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Solar panel recycling industry could be worth $15 billion by 2050
2016-06-21 11:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Commercial Waste: According to a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the International Energy Agencys Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme, the recycling or repurposing of solar PV panels could spark an industry worth $15 billion by 2050. With many panels enjoying a working life of approximately 30 years, the raw materials in them can be harvested and reused or recycled for large profit. The study was the first in its kind to investigate PV waste panels up until the year 2050,...
World?s First 24/7 Solar Power Plant Powers 75,000 Homes
2016-06-21 09:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Eco Watch: SolarReserve`s Crescent Dunes Project in Tonopah, Nevada is quietly providing clean, green solar energy to 75,000 homes in the Silver State even when the sun isn`t shining. Crescent Dunes is the first utility-scale facility in the world to use molten salt for power energy storage capabilities, a technology also known as concentrated solar. With a concentrated solar plant such as Crescent Dunes--including other plants like it around the world--more than 10,000 movable mirrors, or heliostats,...
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CLP and Suzlon form JV for 100MW solar project in Telangana, India
2016-06-21 01:00:00| Power Technology
Hong Kong-based electric company CLP's wholly-owned subsidiary CLP India has formed a joint venture (JV) with renewable energy solutions provider Suzlon Group to develop a 100MW solar project at Veltoor in Telangana.
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JA Solar supplies PV modules for Egyptian diesel hybrid power project
2016-06-21 01:00:00| Power Technology
Shanghai-based development company JA Solar has delivered 11MW of high-efficiency photovoltaic (PV) modules for a diesel hybrid project in the Red Sea region of Egypt.
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Solar Impulse 2 begins transatlantic stretch of global journey
2016-06-20 12:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: The sun-powered Solar Impulse 2 aircraft set off from New Yorks JFK airport early on Monday, embarking on the transatlantic leg of its record-breaking flight around the world to promote renewable energy. The flight, piloted by Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard, is expected to take about 90 hours - during which Piccard will only take short naps - before landing at Spains Seville airport. Its my first time taking off from JFK, Piccard said over a live feed from the aircraft as he headed...
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