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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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Analysts: These 3 Energy Stocks Can Climb Over 20%
Yahoo Daily News 12 Feb 2020
The energy and utility sector – yes, the staid, dull oil companies – rose 6.61% in January, making them the leading gainers in the market ... With our third stock, we shift from oil to the solar energy sector. Azure designs, builds, operates, and maintains solar energy projects, focusing on utility and commercial scale photovoltaic power plants....
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Solar cells promise energy neutrality for greenhouses
The Engineer 10 Feb 2020
Some greenhouses could become energy neutral with the application of semi-transparent solar cells that utilise energy from the wavelengths of light not used during plant photosynthesis ... The post Solar cells promise energy neutrality for greenhouses appeared first on The Engineer....
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Freyr installs 120kW solar plant at Hyderabad Public School
Business Line 10 Feb 2020
Freyr Energy has installed a 120 kW solar plant at the Hyderabad Public School (HPS), one of the oldest educational institutions in the country ... Surender Reddy, Chairman, The Hyderabad Race Club and a former MP, inaugurated the solar plant and urged everyone to embrace solar energy....
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Are large-scale solar projects doomed to fail?
Russia Today 10 Feb 2020
It’s been nearly 200 years since humans discovered how to convert sunlight into electricity, but solar energy still faces a number of challenges in its adoption as a reliable source of power ... “If humanity could capture just one 6,000th of Earth’s available solar energy, we’d be able to meet 100 percent of our energy needs.”....
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Blockchain Technology to Transform the Renewable Energy Sector in Korea
Coin Idol 10 Feb 2020
Data will be collected from solar-related places and supports the construction and management of power plants ... On the other hand, the solar plant is an investment that the public can make. In fact, there are not many places where solar plants are installed in homes and used as electricity, and the remaining power is sold to other users....
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Finance for renewable energy in Africa follows colonial roots
Open Democracy 10 Feb 2020
This is especially true for Africa, where, firstly, climate conditions are evidently favorable for renewable energies, most obviously for solar technology ... Within the Scaling Solar program, two solar plants are being built in Senegal with a capacity of 30MW each, which makes it the cheapest energy source in the country....
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Support grows for deeper OPEC+ oil output cuts
Arab News 10 Feb 2020
Baku, which plans to start gas exports to Europe, has also signed deals with Saudi Arabian energy company ACWA Power and United Arab Emirates’ Masdar to expand in renewable energy. Shahbazov said the firms would invest around $400 million to build wind and solar power plants with a total capacity of 440 megawatts....
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Solar energy to power Agra civic body head office
The Times of India 09 Feb 2020
To save power and promote use of green energy, Agra Municipal Corporation (AMC) administration is planning to set up a high capacity solar plant at its head office on MG Road ... After installing the solar power plant at its head office, AMC administration plans to switch to green energy at the zone offices as well....
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Michael D. Mann: Coal must remain in energy mix
Grand Forks Herald 09 Feb 2020
In an era of fracking for oil and natural gas and growth in solar and wind power, who knew the plain old coal plant could have value in a carbon-constrained world? ... Coal plants that are flexible and carbon-neutral would ensure that our nation’s energy mix remains balanced, while providing the fuel security that undergirds our grid reliability....
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Atlantic Hall restates commitment to transform learning through international collaboration
Business Day Online 09 Feb 2020
The school produced Damilola Ogunbiyi, the Special Representative of United Nations Secretary-General and CEO of Solar Energy, who at 28 built and managed five Lagos Independent Power Plants, and has gone on to become Presidential Adviser on Power, responsible for the ......
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New solar farms should come with compromise
Times Union 08 Feb 2020
"Saving Greene" may seem like an unlikely name for a group opposed to green energy in the form of solar farms ... Developers should construct berms or plant natural barriers to shield solar arrays from view and take responsibility for removing or updating the panels. All can agree that solar projects are preferable to new gas plants....
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