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Letter to the Editor: A case for solar on farmland

The News Banner | 2024-04-30, 11:35

The topic of solar farms has caused a lot of vocalized opinions at meetings and there is certainly nothing wrong with that, but if you really want to know what the public thinks, look at where the consumer spends their money. Years ago we saw signs in the

RI, Singapore move forward with solar power export plan

The Jakarta Post | 2024-04-30, 11:17

P resident Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has announced that the government will move forward with a plan to enable the export of

Appledore Island solar array expanding for UNH-led ocean cable project

Yahoo Daily News | 2024-04-30, 10:59

Shoals Marine Laboratory gets OK to install a 2,500-square-foot extension to the existing solar array. ...

TU Delft presents 21.14%-efficient IBC-HJT solar cell based on molybdenum oxide hole collector

PV Magazine | 2024-04-30, 10:53

Researchers at the Delft University of Technology have fabricated an interdigitated back contact and heterojunction solar cell that uses a thin full-area molybdenum oxide layer as a blanket layer. The device reportedly ensures well-passivated gaps between

How an Apple Watch Saved the Solar Eclipse for Me - CNET

CNET | 2024-04-30, 10:46

Commentary: My smartwatch has paid for itself a dozen times over due to one simple feature. ...

NHPC collaborates with Norwegian firm for floating solar technology in India

Beijing News | 2024-04-30, 10:37

New Delhi [India], April 30 (ANI): Hydropower company NHPC Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Ocean Sun, a Norwegian company operating as a technology provider to the floating solar industry. As per the MoU, NHPC and Ocean Sun will explore

PNOC, Lank Bank subsidiary ink deal on solar rooftop installations

Manila Bulletin | 2024-04-30, 10:29

State-run Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) has cemented a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with LBP Resources and Development Corporation (LBRDC), a subsidiary of Land Bank, for the rollout of solar rooftop installations at the latter’s economic zone

Backyard Universe: The April eclipse and looking ahead to future ones both solar and lunar

The Fayetteville Observer | 2024-04-30, 10:20

Just plain lucky — that’s what my wife Ann and I were back on April 8. After traveling to Fredericksburg, Texas, earlier this month to view and photograph the total solar eclipse, a band of clouds covered much of the Texas hill country on April 8. The forecast

La Izquierda Surf & Music Festival Returns To Ride The Wave

Houston Press | 2024-04-30, 10:17

For the fifth year Galveston’s surf and music festival La Izquierda Surf & Music Festival will go for a full weekend of music, surf, community and all together good vibes that wash over the city like a wave of positive energy. “I always use the metaphor of

Old video falsely shared as North American solar eclipse in 2024

Yahoo Daily News | 2024-04-30, 10:05

As a rare total solar eclipse swept across North

Saudi Arabia & Mauritania sign MoU for cooperation in renewable energy

GCC Business News | 2024-04-30, 09:53

Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz has met with Islamic Republic of Mauritania Minister of Petroleum, Minerals and Energy, Nani Ould Chrougha, to discuss potential cooperation in various energy fields. The meeting

Philippines aims to double solar, quadruple share of wind in power output by 2030

Straits Times | 2024-04-30, 09:26

It expects higher share of solar and wind to offset a decline in the share of other clean sources. ...

From EVs to Wind Turbines, China is Winning the Clean-Energy War

The Maritime Executive | 2024-04-30, 09:25

The EPA has finalized its tailpipe emissions rules for light-duty vehicles beginning in 2027. When initially proposed, the rule sparked pushback from the automobile industry, among others. As the EPA noted, the rule would require electric vehicles to make up

Higher Nordic power prices and new wind capacity swell Vattenfall's profit

Recharge | 2024-04-30, 09:07

Swedish utility grid-connects Danish near-shore wind farm and installs final turbine at Dutch onshore-offshore project ...

Australian solar farm hosting 6,000 sheep

PV Magazine | 2024-04-30, 09:05

The first stage of Acen Australia’s planned 720 MW New England Solar Farm in Australia is home to more than 6,000 sheep, which graze beneath the panels in a proof-of-concept agrivoltaics project. From pv magazine Australia On 2,000 hectares of grazing land

India creates non-tariff barrier for Chinese solar products

PV Magazine | 2024-04-30, 08:11

The Indian government has reinstated the so-called Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM) mandate from April 1, 2024. The move is designed to exclude Chinese solar modules from a vast part of the Indian PV market. From pv magazine India India’s

GPIC’s Chairman inaugurates solar energy project in ground-breaking renewable energy initiative

The Daily Tribune - Bahrain | 2024-04-30, 07:42

Engineer Kamal bin Ahmed Mohammed, Chairman of GPIC’s Board of Directors, inaugurated the company’s Solar Energy project yesterday. The project is the company’s latest milestone in energy sustainability, and is within the company’s

Floating photovoltaics may significantly reduce water evaporation at Aswan dam

PV Magazine | 2024-04-30, 07:17

The Aswan High Dam Reservoir is one of the world's largest water reservoir and suffers from high water evaporation rates due to the region's very hot and dry climate. Floating PV installations may be a remedy, while also offering a good match for hydropower

IEC develops standards for vehicle-integrated photovoltaics

PV Magazine | 2024-04-30, 07:17

In its first monthly column for pv magazine, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) explains how a team of its experts is currently working on the definition of new standards for VIPV systems. Replacing polluting fossil fuels with the light of the

Edge passivation improves shingled solar module performance

PV Magazine | 2024-04-30, 07:17

A group of scientists from the Germany's Fraunhofer ISE has proposed a new metric to assess the performance of shingled solar panels. They also applied the so-called passivated edge technology (PET) to experimental shingled modules and found it can increase

ADB leads financing of first private sector solar project in Bangladesh

Xinhua | 2024-04-30, 07:11

DHAKA, April 30 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a 121.55 million financing package with Dynamic U.S. dollars Sun

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