Solar energy

Solar energy is radiant light and heat from the Sun harnessed using a range of ever-evolving technologies such as solar heating, photovoltaics, solar thermal energy, solar architecture and artificial photosynthesis.

It is an important source of renewable energy and its technologies are broadly characterized as either passive solar or active solar depending on the way they capture and distribute solar energy or convert it into solar power. Active solar techniques include the use of photovoltaic systems, concentrated solar power and solar water heating to harness the energy. Passive solar techniques include orienting a building to the Sun, selecting materials with favorable thermal mass or light dispersing properties, and designing spaces that naturally circulate air.

The large magnitude of solar energy available makes it a highly appealing source of electricity. The United Nations Development Programme in its 2000 World Energy Assessment found that the annual potential of solar energy was 1,575–49,837 exajoules (EJ). This is several times larger than the total world energy consumption, which was 559.8 EJ in 2012.

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Hundreds of jobs headed for Trinity plant

The Sharon Herald 19 Jul 2018

HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP – A Chinese company is set to settle in at a long-closed Trinity Industries plant, bringing hundreds of jobs. Randy Seitz, CEO of Penn-Northwest Development Corp., said SPI Solar is buying the empty plant from Trinity. The company is owned by SPI Energy Co., also a Chinese company that is listed on NASDAQ as “SPI.”. “Their operating name in Pennsylvania for the company will be Solar Juice,’’ he said....

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Deadline for installing solar plants extended

The Times of India 18 Jul 2018

Chandigarh Renewal Energy, Science and Technology Promotion Society (CREST) in 2016 had set May 6, 2018, as the deadline for installing solar plants at residential and industrial ......

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EDITORIAL: Fixing Ontario’s green energy disaster begins

Toronto Sun 18 Jul 2018

They mandated that expensive and unreliable wind and solar energy, which cannot provide base load power to the grid on demand, had to be bought ... Coal provided 25% of Ontario’s electricity in 2003 when the Liberals came to power, while wind and solar — which have to be backed up by natural gas plants — today supply about 8% of Ontario’s energy needs....

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Solar Energy Market Assessment: Tips to Enhance Decision Making in the Global Energy Market| Infiniti Research

Ellensburg Daily Record 18 Jul 2018

A leading player in the solar energy sector wanted to identify and assess the opportunities in the global energy market ... Solar energy market assessment ... According to the experts at Infiniti, “In today’s global energy landscape, the spiralingcapital costs and the upfront expense of building and maintaining solar energy plants are considered to be major growth barriers for companies operating in this sector.”....

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Letter: Cuomo should back clean energy plans

Times Union 18 Jul 2018

The proposed repurposing of the Sheridan Hollow energy plant would involve using fossil fuels to power the Empire State Plaza ... Andrew Cuomo to halt the plan to operate the plant with fossil fuels and to instead power the Empire State Plaza with clean energy sources like solar and wind....

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Acciona, Tuto Energy secure €226m financing for 404MW Mexican solar plant

Energy Business Review 18 Jul 2018

The Puerto Libertad photovoltaic complex will be owned equally by Acciona and Tuto Energy. Financing for the project is being provided by four banks including North American Development. The post Acciona, Tuto Energy secure €226m financing for 404MW Mexican solar plant appeared first on Compelo Energy ... ....

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3 Midstream Giants Capitalizing On Florida's Gas Demand Growth

Seeking Alpha 18 Jul 2018

While a case can be made that longer term, the rise of renewable energy as a source of electricity (namely solar panels) will begin to displace gas-fired power plants in Florida, keep in mind that the Sunshine State has a ton of legacy power plants that would be retired first (like the two coal-fired units at Seminole Generating Station) and that ......

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‘Most Green Budget projects on track’

The Hindu 18 Jul 2018

In a statement, the government said the project to increase greenery was “in full swing”, and that 30 lakh trees and shrubs should be planted by September 30. The government’s policy for group net metering to encourage solar energy was “proceeding well”, the statement added. The project to install solar panels ......

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Utility drones may be out of sight but certainly not out of mind

The National 18 Jul 2018

However an industry-wide shift towards renewable energy, and the need to monitor the myriad extra connections ... As the industry gradually moves from large conventional power plants to smaller, more fragmented green energy sources, such as wind turbines and solar panels, it also increases the number of assets and connections that need to be maintained....

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Power to the robots: Utilities place bets on long-distance drones that scour grids

The Japan News 18 Jul 2018

However, an industry-wide shift towards renewable energy, and the need to monitor the myriad extra ... As the industry gradually moves from large conventional power plants to smaller, more fragmented green energy sources, such as wind turbines and solar panels, it also increases the number of assets and connections that need to be maintained....

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PoWx’s Optical Proof of Work May Solve two of Bitcoin’s Biggest Problems

BTC Manager 18 Jul 2018

The premise, in short, hopes to replace energy costs with manufacturing costs ... PoWx may potentially replace the costs of energy with hardware depreciation, which provides many benefits for miners ... With electricity being less of a concern as well, the network is immediately more independent of government power plants, allowing users to power their hardware through off-grid solar arrays or other energy sources....

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Power to the drones: utilities place bets on robots

Deccan Chronicle 17 Jul 2018

However, an industry-wide shift toward renewable energy and the need to monitor the myriad extra connections ... As the industry gradually moves from large conventional power plants to smaller, more fragmented green energy sources, such as wind turbines and solar panels, it also increases the number of assets and connections that need to be maintained....

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France to help drought-hit Witsand with solar-power desalination plant

Business Day 16 Jul 2018

There are at least four desalination plants in the drought-hit province, with three in Cape Town and one in Mossel Bay, but the one in Witsand will be the first to be powered by solar energy ... technology coupled with photovoltaic solar energy without batteries....

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