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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Duke Energy looking to invest $1 billion in solar power plants with proposed program

Daytona Beach News-Journal 19 Oct 2020

The Clean Energy Connection Program, which still needs the green light from the Florida Public Service Commission, "will enable qualified business and residential customers to participate in a community solar program and directly fund the development of several utility-owned solar plants interconnected to the Duke....

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United Foods Co. to install 2MW solar plant at its Jebel Ali plant rooftop

Gulf News 19 Oct 2020

The solar plant will cover the ... The solar plant is expected to generate 3.3 million kilowatt-hours of clean energy in its first year of operation. Rory McCarthy, Chief Commercial Officer of Yellow Door Energy, said....

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Time to retire

Arkansas Online 19 Oct 2020

You can see that demonstrated in our state's late, but now full-throttle, embrace of clean solar energy ... There are currently no coal plants being planned or constructed anywhere in the United States, while the cost of solar, wind, and energy storage continues to decrease....

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Union Steel Minister urges Karnataka to expedite clearances for KIOCL’s Devadari mines

Business Line 19 Oct 2020

... of pelletisation plant, at the Devadari range in Bellary district ... The Minister also appreciated the efforts put in by KIOCL in entering the field of solar energy and to set up a 5 MW solar power plant in Tumkuru district during the current financial year....

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Opinion | Could Fracking Actually Help the Climate?

Politico 19 Oct 2020

Experts at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory have that, because natural gas plants are so flexible in terms of when they start and stop production, they actually pair well with solar and wind power, whose output is intermittent....

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KIOCL on cusp of having its own captive mines in Karnataka

The Times of India 19 Oct 2020

Appreciating efforts put in by KIOCL in entering the field of renewable solar energy, Kulaste said the company will set up a 5-mW solar power plant in Tumakuru district during the current fiscal. The proposed project will support the national solar mission programme of the union government, he said....

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Vistra Joppa closure 'will impact entire communities'

The Paducah Sun 18 Oct 2020

According to an information packet released by the company, Vistra plans to reinvest and repurpose its plants across the state, including Joppa, converting them into “legacy plants” providing utility-scale solar and/or energy storage ... Illinois Coal to Solar and Energy Storage Act....

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Dubai Electricity is debt-free after $1.5bn bond repayment

Arabian Business 18 Oct 2020

Joint-venture companies building DEWA power plants in the Arabian Gulf emirate have taken on some project-level loans ... That’s cut energy demand, including for utilities such as DEWA ... DEWA is developing renewable energy alongside its traditional natural gas-fired power plants....

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Letters to the editor for Oct. 18, 2020

The Gainesville Sun 18 Oct 2020

We support solar and renewable energy ... We felt the Archer solar power plant proposal in the middle of a residential neighborhood, a historically Black residential neighborhood, was in the wrong location....

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Yemen's ?microgrid girls? power community amid war and Covid-19

Beijing News 18 Oct 2020

Now, the solar microgrid provides the community with cheaper, clean, and renewable energy, while also tackling another major issue in this part of Yemen - helping women earn a stable income and gain new professional skills ... While diesel costs $0.42 an hour, solar energy costs only $0.02, making it more affordable for Yemenis....

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Carbajal, Caldwell square off in debate

Santa Barbara News-Press 18 Oct 2020

Caldwell doesn’t think Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant should be decommissioned. Due to California’s inability to store solar and wind energy, Mr. Caldwell remarked that these alternative forms will not make up for the baseline energy that the power plant provides 24 hours a day....

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California's Failed Climate Change Policy

Black Hills Pioneer 16 Oct 2020

Separately, the California Independent System Operator has warned the Public Utilities Commission that California risked energy shortages by shutting down traditional power plants in favor of solar power, which can generate 20-25 percent of the State’s supply, but which vanishes in the evening....

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Chinese solar investments in Central Asia: A snapshot

EurasiaNet 15 Oct 2020

In June 2018, Ningbo-based Risen Energy began work on a $39 million 40 MW solar photovoltaic plant in Karaganda ... Risen Energy's 40 MW solar photovoltaic plant in Karaganda (company handout) ... Shanghai-based Universal Energy opened East Kazakhstan’s first solar farm in August 2019, a ......