Latest Stories in Solar Technology - Page 10
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Water Authority to Install "15 Football Pitches" of Solar Across London
Despite a Government review of feed in tariffs for larger solar projects, medium- to large-scale solar power in the UK may not be quite dead-in-the-water as the industry had feared. IKEA has already announced plans to install 2MW of solar on its stores
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Sungevity's Solar Popsicle Truck Promises More than Just a Cool Treat
It's a perfect storm for expansion in the solar leasing business which has led the smallest of the big three solar lease providers to march eastward. Sungevity credits high energy costs, especially in some of the Northeastern
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Community-Owned Solar Power Station Switched On, Beating Deadline
I reported before on huge public support for a community-owned power station on a local brewery in Lewes, England. But time was not on the project's side—a radical rethink of Government solar subsidies meant that large scale
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Solar Powered Toilets Sprout in Dubai
Between enthusing about the solar boom in the UK, and raving about portable composting toilets, it's fair to say that poop and power are two of my favorite topics. Now hear comes a story that combines the two nicely. Dubai—which is already
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The First Solar Powered Town? Residents Push for 30% Renewables by 2015 (Video)
With solar prices falling dramatically in the UK, my own parents, who have also gone solar, have seen 4 neighbors within view of their house put up solar panels. But that's nothing compared to the town of Wadebridge,
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UK Solar Prices Tumble, Boosting Rush of Installations
Earlier this year, my parents installed solar PV panels on their home in England. Not long after, my brother installed solar panels too. As solar prices ahve tumbled, and householders have reported higher than expected
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World's Largest (400MW) Solar PV Farm Planned for Somewhere in USA
It wasn't that long ago that solar plants competing for the "World's largest" title were talking in the range of about 5MW, then 10 or 15. But as the 100MW solar farms going up in France, and the massive expansion of plans for a San
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Could Mountaintop Removal Sites Power Kentucky With Solar?
From an old tin mine turned 1.4MW solar power plant, to a former coal mine turned clean energy village, we shouldn't underestimate the symbolic power of turning the remnants of extractive industries of the past into gleaming beacons of a more positive
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50MW Solar Farm Plan Grows to 400MW Due to Low Costs
Earlier this week I posted about how the solar industry can continue ferocious cost reductions, and there are plenty of advocates predicting a solar energy tipping point in the not too distant future. But we are already seeing signs that falling prices
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Solar Install Planned for 2000 Air Force Homes in Hawaii
A SolarCity install in Arizona. Image credit: SolarCity SolarCity's $280m partnership with Google, along with its innovative Solar Lease financing program, have already made great strides in taking solar into the mainstream. Now the company is
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How Solar Can Continue "Ferocious Cost Reductions"
On Friday I posted a video about the potential for a solar energy tipping point, and there are encouraging signs that the cost of solar cells may hit $1 a watt in the next few years. But while increased efficiency and reduced manufacturing costs are
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The Astounding Potential of a Solar Energy Tipping Point (Video)
Not long ago, I was listening on the radio to a representative of a major utility talk about solar. He was not, he said, worried about competition. Solar would have to grow faster than any power source in history, and it still
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Britain's Biggest Solar Field (5MW) Built in Just 6 Weeks!
It's been a crazy few weeks for large-scale solar in the UK. From the old mine turned 1.4MW solar plant via this combined wind and solar power plant (and bee sanctuary) to Toyota's 4.1MW ground mounted array, the initial surge of
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9MW New Jersey Solar Roof Will Be Biggest in the USA
When I wrote about Renault's 60MW solar project in France, I noted that it is getting hard to decide what is impressive these
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Combined Solar- & Wind-Power Plant Nurtures Bees Too
When I wrote about Toyota's 4.1MW ground mounted solar array in the UK, some commenters questioned whether the use of so much land was a sustainable way to generate power. It's a question that might also be asked now that
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Old Mine Becomes 1.4MW Solar Power Plant
Image credit: Solarcentury Utility-scale solar power was just getting started in the UK, when developments had the brakes put on by an unexpected review of Government feed-in tariffs to large-scale solar. Nevertheless there have been a slew of larger
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Tunisia Commits $2bn to Sell Solar Power to Europe
We've already seen evidence that a relatively small amount of land in North Africa and a few other choice locations could power the entire world with solar, which is why Matthew asked
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Thailand May Double Solar Target to 1GW
Whether it's Israel's efforts to harness solar, gigantic French solar farms, a 2-mile-long solar train tunnel in Belgium, or tantalizing signs that Australia may finally get serious
