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Solar power in crisis: 'My panels generate enough power for two loads of washing'
2015-10-20 19:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Sit back, relax, and read this story with an untroubled conscience: it has been created on a laptop and mobile phone powered entirely by the rays of the sun. This feat would surely astound the most idealistic Greek philosopher or Victorian entrepreneur. It would confirm their wildest hopes for humanitys progress. Perhaps they would be even more amazed that it was possible via a coalition of Chinese companies, British roofers and local councils. Oh, and government support, which is set to be abruptly...
United Kingdom: Solar could provide as much power as Hinkley Point C for half the subsidy cost
2015-10-20 17:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: As the official state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping looks set to include a big announcement on Chinese backing for the new power station at Hinkley Point, the Solar Trade Association has undertaken analysis showing that solar PV could provide the same amount of electricity for half the subsidy cost. The analysis shows that a combination of solar, storage and other flexibility mechanisms would cost consumers roughly 50% less than Hinkley Point C over the 35 year lifetime of the Hinkley...
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Activists say solar can power India, but politics and economics of coal win out
2015-10-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: One year ago, environmentalists hailed this tiny village as the future of clean energy in rural India. Today, it is powered by coal. Dharnai, a community of about 3,200 people in eastern India's Bihar state, had been without electricity for three decades. So when activists with Greenpeace set up a solar-powered microgrid in July of 2014, the excitement was palpable. But, residents said, the problems started almost immediately. Greater Expectations: The New Geopolitics of Climate Change exposes...
Ashalim Plot-B Solar Thermal Power Plant, Negev Desert
2015-10-20 01:00:00| Power Technology
The Ashalim Plot-B Solar Thermal Power Plant is being constructed in the Western Negev Desert, approximately 35km south of the city of Beer Sheva, in a site located south of Highway 211.
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Iberdrola signs deal with ASAJA to increase solar PV power usage in Spanish agricultural sector
2015-10-20 01:00:00| Power Technology
Spanish Iberdrola has signed an agreement with the Young Farmers' Agricultural Association (ASAJA) in Madrid to increase generation and use of solar photovoltaic energy in the agricultural sector.
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