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Puerto Rico: #sun Commander®
Jan 04 2018 03:20 PM | eds in Solar Power
In a disaster, or a need for power at a remote location, the . . . Sun Commander® can be un-deployed in about . . . 3 labor hours (three men 1 hr). The unit is then ready to be pulled behind a standard . . . 3/4 ton pick-up truck. or loaded in a . . ....
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Farming Energy From The #sun
Jan 04 2018 01:45 PM | eds in Solar Power
Denmark's 140MW solar farm, that may include battery storage, . . . plans to be constructed on, . . . 270ha of farmland. The site is generally on a . . . 5-year rotation of cropping and sheep grazing. The facility would comprise up to . . . 400,00...
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China: #solar Power Highway
Dec 24 2017 02:55 PM | eds in Solar Power
Jinan South Ring Expressway, . . . 1.2 mile (2 km) stretch of solar highway, . . . meaning solar panels on the road, . . . will be powering the towns surrounding it. The panels heat can transfer through the concrete, . . . allowing them to automatical...
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Alaska: #solar Power
Dec 24 2017 02:30 PM | eds in Solar Power
Solar Panels, are replacing Diesel Fuel, . . . in Canada’s Far North. Solar energy, . . . makes sense in places where you have plenty of light. But, Canadian communities with as little as . . . 5 hours of sun a day, . . . could soon leapfrog from dies...
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Hampshire College: Goes 100% #solar
Dec 17 2017 02:45 PM | eds in Solar Power
The Massachusetts college, has installed a . . . 19-acre solar farm, complete with . . . Tesla batteries to store up power, . . . 15,000 panels producing about . . . 4.7 megawatts of power each year, . . . more than Hampshire can even use. The price h...
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Las Vegas #solar
Dec 14 2017 11:15 AM | eds in Solar Power
December 2016, the City of Las Vegas announced, . . . its municipal operations would power its: . . . . . . streetlights, . . . . . . parks, . . . . . . community centers, . . . . . . fire stations, and . . . . . . other government buildings, and facil...
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#solar To Reach Tipping Point In 2018
Dec 05 2017 08:30 PM | eds in Solar Power
You can run a transmission line into a busy neighborhood, and . . . be assured it will be paid off relatively quickly, . . . but take that same transmission line, and . . . run it out into the middle of nowhere, . . . with populations a scant percentag...
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Usa's Lowest #solar Power Price
Nov 10 2017 05:50 PM | eds in Solar Power
NV Energy, (owned by Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway) . . . Apple, to power to its Sparks, Nevada data center with, . . . the lowest overall price for solar power in the USA, . . . 3.24¢/kWh, and . . . 3.42¢/kWh for 25 year terms. 11-10-2017 Source...
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#solarpower Europe: 30% Growth
Oct 28 2017 12:55 PM | eds in Solar Power
SolarPower Europe, predicts . . . that global solar market demand will reach . . . 100 gigawatts for the first time ever this year, a . . . 30% growth from 2016 levels. China alone, . . . will likely add more than . . . 50 GW for 2017. In just 2 1/2...
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#solar Vs Air Pollution
Oct 25 2017 01:40 PM | eds in Solar Power
China, is currently on track to install close to . . . 50 GW worth of solar energy in 2017, nearly . . . 1/2 the total global demand, but, Princeton University says that China’s severe . . . air pollution is “significantly reducing” the country’s solar...
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