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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UK investor halts Iran solar project over US sanctions

This is Money 14 Aug 2018

... including their plans for a major solar plant. British group Quercus, an investor in renewable energy, said Tuesday it will halt work on a major solar plant in Iran after the country was hit by US economic sanctions....

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Colombia's Celsia expands new solar business model

BN Americas 14 Aug 2018

The Medellín-based company has begun dispatching solar energy to its first industrial client from the 9.8MW Yumbo plant near Cali. <p> <a href="https.//www.bnamericas.com/en/news/electricpower/colombias-celsia-expands-new-solar-business-model">...continue reading</a> </p> ... ....

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Rejuvenating downtown

Eagle-Tribune 14 Aug 2018

DERRY — The new Exit 4A project is coming to town and officials say it's time to start planning for what that means for downtown Derry ... More efficient LED lighting was installed downtown to help save money on energy. New trees have been planted. New solar-powered pedestrian beacon crosswalks are also in place and cyclists enjoying the local trail intersecting with Broadway can find new bike racks ready to use ... ....

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Liberty Midlands Mall to get R12m solar energy plant

Independent online (SA) 13 Aug 2018

The company said the solar PV plant was being commissioned on the roof structure of the recently launched 22 000m² third phase extension of the mall ... ....

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Hanwha Q CELLS to leave Nasdaq

Korea Times 13 Aug 2018

safeguard tariffs on solar energy products, which had cooled investors' confidence in foreign solar energy-related firms ... On June 1, the Chinese government announced measures to reorganize its policy regarding solar energy generation, including suspending construction of solar power plants and reducing government subsidies. Polysilicon, manufactured by Hanwha Chemical, is a basic material used to generate solar energy....

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Chennai Central gets green stamp from industry body

The Times of India 13 Aug 2018

IGBC had evaluated the station based on parameters like water recycling, generation of 7% electricity through solar panels and an upcoming solid waste to energy plant ... listed the station’s green energy initiatives ... A 14.25tonne/day solid waste management plant to come up near MMC will convert waste into electrical energy....

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Chennai Central gets green stamp from industry

The Times of India 13 Aug 2018

IGBC had evaluated the station based on parameters like water recycling, generation of 7% electricity through solar panels and an upcoming solid waste to energy plant ... In their presentation to IGBC, railway officials listed the station’s green energy initiatives ... A 14.25tonne/day solid waste management plant to come up near MMC will convert waste into electrical energy....

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Bus depots in Karnataka to use solar energy

Deccan Chronicle 12 Aug 2018

Bengaluru. In a green initiative, the transport department plans to use solar energy as a back-up to operate 229 bus depots in various parts of the state ... energy for their bus depots ... The solar energy will act as a back-up in the event of power outages and ensure uninterrupted maintenance work at the depots....

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Palestinians turn to the sun to ease power shortages

The National 12 Aug 2018

The authority’s Palestinian Investment Fund (PIF) plans to build three solar farms and put solar energy into 500 schools ... "We will be in a good position if we reach 5 or 10 per cent of the required electricity supply for Palestine in general from solar energy," said Azem Bishara, chief executive officer of Massader, a subsidiary of the PIF....

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Finding ways to conserve water

Hill Country Community Journal 12 Aug 2018

Treated Effluent Water and Solar Energy ... Solar Energy. Schreiner has also agreed to ally with Kerrville Public Utility Board in the construction of a solar energy production site across East Main Street from the main campus on the Weston tract ... Constructed and operated by a third party, the site will provide the university with the ability to purchase up to 50 percent of the electricity produced by the solar plant....

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Dave Solomon's State House Dome: Sununu's vetoes up for a vote

Union Leader 12 Aug 2018

Two of the six plants have already announced they are winding down operations ... I think there is a long-term cost for ratepayers if those plants close." ... Sununu's veto of a bill to subsidize solar energy is also at risk. Senate Bill 446 would expand the state's "net metering" program, which forces utilities to buy electricity from solar energy generators at above-wholesale rates, to large-scale solar projects....

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New policy for rooftop solar power plant soon

The Times of India 11 Aug 2018

The Jharkhand Renewable Energy Development Authority (JREDA) on Friday said it has prepared a framework for the state rooftop solar power policy 2018 with an objective to produce 500-megawatt (MW) power through grid-connected rooftop solar plants by 2022 ... A report on the potential of solar energy in Jamshedpur, jointly prepared ......

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SACEE votes on 100 percent green electricity goal for Asheville

Mountain Xpress 11 Aug 2018

Meanwhile, Mayfield says, the city hopes to work with Duke Energy to use land at the Asheville Water Treatment plant in Mills River to provide solar energy to the area, much as Buncombe County does at its landfill ... and Duke Energy Progress that aims to avoid the construction of an additional natural gas power plant at Duke’s Lake Julian facility....

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