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#uk Solar: Added 26Mw
May 06 2017 02:15 PM | eds in Solar Power
U.K., built 6 Solar farms at locations in: . . . . . . England, . . . . . . Wales and . . . . . . Scotland, adding . . . 26 MW of PV capacity. 5-6-2017 Source: #UK Solar: added 26MW
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#china Solar: Added 7.21 Gigawatts
May 06 2017 01:55 PM | eds in Solar Power
China, in just the first quarter of this year, installed another . . . 7.21 Gigawatts Of Solar, and generated, . . . 21.4 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity. China’s cumulative solar PV capacity is now almost . . . 85 GW. 5-6-2017 Source: #China S...
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#florida Solar
Apr 17 2017 12:25 PM | eds in Solar Power
A settlement filed in Tallahassee, Florida, on March 20, 2017, finds . . . “Gulf Power has withdrawn their proposed fixed charge hike, . . . which would have cost consumers nearly . . . $50 every month, regardless of how much power they used. Th...
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#solar: 80% Of Buildings Energy
Apr 14 2017 04:15 PM | eds in Solar Power
The Edge, . . . 10 story office building in Edmonton, Alberta, will be covered with . . . 500 solar panels on its south side. Together with daylight gathered from north facing windows, . . . they are expected to supply, . . . 80% of the building’s ele...
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#solar: Taylor County, Georgia
Apr 10 2017 01:25 PM | eds in Solar Power
Sandhills Solar Facility's, . . . Southern Power, a subsidiary of . . . . . . Southern Company, . . . 1.6 million solar panels, . . . that track the sun, . . . as it moves across the sky. Southern Power has approximately . . . 20 million solar pan...
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Ikea: Illinois’ Largest Rooftop Solar
Mar 28 2017 11:00 PM | eds in Solar Power
IKEA's Joliet, Illinois’ new Midwest distribution center, about . . . 45 miles southwest of Chicago, will have a capacity of . . . 2.91 megawatts (MW) and consist of almost . . . 9,000 panels spanning . . . 470,545 square feet IKEA aims to run on...
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Turkey: 1-Gw Solar Power Plant
Mar 24 2017 01:05 PM | eds in Solar Power
Global PV manufacturer Hanwha Q Cells, . . . has announced it has been awarded a tender to construct a . . . 1 GW solar power plant in Turkey, . . . in partnership with Kalyon. 3-24-2017 Source: Turkey: 1-GW solar power plant
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India’S Solar: 10 Gigawatts
Mar 24 2017 12:35 AM | eds in Solar Power
Minister of power, coal, and renewable energy Piyush Goyal, . . . recently stated that the installed solar power capacity in India has crossed . . . 10 gigawatts. 14 gigawatts of capacity is reportedly under construction, . . . or at the design stage....
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India: 2,700 Megawatt Solar Park
Mar 20 2017 12:45 PM | eds in Solar Power
Pavagada solar power park, will see Phase 1, . . . 500 megawatts of capacity, . . . operational by June 2017. India’s National Solar Mission, targets . . . 100 gigawatts of operational capacity by 2022. 3-20-2017 Source: India: 2,700 Megawatt Solar...
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Alabama: Largest Solar Farm
Mar 20 2017 12:35 PM | eds in Solar Power
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), . . . 75 megawatts of clean renewable energy, . . . is now on line to the electrical grid: . . . . . . 640-acre solar energy center, . . . . . . 300,000 solar panels, . . . . . . 15,000 homes, . . . . . . $150 mil...
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Florida: 8 Solar Plants
Mar 17 2017 01:55 PM | eds in Solar Power
Florida Power & Light Company, has selected . . . Blattner Energy, and Black & Veatch, to each build, . . . 4 solar projects with combined capacity of 596MW. FPL president and chief executive Eric Silagy said: . . . “It’s no easy feat to build...
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Kauai, Hawaiian Island, And Tesla
Mar 10 2017 08:25 AM | eds in Solar Power
Kauai, Hawaiian island, and Tesla, built a . . . 13 megawatt solar farm, with . . . 54,978 panels, and . . . 272 Powerpacks, providing . . . 52 megawatt-hours of energy storage . . . that will power, around the clock energy. 3-10-2017 Source: Kauai,...
