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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DEP Unveils Cost-Effective Strategies to Increase Solar Energy Development in Pennsylvania

Explore Clarion 17 Nov 2018

– Pennsylvania could create over 100,000 jobs, decrease greenhouse gas emissions, and improve public health through increased reliance on solar energy, according to a plan developed by a statewide group of partners led by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) ... Seven strategies combine grid-scale and distributed solar energy systems....

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Study says Minnesota can economically reach renewable energy goals by 2050

Duluth News Tribune 15 Nov 2018

"We can achieve Minnesota's goal of 10 percent solar by 2030 with very competitive generation costs," said Josh Quinnell, senior research engineer for the Center for Energy and Environment, one of three groups that conducted the Solar Potential Analysis Report for the commerce department....

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Polk Solar Co-op hits milestone, selects contractor

News Chief 15 Nov 2018

... next six months.The Polk County Solar Co-op announced Wednesday it had selected Wayfare Energy in Altamonte Springs as the exclusive contractor to install solar energy systems for its 71 member households.The Polk group was the first local solar co-op to form earlier this year....

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Sungrow partners with Bouygues to support a 201 MW PV plant in Vietnam

Market Watch 14 Nov 2018

The Solar project is currently being developed by a joint venture, BIM Group and AC Energy ... Founded in 1997 by University Professor Cao Renxian, Sungrow is a leader in the research and development of solar inverters, with the largest dedicated R&D team in the industry and a ......

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Blue Ridge Energy: Rate hike likely in 2019

The Oneida Daily Dispatch 13 Nov 2018

“We believe it’s not fair for members who do not participate to subsidize the cost of the wires to solar or renewable energy,” Johnson said. Environmental groups such as the Southern Environmental Law Center and Boone-based Appalachian Voices have recently criticized BRE's fees ......

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Singapore Exchange Creates Blockchain To Place Digital Assets

Blockspoint 12 Nov 2018

SGX and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) conducted the successful testing of a blockchain solution for placing tokenized assets, as follows from the SGX's press release ... MAS distinguishes three types of tokens ... Later, SP Group introduced a blockchain solution for buying and selling solar energy throughout the world ... .......

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Singapore Exchange Successfully Trials Blockchain for Tokenized Assets Settlement

The Bitcoin News 11 Nov 2018

11. The report reveals the data on the trial that began in August, shortly after MAS and SGX had partnered with U.S ... And in October, a major corporation providing electricity and gas transmission in Singapore, SP Group, launched a blockchain-powered renewable energy certificate marketplace to buy and sell solar energy worldwide ... Cointelegraph ... source ... ....

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Wethersfield OKs solar proposal

Star Courier 09 Nov 2018

... acted following a presentation by Stephen Smith of the Clean Energy Design Group and Kevin Yepsen, president and chairman of Galva Investment, Inc., the holding company for Community State Bank.The two have partnered to promote solar power projects at several local school ......

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Report: Renewables have saved Texans nearly $5 billion since 2010

Chron 08 Nov 2018

... million in 2016, according to a new report commissioned by renewable industry groups the Wind Solar Alliance, American Wind Energy Association, and the Solar Energy Industries Association....

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Blockchain Opens Green Capital Market to Countries and Enterprises

NewsBTC 08 Nov 2018

The pilot transaction has been carried out in DAO IPCI under Blockchain Climate Standard between Aera Group (France) and Russian Carbon Fund with the solar energy carbon credits of Mauritius origin in March 2017 ... A 40-storey office building, which consumes a lot of energy for ......

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Breckenridge makes strides in switching town facilities to renewable energy sources

Summit Daily 07 Nov 2018

Of the 3.5 million kWh of renewable energy, about 35 percent of it is being or will soon be generated by solar gardens, other solar instillations and Xcel Energy's Renewable Connect program ... Also, Solar Forward will be another group-buying program for a residential and commercial properties; it's expected to kick off next spring....

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Africa’s bumpy road to sustainable energy

Sierra Leone Telegraph 07 Nov 2018

Morocco tops in solar energy ... Africa has 117% more sunshine than Germany, the global leader in solar energy ... energy ... The group hopes to provide solar energy solutions to 250 million people across sub-Saharan Africa by 2030 ... Morocco leads the pack in solar energy in Africa....

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Stefani leads District 2 race in early returns

San Francisco Examiner 07 Nov 2018

The early returns are the vote by mail ballots that were cast before Tuesday and received by the Department of Elections ... Her years of work in the district created strong ties among neighborhood groups. Josefowitz, a founder of solar energy company RenGen Energy, raised the most money in the contest, about $800,000 to Stefani’s $300,000 ... .......