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Solar Energy
Major Changes Recommended In India’s 100 Gigawatt Solar Power Plan
An Indian Parliament committee has given recommendations for making major changes in the National Solar Mission which, it believes, are essential to achieve the 100 gigawatts of operational capacity target by March 2022. Committee members noted that the government has…
Alternative Energy: Residential Solar Power Systems Rising in Oklahoma
Residential solar panels are the Oklahoma energy sector’s version of Bigfoot: slowly gaining a larger following among urban dwellers but still elusive. According to data from the Solar Energy Industries Association, a national solar energy advocacy organization, residential solar photovoltaic…
US Army To Add 1 Megawatt Energy Storage To 10 Megawatt SunPower Solar Plant
The US Army will add a 1 megawatt energy storage system to accompany its 10-megawatt SunPower-built solar PV system which recently broke ground at the Redstone Arsenal US army post in Alabama. US-based solar company SunPower revealed on Wednesday that…
City Buildings Move Closer to Solar Energy
The buildings for City Hall, Fire Department, WIC and YMCA are looking at making a change to solar energy, and the Soledad City Council approved further research into projects on Aug. 2. “There were five projects that were considered citywide,”…
Renewable Energy To Exceed Thermal Power Capacity In India By 2027, Says Government Study
The rapid growth in renewable energy sector in India will easily overtake that in the thermal power sector and would result in more renewable energy capacity being operational than thermal power capacity by 2027, the latest economic survey of the…
China Brings 13.5 Gigawatts of Solar PV Online in a Single Month
China has installed 24.4 gigawatts (GW) of solar PV in the first six months of 2017, including an extraordinary 13.5GW in the month of June alone, as developers rushed to complete installations to capitalise on a higher feed-in tariff that…
Solar Plants Are Cropping Up On Farms
If the United States wants to kick its coal habit, it will need to install a lot more solar power. That raises an important question: Where should all those panels reside? They could always go live on a farm upstate.…