Deep-seated racial justice issues have been brought to the fore in recent weeks by a series of nationwide protests over police violence. These protests are taking place in the midst of a global pandemic, which has exposed, and in many cases worsened, long-standing issues of...
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Almost 10 GW of wind-solar hybrid capacity is already under implementation in the country which has only 100 MW of such capacity installed at present, according to Crisil.Wind-solar hybrid plants—which have found favours globally—are becoming the preferred renewable energy (RE) option in India, too, with...
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The government in Dhaka hopes plans for the Spectra Solar Project, and the international backing for it, will help showcase the attractiveness of solar investment in the country for private sector money.The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the governments of Germany and Canada are financing...
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The Norwegian government has decided to postpone the planned reduction of the Plusskundeordningen solar-rebate program, currently managed by the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate, until the end of this year.The Norwegian government has announced a NOK3.6 billion ($383.5 million) plan to support the energy...
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Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a new approach to improve the electrical properties of monolayer graphene grown by CVD that could be used in the production of more efficient and stable ultra-light organic cells. They used parylene to develop transparent graphene...
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Dutch startup Solar Visuals and the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) have developed new "mimic design" facade modules that reproduce the features of building surfaces. Lenneke Slooff-Hoek, a senior scientist for TNO, told pv magazine that the panels can be made in any...
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Ikea has launched its turnkey home solar offer in Australia, making it the first market outside of Europe in which consumers can purchase home solar kits from its website. The company has partnered with Solargain to bring solar to as many Aussie rooftops as possible.From...
Read MoreThe solar industry logged its largest first quarter of installations on record by a significant margin in 2020, but overall dire projections on the coronavirus impact dampened any positive news for the industry. With new data released Thursday, analysts at Wood Mackenzie confirmed what the solar...
Read MoreA boisterous CEO who brags of “out-Eloning” Elon Musk; a reverse merger that makes a little-known fuel-cell trucking company as valuable as Ford; and no actual cars or trucks in production. On this week's edition of The Interchange, we try to make sense of Nikola Motor. Nikola Motor went...
Read MoreA new Duke Energy solar power plant in West Lafayette, Indiana also now helps renew and increase populations of pollinator species important to the growth and reproduction of flowers and food plants. Approximately 1.5 acres of the plant site at the Discovery Park District have...
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