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OCI Energy sells 260MW ERCOT solar plant to Hyundai Engineering

OCI Energy sells 260MW ERCOT solar plant to Hyundai Engineering

Latest OCI Energy and Hyundai Engineering also entered into a MOU to develop renewables. Image: OCI Energy. US solar developer OCI Energy has sold a 260MW solar PV plant in the US state of Texas to engineering company Hyundai Engineering. Project Hillsboro is currently under development in Hill County, in the Electric Reliability Council of […]

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The Most Efficient Solar Panels Ever Have Been Found—In Giant, Sparkly Clams

Inside giant, iridescent clams are algal farms that could inspire highly efficient bioreactors By Meghan Bartels Detail of design and vibrant colors inside giant clam taken close up underwater on a tropical reef in Palau. Erin Donalson/Getty Images In the shallow tropical reefs off Palau lie what at first glimpse look like unremarkable, albeit huge,

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UPDATE: New bipartisan energy reform legislation passes Senate committee. What’s in it, and what’s next

UPDATE: New bipartisan energy reform legislation passes Senate committee. What’s in it, and what’s next

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These 17th-century drawings of the sun by Kepler add fire to solar cycle mystery

These 17th-century drawings of the sun by Kepler add fire to solar cycle mystery

The earliest datable sunspot drawings based on Johannes Kepler’s solar observations with camera obscura in May 1607. Kepler accompanied the drawings with descriptions in Latin of the sunspots he was observing. (Image credit: Public Domain) “Half-forgotten” sunspot drawings by Renaissance astronomer Johannes Kepler are showing us more about how the sun’s cycle of activities work.

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Parker Solar Probe reveals why the sun’s corona is weirdly hot

Parker Solar Probe reveals why the sun’s corona is weirdly hot

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has ruled out S-shaped bends in the sun’s magnetic field as a cause of the corona’s searing temperatures, according to a study by the University of Michigan published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. The sun’s corona, which resembles a crown, can be 200 times hotter than the sun’s surface despite being

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Closed loop? Reused solar panels to power solar panel recycling facility

Closed loop? Reused solar panels to power solar panel recycling facility

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Work underway on Lightsource bp’s 560 MW solar project in Greece

Work underway on Lightsource bp’s 560 MW solar project in Greece

Lightsource bp has announced its joint venture company Ameresco Sunel Energy SA as the EPC contractor and O&M provider for its 560 MW solar project in mainland Greece. The project has been billed as one of Europe’s largest solar sites. July 26, 2024 Patrick Jowett Lightsource bp has selected Ameresco Sunel Energy SA, a joint

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