An X1.3-class solar flare erupts from the western edge of the sun on Sept. 12, 2024. (Image credit: NASA/SDO) A parade of solar activity continues to flow from the sun this week, opening up more chances to spot the aurora across the United States this weekend. On Thursday morning (Sept. 12), a sunspot region that […]
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Latest Features , Editors’ Blog , Long Reads “This will be the first hybrid solar and battery project in Egypt,” said Terje Pilskog. Image: Scatec. Norwegian renewable power developer Scatec has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) for a 1GW solar-plus-storage project currently under development in the country.
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The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Chinese President Xi Jinping’s signature international infrastructure building program, may have hit snags with some projects, but China’s massive green energy push is helping it gain geopolitical and economic influence. China is a global leader in developing technology aimed at reducing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions. Chinese
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‘Somebody has to bear the cost’ Sandhya Ganapathy, CEO of EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA) – the US subsidiary of Portuguese utility EDP Renovables and one of the largest solar and wind project developers in the US – spoke to PV Tech Premium in Anaheim. As a major developer, EDPR NA has framework
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Solar is on the rise in Connecticut, and there are several Connecticut solar panel incentives available to help residents, from rebates to special loans to tax breaks. Although only a small percentage of the state’s energy currently comes from solar, the number of installations is rising, making it one of the “fastest growing of the
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This milestone promises to enhance our understanding of the Sun’s atmosphere and how its changing conditions lead to impacts on our technology-dependent society. The Inouye Solar Telescope presents its first map of the solar coronal magnetic field signals as measured using the Zeeman Effect. Image credit: NSF / NSO / AURA / NASA’s Solar Dynamics
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Latest Features , Editors’ Blog , Long Reads Enlight Renewable Energy invested US$827 million into the Atrisco solar-plus-storage project. Image: Enlight Renewable Energy. Enlight Renewable Energy has commissioned its 364MW Atrisco solar project, in the US state of New Mexico, which is co-located with a 1.2GWh battery energy storage system (BESS). The company noted that
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(Image by Como una Reina from Pixabay ) Solar module manufacturing capacity in the United States now exceeds 31 gigawatts (GW) — a nearly four-fold increase since the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) became law in 2022, according to a new report. Per the U.S. Solar Market Insight Q3 2024 report released by the Solar Energy Industries
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A view of the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (Image credit: NASA) On April 23, NASA launched a solar sail protype to orbit around our planet — a piece of technology that could very well revolutionize the way we think about spacecraft propulsion. Then, on Aug. 29, the agency confirmed this sail successfully unfurled itself
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Latest Features , Editors’ Blog , Long Reads Features , Editors’ Blog , Long Reads The project consists of a 45MW solar facility and co-located 35MW/36.7MWh battery energy storage system (BESS). Image: APA Group. The APA Group, an Australian energy company, has completed the installation of solar panels at its Port Hedland solar-plus-storage project in
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