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Worlds Largest Solar Plant
Mar 06 2017 02:45 PM | eds in Solar Power
Abu Dhabi's government-owned power utility, . . . aims to close a financing package for, . . . $872 million on the . . . 1,177 megawatt solar power plant. 3-6-2017 Source: Worlds largest Solar Plant
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Amazon: Global Rooftop Solar
Mar 03 2017 03:50 PM | eds in Solar Power
E-retail giant Amazon, . . . has launched a new initiative to install solar panels, . . . is planning to deploy solar systems on, . . . 50 fulfillment, and sortation centers, . . . around the world by 2020. 2-3-2017 Source: Amazon: Global Rooftop S...
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Florida: 8 New Solar Power Plants
Mar 02 2017 03:05 PM | eds in Solar Power
Florida Power & Light Company, . . . announced the names, and locations of its 2017 and 2018, . . . 8 new 74.5-megawatt solar power plants, . . . that will be built over the next 12 months. The plants are cost-effective, . . . resulting in million...
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Solar-Powered Africa
Feb 20 2017 02:50 PM | eds in Solar Power
A "solar revolution" is coming to Africa, . . . comparable in scale, and importance, . . . to the rapid surge in mobile phone use, . . . 2 decades ago. Fast-dropping costs for solar power, . . . combined with plenty of sun, and . . . a huge ne...
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#solar-Powered Trike Ambulance
Feb 18 2017 03:10 PM | eds in Solar Power
In Bangladesh, . . . many people die, . . . because there is no way to get them to a hospital when necessary. The roads are rudimentary, and . . . often impassable to conventional transportation. In many areas of Bangladesh, there is no electrical grid...
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India Doubles Down On Solar
Feb 14 2017 10:05 PM | eds in Solar Power
India's, doubling the planned capacity in their solar parks program, from . . . 20 GW, up to . . . 40 GW. India, enjoys around 300 days of sunshine, yearly. “Solar power projects can be set up anywhere in the country, . . . however the scattering...
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#google: 246Mw Solar Pv
Jan 28 2017 01:20 PM | eds in Solar Power
The 246 megawatt project, is the . . . largest Solar PV power plants in . . . South America, and will supply, . . . 80 megawatts (MW) of power to . . . Google’s data center in Quilicura through the . . . Central Interconnected System. 1-28-2017 Sour...
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Georgia Power: 1.6Gw Renewable's
Jan 26 2017 03:20 PM | eds in Solar Power
Georgia Power, added more than . . . 2 million solar panels to the state’s energy landscape last year, and . . . the company expects to add up to . . . 1.6GW of additional renewable energy by 2021. 1-26-2017 Source: Georgia Power: 1.6GW renewable's
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Georgia: Sandhills Solar Facility
Jan 23 2017 03:30 PM | eds in Solar Power
One of the largest solar projects east of the Mississippi, with approximately . . . 1.6 million solar panels that . . . track the sun as it moves across the sky. Southern Power has approximately . . . 20 million solar panels,more than . . . 1,700 Mega...
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China 2016: 34 Gigawatts Solar Pv
Jan 18 2017 03:55 PM | eds in Solar Power
China's cumulative solar capacity totals . . . 77.42 GW. 1-18-2017 Source: China 2016: 34 Gigawatts Solar PV
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Georgia: Sandhills Solar Facility
Jan 06 2017 03:20 PM | eds in Solar Power
1.6 million solar panels, . . . that track the sun, . . . as it moves across the sky. 1-6-2017 Source: Georgia: Sandhills Solar Facility (Video)
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$100: Heats House All Winter
Jan 06 2017 03:05 PM | eds in Solar Power
Habitations MicroÉvolution, . . . is using a solar air heater, . . . to cut down his heating bill to approximately, . . . $100 -- for the whole winter. 1-6-2017 Source: $100: heats house all winter
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School Solar
Dec 25 2016 02:35 PM | eds in Solar Power
A solar farm, that Ithaca College said will cover . . . 10% of the college’s energy needs, . . . is officially operational and producing energy, . . . 40 miles from the college's campus, . . . in the Town of Seneca. The college is not receiving th...
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