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Usa Shatters Solar Records In Q3
Dec 19 2016 08:25 PM | eds in Solar Power
2 megawatts of solar panels were installed in the USA, . . . every hour during the . . . 3rd quarter of this year. GTM Research forecasts, . . . 14.1 GWdc of new PV installations will be connected by the end of this year 2016, . . . up 88% over 2015....
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The Cost Of Solar Power?
Dec 16 2016 03:15 PM | eds in Solar Power
The cost of solar power in: . . . . . . China, . . . . . . India, . . . . . . Brazil, and . . . . . . 55 other emerging market economies, has dropped to about . . . 1/3 of its price in 2010. This means solar now bets wind as the cheapest form of renew...
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Solar Now Cheapest Form Of New Electricity
Dec 16 2016 03:00 PM | eds in Solar Power
As 2016 comes to an end: . . . Solar power, for the first time, . . . is becoming the cheapest form of new electricity. For populations: . . . . . . still relying on expensive kerosene generators, or . . . . . . who have no electricity at all, and . ....
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Fort Stewart: 250-Acre Solar Farm
Dec 10 2016 04:00 PM | eds in Solar Power
The U.S. Army and Georgia Power Co. installed a, . . . $75 million project, with . . . 130,000 individual solar panels, making it . . . one of largest solar farms in Georgia. Crucially, the solar farm, . . . will help keep the lights on at Fort S...
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Schools Solar Sites And Support
Dec 08 2016 06:45 PM | eds in Solar Power
Tucson, Ariz., has announced the completion of, . . . a 9.3 MW solar project, consisting of . . . solar installations located across . . . 25 school sites and support facilities. The project is expected to generate more than . . . 60% of the district’...
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Solarcity Comes To Florida
Dec 05 2016 09:10 PM | eds in Solar Power
Though the “Sunshine State" (Florida), . . . doesn’t get quite as much sun as the southwestern U.S.A., . . . it consistently ranks among the nation’s ten sunniest states, . . . (the Orlando area, where we’re initially launching service, enjoys more...
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Solar-Powered Tuk-Tuk
Nov 25 2016 07:40 PM | eds in Solar Power
His 7-month, 6,200-mile, trip, . . . from India to Britain, . . . powered only with . . . Sun Shine Energy. 11-25-2016 Source: Solar-powered tuk-tuk
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Kenya Goes Solar!
Nov 25 2016 02:20 PM | eds in Solar Power
Solar powered Water Pumps With a small farm, . . . keeping the crops irrigated, is a matter of survival, and . . . that means pumping water up from a well, Now a solar-powered pump.costs, . . . $250, roughly the same price as a diesel generator,,...
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Solar Pv: Boosted Up To 50%
Nov 23 2016 10:45 PM | eds in Solar Power
“Solar radiation, on its way to the photovoltaic cells, . . . hits a dedicated material that we developed for this purpose, . . . the material is heated by the unused part of the spectrum, . . . the solar radiation in the optimal spectrum is absorbed,...
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India's Solar Power = 10,000 Mw
Nov 19 2016 12:50 AM | eds in Solar Power
India is expected to become the world’s 3rd biggest solar market next year, . . . after China and the USA, by adding . . . 8-10 GW in 2017. The growing solar market in India, . . . has attracted the attention of leading investors from: . . . . . . I...
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Tesla-Solarcity Merger Approved
Nov 18 2016 01:10 AM | eds in Solar Power
"Excluding the votes of [Elon Musk], and other affiliated shareholders, more than . . . 85% of shares voted were cast in favor of the acquisition. "The acquisition of SolarCity, . . . will create the world’s only integrated sustainable energy...
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India: Solar Spinning Wheels
Nov 13 2016 02:30 PM | eds in Solar Power
A commercially viable solar system, . . . for the operation of 8-10 spindles charkhas (Spinning Wheels), . . . has been developed by many institutions. The technology is now well proven. . . . To revive the large numbers of charkhas going out of operat...
