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Las Vegas #solar
Dec 14 2017 11:15 AM | eds in Solar Power
December 2016, the City of Las Vegas announced, . . . its municipal operations would power its: . . . . . . streetlights, . . . . . . parks, . . . . . . community centers, . . . . . . fire stations, and . . . . . . other government buildings, and facil...
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#solar To Reach Tipping Point In 2018
Dec 05 2017 08:30 PM | eds in Solar Power
You can run a transmission line into a busy neighborhood, and . . . be assured it will be paid off relatively quickly, . . . but take that same transmission line, and . . . run it out into the middle of nowhere, . . . with populations a scant percentag...
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Usa's Lowest #solar Power Price
Nov 10 2017 05:50 PM | eds in Solar Power
NV Energy, (owned by Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway) . . . Apple, to power to its Sparks, Nevada data center with, . . . the lowest overall price for solar power in the USA, . . . 3.24¢/kWh, and . . . 3.42¢/kWh for 25 year terms. 11-10-2017 Source...
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#solarpower Europe: 30% Growth
Oct 28 2017 12:55 PM | eds in Solar Power
SolarPower Europe, predicts . . . that global solar market demand will reach . . . 100 gigawatts for the first time ever this year, a . . . 30% growth from 2016 levels. China alone, . . . will likely add more than . . . 50 GW for 2017. In just 2 1/2...
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#solar Vs Air Pollution
Oct 25 2017 01:40 PM | eds in Solar Power
China, is currently on track to install close to . . . 50 GW worth of solar energy in 2017, nearly . . . 1/2 the total global demand, but, Princeton University says that China’s severe . . . air pollution is “significantly reducing” the country’s solar...
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#madison County, New York: 70%
Oct 21 2017 07:20 PM | eds in Solar Power
Madison County, New York, . . . 70% Solar government complex powered by . . . 7,500 ground-mounted solar panels, produce more than . . . 2.8 million kilowatts of renewable energy every year. That reduces greenhouse gases, and . . . it’s going to get t...
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#solar: Colorado
Oct 11 2017 01:15 PM | eds in Solar Power
Colorado Springs Utilities' plan to . . . decommission Martin Drake Power Plant will not change, . . . as contract negotiations continue for . . . 100 more megawatts of renewable solar energy, . . . that is part of its "Energy Vision" plan....
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#solar & Storage: South Korea
Sep 06 2017 01:30 PM | eds in Solar Power
In collaboration with Korea South-East Power Co., . . . Doosan Heavy has been developing a . . . Microgrid system, that combines a . . . 4.2MWh ESS with a . . . 100kW solar generation system for Doosan Engine’s Changwon Plant, . . . which is planned fo...
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#solar: New Jersey
Aug 30 2017 02:10 PM | eds in Solar Power
Amazon's 30-acre roof, of its Carteret warehouse, . . . 22,000-solar-panel system will have enough electricity to power . . . 600 homes. Inside the facility, . . . 3,000 employees work with . . . 900 robots on a million-square-foot floor, and . ....
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#community Solar Array (Csa)
Aug 25 2017 01:50 PM | eds in Solar Power
In Vermont, Green Mountain Power customers, are eligible to buy Solar panels, . . . in a Community Solar Array (CSA), being built with . . . 252 kilowatts (kW AC) Solar energy, able to serve between . . . 50 and 100 homes or the equivalent. Potentiall...
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#solar Storage
Aug 25 2017 12:40 AM | eds in Solar Power
Redstone Arsenal US army post in Alabama, . . . recently broke ground for a SunPower, . . . 10-megawatt solar PV system, and a, . . . 1 megawatt energy storage system. 8-24-2017 Source: #Solar Storage
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#solar: U.s. Department Of Defense
Aug 24 2017 06:55 AM | eds in Solar Power
A 120 MW-AC Gulf Coast Solar Center, spans . . . 942 acres across , . . . 3 Navy, and Air Force sites, . . . in northwest Florida, comprises nearly, . . . 1.5 million solar panels will generate enough energy to power more than . . . 18,000 local homes...
