solar energy Archives - Page 3 of 9 - Renew Economy

Battery costs drop to key level as electric car sales continue to rise
Both electric cars and renewable energy stand to gain significantly from cheaper storage.
Valentin Muenzel

Apr 14, 2015

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Off-grid solar power vs grid-connected solar power in 21st century
The future in which power company customers transitioning to solar can choose to either maintain grid connection or cost-effectively generate off-grid has arrived. The implications are only just beginning to dawn.
Aisha Abdelhamid

Apr 13, 2015

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Solar Impulse sets down in Chongqing, China
Solar Impulse 2 lands in Chongqing, after completing most challenging leg since starting round-the-world fuel-free flight.
Amber Archangel

Mar 31, 2015

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Solar could supply five times California’s energy needs
The amount of energy that could be generated from solar systems constructed around existing infrastructure in California is 5x that currently demanded by the state.
Joshua S Hill

Mar 19, 2015

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Chile to be home to world’s largest merchant solar power plant
An 80 MW solar power plant will be built in Chile’s Antofagasta Region beginning in the first part of 2015.
Jake Richardson

Jan 21, 2015

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Chile’s mines set hot pace on renewables – Australia should take note
Chile is now emerging as the southern hemisphere’s renewable energy giant, so what can we learn from our Pacific neighbours?
John Mathews

Dec 17, 2014

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Move over big power – the micropower revolution is here
Micro-electricity producers are relatively small scale, inexpensive, and most importantly, produce little to no carbon emissions.
Morgan Salett

Nov 27, 2014

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Cigarette plant becomes factory for solar and wind farm batteries
The once booming Phillip Morris cigarette plant in North Carolina has been reborn into a facility that churns out batteries for solar and wind farms.
Lauren C. Williams

Oct 29, 2014

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Indoor air pollution kills millions — solar could help save them
Indoor air pollution kills more people around the world every year than HIV and malaria combined — but solar power might be the key to solving the problem.
Jeff Spross

Sep 18, 2014

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Other Good Stuff

Verizon set to be largest solar producing communication company
Verizon set to install 10.2 MW of new solar power systems across eight of the network facilities.
Joshua S Hill

Aug 27, 2014

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CleanTech Bites

SunPower sees storage in commercial market in 2015
SunPower has flagged the introduction of battery storage into the commercial market in 2015 in Australia, as it looks to rapidly expand its home energy service offerings.
Giles Parkinson & Sophie Vorrath

Aug 4, 2014

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More efficient, durable solar cells are possible thanks to glass
Self-cooling, longer lasting and more efficient solar cells are within reach simply by adding a thin layer of glass.
Todd Shilton

Jul 24, 2014

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