Solar energy

Solar energy is radiant light and heat from the Sun harnessed using a range of ever-evolving technologies such as solar heating, photovoltaics, solar thermal energy, solar architecture and artificial photosynthesis.

It is an important source of renewable energy and its technologies are broadly characterized as either passive solar or active solar depending on the way they capture and distribute solar energy or convert it into solar power. Active solar techniques include the use of photovoltaic systems, concentrated solar power and solar water heating to harness the energy. Passive solar techniques include orienting a building to the Sun, selecting materials with favorable thermal mass or light dispersing properties, and designing spaces that naturally circulate air.

The large magnitude of solar energy available makes it a highly appealing source of electricity. The United Nations Development Programme in its 2000 World Energy Assessment found that the annual potential of solar energy was 1,575–49,837 exajoules (EJ). This is several times larger than the total world energy consumption, which was 559.8 EJ in 2012.

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Chinese firm donates solar system to Kenyan school

Xinhua 20 Jul 2019

NAIROBI, July 20 (Xinhua) -- CHINT Group, a Chinese smart energy solution provider, on Saturday donated a 10 kilowatts solar photovoltaic system to a charitable school in Kenyan capital Nairobi. The solar system donated to Starehe Boys' Centre and School is expected to cut down its electricity cost and boost adoption of green energy in the country....

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Does your association have departments?

The Hindu 20 Jul 2019

... and be part of these groups ... To give a few examples, the sub-committee for Power will be interacting with TNEB, but will also work in the area of alternative energy such as solar power, and help residents' groups with the know-how and other matters relating to tapping into it....

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Tribunal stays Andhra government’s notice to Greenko firms on power tariff cut

Yahoo Daily News 19 Jul 2019

The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (Aptel) has stayed till August 28 a notice issued by the Andhra Pradesh government to three Greenko Energy group companies asking them to reduce their solar power tariff from Rs 4.50 to Rs 2.44 per unit ... reduction in solar power tariff....

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Spain struggles to regulate renewable energy gold rush

This is Money 19 Jul 2019

Spain plans to ramp up solar and wind energy and phase out nuclear and coal-fired power stations, creating incentives for speculators to pounce on the rights to a limited number of grid connection points ... Tomas Garcia, managing director for solar and wind projects in Spain and Portugal at renewable energy group BayWa r.e....

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Initial public offerings scheduled to debut next week

Waco Tribune-Herald 19 Jul 2019

Sunnova Energy International - Houston, 17.6 million shares, priced $16-$18, managed by BofA Merrill Lynch/JP Morgan ... Provides residential solar energy systems and services. Wanda Sports Group - Beijing, China, 33.3 million shares, priced $12-$15, managed by Morgan Stanley/Deutsche Bank....

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APTEL stays AP Discom order seeking tariff reduction for SEI Green Flash

Business Line 18 Jul 2019

We therefore, opine that the said consequences mentioned in the letter dated July 12, 2019 have been stayed till further orders ... The APTEL has stayed the notice issued by distribution AP Discom to three Greenko Energy group firms asking for a drastic reduction in solar power tariff ... .......

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Pennsylvania had more solar projects installed this year, but still lags far behind nearby states

Philadelphia Daily News 17 Jul 2019

... nonprofit that advocates for solar ... Then, in April 2017, the energy authority launched Solarize Philly, which allows groups of homeowners to install solar panels together at a reduced price — the more households that install, the lower the cost for all participants....

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LR solar builder sets plan to power Stuttgart's city complex

Arkansas Online 17 Jul 2019

Scenic Hill Solar is working with Stuttgart to power the city's municipal buildings with a solar array ... solar adopters. According to data released in March from the Solar Energy Industries Association, a solar-power advocacy group, 0.34% of Arkansas' electricity comes from solar....

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Silvis council approves energy proposal

Dispatch Argus 17 Jul 2019

At the July 2 committee of the whole meeting, a motion to place an energy proposal submitted by Energy Savings Group on Tuesday’s regular council meeting as well as approval of an ordinance amending the RDA between the city and Strickly Southern LLC and approval of the annual appropriations ordinance for fiscal year ending 2018-19....

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Work starts on new $5 million solar farm on old DeWitt landfill; how much money ...

The Post-Standard 15 Jul 2019

Solar panels like this will be part of a solar array in DeWitt, being installed on the former town landfill ... The new $5 million solar farm will have about 7,700 solar panels and will take up about 11 of the landfill’s 50 acres, said Michael Roach, solar project developer with RER Energy Group, which is constructing the solar array....

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Fusion energy startups see renewables leaving a gap in power market

Chron 15 Jul 2019

The world needs explosive growth in renewable energy for the next three decades, but even that probably won’t be enough to forestall catastrophic climate change ... His company near Oxford University has drawn investments from IP Group and has an advisory board that includes former U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu. SOLAR....

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South Korea: Solar power firms face mounting challenges

The Japan News 11 Jul 2019

Solar power accounts for 57 percent of the 20 percent of renewable energy ... In May, Woongjin Energy, the nation’s last remaining producer of ingots and wafers for solar cells, filed for court receivership ... Now, we can’t afford it anymore,” said a spokesperson from Woongjin Group, parent company of the energy firm....

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Investors pull back from clean energy

Chron 10 Jul 2019

WASHINGTON - Global investment in clean energy fell 14 percent over the first six months of this year, according to a new report from research group Bloomberg New Energy Finance. The decline came as investors pulled back from wind and solar projects in the ......