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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Negri Sembilan to get RM900mil solar energy plant

The Star 11 Dec 2018

SEREMBAN. A RM900mil solar energy facility will be built in Negri Sembilan as part of the state administration's initiative to promote the use of renewable energy ... ....

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Eyeing 69MW solar power by 2022, UT manages 24.9MW in a decade

The Times of India 11 Dec 2018

However, Chandigarh Renewal Energy, Science and Technology Promotion Society (Crest), the nodal agency to install solar plants in Chandigarh, has only managed to install solar plants with capacity of 24.9 MW, on both government and private buildings, till date ... renewable energy....

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Eyeing 69MW solar power, UT manages 24.9MW

The Times of India 11 Dec 2018

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South Korea Wants To Develop A Blockchain-Powered Virtual Power Plant

A Bit of News 11 Dec 2018

... panels, but they may not envision “sprawling networks of independent batteries, solar panels, and energy-efficient buildings that are tied together and remotely controlled by software and data systems,” as a Yale University blog post on virtual power plants puts it....

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LONGi President Speaks on the Combination of PV and Energy Storage as Ultimate Energy Solution at 24th Conference of the Parties to UNFCCC

Market Watch 11 Dec 2018

He added that electricity storage can help offset solar fluctuations, making the combination of PV and energy storage the major energy solution within ten years ... Speaking of future plans, Li said LONGi will implement the "solar for solar" strategy, a business mode to power PV production entirely by solar energy....

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Energizing sunshine

The Oneida Daily Dispatch 11 Dec 2018

The 2-megawatt solar garden will create renewable energy to power 75 percent of the electricity needs at the Grand Junction police station and add to the city's existing solar credit portfolio to completely power the water plant at 26� Road with renewable energy ... energy, he said....

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More charging stations opened for electric vehicles

The Jakarta Post 11 Dec 2018

She further explained that the GES had three concepts – solar energy power plants in gas stations owned by Pertamina, EV charging stations, as well as cashless payment and self-service known as myPertamina ... "We congratulate Pertamina's initiatives to apply renewable energy in its business line....

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Energy price drop costs city of Georgetown electric fund $6.84M

Community Impact Newspaper 11 Dec 2018

City Manager David Morgan told council members that the decreased projection is due to the structure of the city’s long-term energy contracts and volatility in the energy market. Georgetown’s renewable contracts include a 150 megawatt-hour-capacity deal with NRG Energy’s Buckthorn solar plant in West Texas that started in 2018 and expires in 2043....

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Hero Future set to buy solar assets of Waaree

Live Mint 10 Dec 2018

If Hero Future Energies buys the solar plants of Waree, this would end the joint venture between the latter and Neepco ... In April this year, the company built India’s first large-scale wind-solar hybrid renewable energy plant with 78MW capacity in Raichur, Karnataka.First Published....

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Renewable energy helping SMC meet its requirement to great extent

The Times of India 10 Dec 2018

Ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE), Government of India, while giving the best solar city award to Surat in 2018, stated that as far as renewable energy is concerned, no other city in the country can match Surat as it has set up its own wind power plants that produce 30MW electricity....

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Huge desert solar initiative to make Africa a renewables power-house

Joy Online 10 Dec 2018

The Initiative aims to develop and provide 10 GW of solar energy by 2025 and supply 250 million people with green electricity including in some of the world’s poorest countries ... It has produced over 814 GWh of clean energy since 2016 and last year, the solar plant prevented 217,000 tons of CO2 being emitted....

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Solar Power Plant will Be Built in Sebira Island

Berita Jakarta 10 Dec 2018

Jakarta Industry and Energy (PE) Dept. and State Electricity Company (PLN) will build Solar Power Plant (PLTS) in Sebira Island, Harapan Island Urban Village, North Seribu Islands ... of electricity by operating diesel power plant (generator) from 14 hours into 18 hours a day....

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TurnKey Internet's company owned New York datacenter is 100% green utilizing our own on-site Solar ... Using a dedicated on-site solar power generation plant, coupled with Hydro Electric power grid all energy used on our hosting services and colocation services are 100% renewable....