6 h. ago California farmers identify a hot new cash crop: Solar power

Imagine that you own a small, 20-acre farm in California's Central Valley. You and your family have cultivated this land for decades, but drought, increasing costs and decreasing water availability are making each year more difficult.

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29 h. ago New solar panel designs could help Europe achieve fair and resilient energy goals

Europe has committed to becoming climate-neutral by 2050. But how can we get there in a way that's technically feasible, economically responsible, and fair to all member states? Researchers from Aarhus University and the Technical University of Denmark offer an answer in a new study published in Nature Communications.

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5 d. ago Solar becomes Europe's main energy source in June: consultants

Solar power became the European Union's biggest single energy source for the first time in June, an energy think tank said Thursday.

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8 d. ago Pakistan becoming one of the world's biggest markets for solar power

Pakistan has quickly become one of the world's biggest markets for solar energy. This solar boom has been driven in large part by consumers who are fed up with sky-high electricity costs.

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2 w. ago Tough fuel cell can stabilize power grid by making and storing energy in extreme industrial conditions

To build a modern-day electrical grid with the flexibility and resilience to handle ebbing and flowing energy sources like solar and wind power, West Virginia University engineers have designed and successfully tested a fuel cell that can switch between storing or making electricity and also generate hydrogen from water.

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2 w. ago G.O.P. Bill Adds Surprise Tax That Could Cripple Wind and Solar Power

Wind and solar companies were already bracing for Congress to end federal subsidies. But the Senate bill goes even further and penalizes those industries.

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2 w. ago On the ecstatic 'Virgin,' Lorde knows she doesn't have it all figured out

The pop star's fourth album, her first since 2021's polarizing Solar Power, finds the 28-year-old shedding the stoic self-possession that defined her early career.

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3 w. ago New storage platform delivers predictable renewable power regardless of weather conditions

Europe's largest vanadium redox flow battery—located at the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology—has achieved an important research milestone: In a controlled test, it was possible to successfully demonstrate for the first time how renewable energies such as wind and solar power can be fed into the power grid in a targeted and predictable manner, regardless of current weather conditions.

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4 w. ago Despite low gas prices, solar, wind remain cheapest sources of power in US

Despite low gas prices, solar, wind remain cheapest sources of power in US  pv magazine International

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