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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Pansies: Pretty in the garden and good for your skin

Wtop 22 Mar 2019

Rake off your mulch and plant some peas ... If it was/is a good mulch like compost, shredded leaves or pine straw, put it back into place after planting ... Do not cut the stalk down low and do not damage any of the plants’ green leaves. Over the next month or so those green leaves will absorb the solar energy necessary to grow the following year’s flower....

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Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez good or bad for Democrats?

CNN 22 Mar 2019

Work I've done over the years shows that people in coal country know those jobs aren't coming back and so whether its components of the Green New Deal or creating Clean Energy Enterprise Zones to build plants to manufacture windmills and solar panels in some of the rural, ......

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Wind giant Iberdrola steps into the Spanish sun

This is Money 21 Mar 2019

Last year, Iberdrola sold a stake in a solar thermal plant in south-central Spain, leaving it with no solar capacity in its home country. Named Nunez de Balboa after a 14th-century Spanish explorer, the new plant is part of a broader drive to harness more energy from the sun, including in Mexico where it has built its biggest solar plant to date....

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China's renewable energy company completes construction of 3 plants in Egypt

Xinhua 21 Mar 2019

The stations, with an output of 186 megawatts, are part of the giant Benban Solar Plant, Gu Huchen, director of Engineering Management Department of TBEA's New Energy International Engineering Division, told Xinhua ... The solar plant, which occupies an area of 37 square km, will ......

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Roundup: China's renewable energy company completes construction of 3 plants in Egypt

China.dot.org 21 Mar 2019

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Vanadium-powered batteries waiting to rescue Eskom

Business Day 21 Mar 2019

Indeed, solar and wind power, combined with energy storage, should play a far larger role in the future energy mix than was envisaged in last year’s draft integrated resource plan (IRP) to 2050 ... When paired with solar generation, VRFBs can already deliver energy cheaper than peaking plants and on a par with some of SA’s coal power plants....

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Nigerian Breweries pioneers first solar-powered Brewery

Business Day Online 21 Mar 2019

Nigerian Breweries Plc and CrossBoundary Energy Limited have signed a Solar Power Purchase Agreement for the installation and operation of a 650 kW solar plant located at our Ibadan Brewery. The solar energy plant will become operational this year ... Visit the site and log in/register to read ... ....

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Energy clears 1,000-MW wind, solar plants in Rizal

Manila Standard Today 20 Mar 2019

The Energy Department approved the conduct of a grid impact study for ... Outside Rizal province, the department approved the grid impact study for GT Energy Corp.’s 18-MW bunker-fired power plant in Calbayog, Samar and the 5-MW energy storage project of Monte Solar Energy Inc....

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House Energy Bill Increases Tax Breaks

Information Clearing House 20 Mar 2019

The vast majority of the tax breaks would benefit companies that produce and supply traditional forms of energy, with a large portion going to the oil and natural gas sector.  ... The measure also includes some tax credits for solar energy equipment, fuel cells and energy efficiency improvements to existing homes. ....

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Chavez in London

Information Clearing House 20 Mar 2019

What is the reason for this? We believe that the energy crisis will continue to increase ... And all the electricity that is consumed; and all of this requires energy from thermo-electrical plants, oil, or the hydro-electrical plants. On another side, well, the energy, solar and wind energy....

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Coal-based power tariff may see hike to boost renewables

Yahoo Daily News 19 Mar 2019

To make thermal power stations more flexible to accommodate renewable energy, tariffs of coal-based electricity may be raised by as much as Rs 0.45/unit, depending on the quantum of green energy being generated by solar and wind plants ... Variable electricity generation from renewables increases the flexibility requirements of power plants....

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Long Beach’s Gold Star Manor completes $56 million renovation

Press Telegram 19 Mar 2019

That included installing solar panels for electricity, solar water-heated systems for heating and hot water, new appliances and more ... At the same time, all the support and community buildings were overhauled with more solar and energy-efficient systems. The landscaping was redone to use drought-friendly plants to reduce water use ... ....

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UAE backs Caribbean green energy project with $50m fund

The National 19 Mar 2019

The plan is to build electric vehicle stations and large-scale solar power plants in the largest project of its kind in the region ... The project is the largest-ever solar plant to feed into the national grid. “These landmark solar projects will pave the way for further investments in clean energy,” said Masdar CEO Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi....