In Beyond Earth’s vision, space solar power systems would include photovoltaics and concentrators, along with wireless power transmission systems, including microwave and laser power transmission. The Beyond Earth Institute, a nonprofit that offers policy recommendations for interplanetary human expansion, offered the U.S. National Space Council a strategy for space solar power development. The group said the strategy…
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Research suggests we can power 80% of the U.S. with wind, solar, and 12 hours of energy storage, but being able to replace a nuclear power plant hasn’t been financially viable. Is that about to change? Nuclear power delivers almost 20% of all electricity in the United States, and about 50% of all low-emission electricity. Moreover,…
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Nexamp is developing the nearly two dozen solar projects across the Empire State. Energy will power Walmart retail outlets and a distribution center. Walmart said it contracted with Nexamp to serve as an anchor tenant to support 129 MW of community solar projects in New York. The retailer is subscribing to a share of each…
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Two solar water pumps installed by the Philippines’ National Irrigation Administration (NIA) will cover a total area of more than 500 hectares. The Philippines’ National Irrigation Administration (NIA) has commissioned this week two solar water pumps in the Province of Nueva Ecija, which is located in the Central Luzon region. The two facilities have a…
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In June alone, new PV systems totaling 430 MW were connected to the German grid. The country’s cumulative operational PV capacity reached 55.3 GW at the end of June. Germany saw the addition of 428.5 MW of new PV capacity in June, according to the latest figures from the Federal Network Agency – the Bundesnetzagentur.…
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Battery prices are falling, and renewable energy generation continues to expand, leading power plant developers to co-locate energy storage along with power generation assets. At least 226 co-located hybrid front-of-the-meter power plants greater than 1 MW in size were operating in the United States at the end of 2020, according to data tracked by the…
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The U.S. has passed 170 GW in installed utility solar, battery storage and wind power, with 26 GW of clean energy projects brought online in 2020. The U.S. continues to ramp up clean power deployment and related investment, with a record 26 GW brought online in 2020. That brings the total installed capacity of solar,…
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Polluting energy sources received more than $3 trillion from the EU and 19 of the world’s largest national economies over that four-year period, despite G20 members having pledged to phase-out fossil fuel subsidy and address climate change back in 2009. A new climate factbook released by BloombergNEF has criticized the policy actions of G20 members, and…
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The PV mounting system was developed by Germany-based Goldbeck and will initially be available in the Netherlands from 2022. The company will test the new technology in a 45 MW PV project. German EPC contractor Goldbeck Solar has developed an arc-shaped PV system for applications in agrivoltaic projects. Called MarcS, the system was developed in partnership with German mounting…
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Two projects with a total generation capacity of 4 MW will be the first of a planned 12 that are set to bring 35 MW of solar to the grid of the Southern African nation by the end of next year. Johannesburg-based renewables developer Sturdee Energy today announced it had secured a commitment from state-owned electric company…
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