer day, "that's exactly when you...

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pv-magazine-usa.com
New Technique to Determine Best Cooling Technique for...

A new paper published by researchers at Malaysia's Multimedia University provides a new method to assess the effectiveness of different cooling systems for photovoltaic modules. The proposed technique relies on measuring the output of the module...

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