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#solar-Powered Bike Garden
Aug 17 2017 11:35 PM | eds in Solar Power
Mobile community garden for the city. https://www.youtube....h?v=4X9YM37DsDA 8-17-2017 Source: #Solar-powered Bike Garden
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#solar: Sahara Desert To Europe
Aug 11 2017 04:35 PM | eds in Solar Power
London based Nur Energie, . . . has just filed a plan with the Tunisian government, to export . . . 4.5 gigawatts of solar power, . . . from the northeastern edge of the Sahara, . . . to Europe. That's enough to supply more than, . . . 5 million t...
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#solar Goal
Aug 11 2017 12:50 PM | eds in Solar Power
India, . . . revised the National Solar Mission target, . . . of Grid Connected Solar Power projects from: . . . . . . . 20,000 MW by 2022 to . . . . . . 100,000 MW by 2022. 8-11-2017 Source: #Solar Goal
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#solar: Egypt To Manufacture Panels
Aug 07 2017 05:00 PM | eds in Solar Power
According to the state-run newspaper, Akhabr Al Youm, . . . the solar panels will be attached to buildings, . . . that are being already established in, . . . Egypt’s New Administrative capital. 8-7-2017 Source: #Solar: Egypt to manufacture panels
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#china: Adds 24.4 Gw Solar 2017
Jul 21 2017 02:00 PM | eds in Solar Power
China installed a record . . . 24.4GW worth of new solar capacity, across the first . . . 1/2 of 2017. China's installed solar capacity, mow totals about . . . 101.82 GW. 7-21-2017 Source: #China: Adds 24.4 GW Solar 2017
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#australia: 1/4 Solar
Jul 11 2017 08:50 PM | eds in Solar Power
1/4 of all Australian households, . . . have invested in solar panels, . . . driven by skyrocketing electricity prices, and . . . falling Solar technology costs. 7-11-2017 Source: #Australia: 1/4 Solar
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#solar Prices Going Down
Jul 10 2017 01:40 AM | eds in Solar Power
GTM Research expects a . . . 27% drop in average global project prices by 2022, or about . . . 4.4% each year. The plunges in pricing will come from reductions in: . . . . . . modules, . . . . . . inverters, . . . . . . trackers, and . . . . . . even...
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#free Floating Solar & Wifi
Jul 04 2017 11:05 PM | eds in Solar Power
PowerDocks LLC, Newport. R.I., . . . FREE: solar-generated electrical power, and . . . FREE Wi-Fi, to vessels docked within . . . 300 feet of the floating platform. Blue Isles is moored in the public anchorage area, . . . north of the Goat Island cause...
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#solar: 52Mw Mississippi
Jun 29 2017 10:40 PM | eds in Solar Power
Largest solar power plant in the state of Mississippi: . . . 600 Acres, . . . 52MW, can produce enough energy to supply power to, . . . 8,000 homes. Scheduled to open later this year, is another, . . . 50-megawatt solar plant in Hattiesburg. 6-29-201...
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#world’S Largest Solar: 1Gw
Jun 23 2017 12:55 PM | eds in Solar Power
Kurnool solar power park, India, . . . is slowly reaching its planned capacity of . . . 1 gigawatt (GW) as more . . . developers commission their projects. 6-23-2017 Source: #world’s largest Solar: 1GW
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#world’S Largest Solar Power Plant
May 26 2017 12:15 PM | eds in Solar Power
Abu Dhabi's, world’s largest solar power plant: . . . . . . $8700 million, (cost of 2.94 cents per kWh) . . . . . . 1.17 gigawatt plant, will provide enough power to approximately . . . . . . 200,000 homes, is expected to complete in . . . . ....
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#world's Largest Floating Solar Farm
May 25 2017 09:15 PM | eds in Solar Power
A gigantic 40-megawatt, floating solar farm, . . . in the city of Huainan, China. The reservoir the plant was constructed over, . . . is actually flooded former coal mining land. Benefits: . . . . . . not taking up farm land, or other valuable real es...
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#solar: Gigawatt Project
May 11 2017 01:00 PM | eds in Solar Power
Middle Eastern oil producing country Oman, . . . signs agreement for . . . 1,000 megawatts (1 Gigawatt) Solar Project. Oman may soon host, . . . the largest solar thermal power project in the world. . . . Oil majors Shell, Total, and Glasspoint Solar,...
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