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Chile: 246Mw Solar Connects To Grid
Nov 12 2016 02:15 PM | eds in Solar Power
The $343m El Romero Solar plant features . . . 776,000 polycrystalline silicon photovoltaic modules, spread across . . . 280ha area in the municipality of Vallenar, . . . 645km north of the Santiago. In addition to reducing CO2 emission of approx...
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Farms Solar, Is A No-Brainer
Nov 07 2016 10:10 PM | eds in Solar Power
After sitting down with Alta Energy and . . . conducting a thorough financial analysis, . . . Merrill says deploying solar energy on the farm was a “no-brainer.” The operation used the: . . . . . . 30% federal income tax credit, . . . . . . accelerated...
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Sunamp Heat Battery
Oct 20 2016 01:10 PM | eds in Solar Power
Sunamp, produce batteries that store heat, charged by solar panels.
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Solar Pv: Atop Closed Landfill
Oct 19 2016 12:50 PM | eds in Solar Power
South Burlington is planning to put, . . . a solar array on top of an old landfill, . . . to get renewable energy and financial savings, . . . out of a piece of land that can’t be used for much else. "It's estimated that South Burlington taxpa...
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Texas: Solar Power
Oct 13 2016 12:50 PM | eds in Solar Power
Thanks to cheap land, and sunny conditions, . . . 4 gigawatts of commercial-scale solar panel capacity, . . . to be built in Texas, by the end of the decade. Causing cheap solar energy, to threaten, to depress electricity prices, . . . during peak midd...
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Solar: Germany Vs India
Oct 06 2016 01:05 PM | eds in Solar Power
Is the German solar story a success, that India can learn from? . . . Political Tools: . . . . . . Feed-in tariff, and . . . . . . Comprehensive renewable energy law — worked well. . . . Grid Management Operators earned to work with: . . . . . . higher...
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Mongolia: Price Solar $0.078/kwh
Sep 23 2016 02:10 PM | eds in Solar Power
Chinese solar power developers have bid as low as . . . 0.52 yuan per kilowatt hour for solar power, . . . in a tender held in northern Inner Mongolia. 9-23-2016 Source: Mongolia: price solar $0.078/kWh
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World's Largest Solar Power Plant
Sep 22 2016 11:15 PM | eds in Solar Power
The plant has a capacity of 648 megawatts (MW), . . . opens in Kamuthi, India. 9-22-2016 Source: World's largest solar power plant
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Solar-Powered Helicopter With Passenger
Sep 17 2016 09:15 PM | eds in Solar Power
Solar-powered Helicopter with Passenger
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Florida: Wants Solar
Sep 05 2016 01:30 PM | eds in Solar Power
An overwhelming majority of voters in Florida, . . . approved a measure which provides tax breaks on . . . solar installations for residential and business owners. 9-5-2016 Source: Florida: wants Solar
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8.1 Gw Installed, 14 Gw Developing
Sep 03 2016 02:30 PM | eds in Solar Power
India has reached, . . . 8.1 GW of cumulative solar power generation capacity, and there are, . . . 14 GW of projects under development. Chinese modules can currently be purchased in India, at around . . . USD 0.39 (INR 26) per watt which is , . . . “...
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2016 Solar: Nearly 10% Cheaper
Aug 30 2016 09:30 PM | eds in Solar Power
Department of Energy’s, . . . Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory say's, . . . Solar is nearly 10% cheaper, . . . than it was a year ago. 8-30-2016 Source: 2016 Solar: nearly 10% cheaper
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Australia: Readies For Big Solar Boom
Aug 29 2016 01:25 PM | eds in Solar Power
Bloomberg last week noted, that solar capacity will jump . . . 18 % this year, the continued fall in solar manufacturing costs, around . . . 10% to 15% a year, and . . . an expected surplus of manufacturing capacity in coming years, . . . that will for...
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