Siim, Author at EmeraldBay Trading Solar

Solar panel scheme making installations more affordable reaches milestone

A trial scheme looking to make installing solar panels and battery storage more affordable for Oxfordshire residents has hit a milestone. One hundred installations have now been carried out as part of the Energy Saver App project, led by Oxfordshire County Council in partnership with SMS and Metis. The scheme helps households to spread the […]

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How to Use Clean Energy Tax Credits Before They Disappear

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This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The “one big beautiful bill” that President Donald Trump signed into law on July 4 is set to upend many aspects of American life, including climate policy. The law, which Republicans backed en masse, not only derails the nation’s efforts to

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Nearly three-quarters of solar and wind projects are being built in China

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China is rapidly scaling up its solar and wind energy infrastructure, accounting for nearly three-quarters of all utility-scale projects currently under construction worldwide, according to a new report from the Global Energy Monitor (GEM). With 510 gigawatts (GW) already under construction and a total pipeline of over 1.3 terawatts (TW… https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/07/nearly-three-quarters-of-solar-and-wind-projects-are-being-built-in-china/

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Brazil may add 36.5 GW of solar by 2029, says grid operator

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Brazil’s installed solar capacity is expected to rise from 51.7 GW in December 2024 to 88.2 GW by the end of 2029, according to the national grid operator’s 2025–29 Energy Operation Plan… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/07/11/brazil-may-add-another-365-gw-in-by-end-of-2029-says-grid-operator/

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Maldives resort islands expand solar to meet half of power demand

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The Fari Islands in the Maldives are developing a mix of floating and ground-mounted solar installations expected to meet up to 50% of the archipelago’s electricity demand on sunny days. The systems form part of a broader plan to expand renewable energy use across the four-island resort development… https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/07/11/fari-islands-set-to-triple-use-of-solar-energy/

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Indigenous calendars could make solar power more efficient

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AI trained on Indigenous weather data could improve solar farming at stations like one seen above in Australia. Credit: Deposit Photos Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. A truly sustainable future requires solar power, but trying to consistently maximize the energy harvested by panel arrays remains one

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Italy receives 17.5GW solar PV bids in latest renewables auction

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Latest The Italian energy management agency, GSE, aims to allocate between 600MW and 8GW of solar PV in the newest auction. Image: Trina Solar ISBU. Solar firms submitted over 1,300 expressions of interest to the latest Italian government renewable energy tender, for a combined 17.5GW of proposed generation capacity. Held by Italy’s energy management agency

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Australian solar PV power plants see curtailment above 25% in 2024

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In contrast to solar, grid-scale wind power plants in the NEM saw an average of 1.1% network curtailment, with some units seeing a high of 4.8%, significantly less than that of solar PV. Over half of all grid-scale wind and solar generation in Australia experienced network-driven curtailment of less than 1% in 2024. Image: AEMO.

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Solar overtakes nuclear as EU’s main power source

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A worker kneels by one of the solar cell panels over the water surface of Sirindhorn Dam in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand April 8, 2021. Picture taken April 8, 2021 with a drone. — Reuters PARIS: Solar power has overtaken nuclear energy to become the leading source of electricity in the European Union for the first

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Artificial solar eclipses: A new way to understand the sun

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The study of the solar corona has significant implications for understanding and forecasting space weather phenomena. Yet, regardless of scientific breakthroughs brought by space-based coronagraphs, access to the lowest layers of the Suns atmosphere remains possible mostly during rare total solar eclipses on Earth. What if we could summon a solar eclipse whenever we wanted,

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