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Feature: Chinese technology helps Cubans shift to solar energy – Xinhua
PINAR DEL RIO, Cuba, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) — The sun shines on a gigantic sheet made of solar panels located in the outskirts of the Cuban city of Pinar del Rio, some 150 km west from Havana. Cuban and Chinese flags were fluttering above the Pinar 220 A2 photovoltaic plant, which operates on raw materials …
Australian solar glass technology tapped for off-grid greenhouse trial
Australian clear solar glass technology will be used in the construction of a demonstration “self-sustaining,” off-grid greenhouse in Israel, as part of a joint pitch to the global sustainable agriculture market. Perth-based ClearVue technologies said this week it had inked a deal with Roots Sustainable Agricultural Technologies Limited to explore complementary sales opportunities within the …
Building and Land Technology “Flips the Switch” on Solar at Silicon Harbor on Stamford Waterfront
STAMFORD, Conn., Oct. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — One of Connecticut’s largest rooftop solar installations was unveiled Thursday at the 500,000 square foot Silicon Harbor office complex in Stamford’s Harbor Point. Building Land and Technology (BLT), owner of Silicon Harbor and builder of the larger Harbor Point development, joined community members and elected officials to officially launch …
The first planet beyond the solar system confirmed to have water
SINCE ITS discovery by astronomers in 2015, the exoplanet K2-18b has elicited much excitement. Swirling around a red-dwarf star about 110 light-years away from Earth, the distant world sits in a so-called Goldilocks zone—not close enough to its host star to be too hot and not far enough away to be too cold—that could allow …
The long history of solar power
Image copyright Getty Images The classical Greek philosopher Socrates believed the ideal house should be warm in winter and cool in summer. With clarity of thought like that, it’s easy to see how the great man got his reputation. At the time, such a desire was easier to state than to achieve, yet many pre-modern …
Solar panels: Thousands of customers complain
Image caption Brian Thompson said he had to use his retirement savings to pay his loan off Thousands of people who bought solar panels have complained to a financial watchdog that they are not bringing them the returns they were promised. Many people took out loans to pay for panels on the promise they would …
Closer Look: Georgia Roadway Uses Solar Technology; Using 3-D Printing to Make Pediatric Tracheal Splints; Summer Indie Music Series With The Adam Klein Trio
Friday on “Closer Look with Rose Scott”: 0:00: An 18-mile stretch of I-85 starting in Lagrange, Georgia has been called ‘the highway of the future.’ Known as The Ray, the roadway is a testing point for pavement solar cells and allows the highway’s surface to generate clean energy. Allie Kelly, executive director of The Ray, …
Walmart, Tesla look to address issues surrounding solar energy systems
PALO ALTO: Walmart and Tesla are looking to address all issues surrounding the solar installations at Walmart stores, the companies said late on Thursday (Aug 22), two days after the retailer sued the electric carmaker for “widespread negligence” that led to repeated fires at the installations. The companies also said they were looking to “re-energizing Tesla …
There May Be Exoplanets Out There Even Better Suited For Life Than Earth
The search for a habitable exoplanet has been a frustrating one. Although we’ve found a bunch of rocky planets orbiting at the right distance from their star, further investigation has so far mostly yielded nothing but barren poisonous rocks lashed with deadly stellar flares. But according to new research using computer modelling to explore …
UK rail line becomes first in world to be powered by solar farm | Business
The world’s first solar farm to directly power a railway line is set to plug into the track near Aldershot, paving the way for solar-powered trains. About 100 solar panels at the trackside site will supply renewable electricity to power the signalling and lights on Network Rail’s Wessex route. The 30kW pilot scheme could pave …
