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Californiaa s huge solar projects causing energy poverty: Thomas Elias
2015-10-02 20:23:58| Energy - Topix.net
When ex-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar made their way onto a hot, dry alkali flat just west of the 15 Freeway between Barstow and Las Vegas in late 2010, all anyone knew for sure was that they were opening an era of giantism in solar electricity in California. What no one could predict was that they were also putting a stamp of approval on the spread of energy poverty in many parts of this state.
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United Kingdom: Fracking Village Gets Green Light to Build Solar Farm
2015-10-02 16:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The UKs clean energy sector got a boost yesterday, as Repower Balcombe, the local energy cooperative born of the 2013 fracking protests, was given the go ahead with its proposed 5 megawatt (MW) solar park in West Sussex. The group has already installed more than 100 solar panels on its village schools and nearly 70 more on a local farm, but todays planning committee is a significant step for the project. With more than 18,500 panels, it would surpass the co-ops aim of powering every home in...
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Even after dark, vast Spanish solar plant harnesses sun's power
2015-10-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: In December this year the UN Climate Conference takes place in Paris. Ahead of the summit, we will release a series of stories, titled "Earthprints," that show the ability of humans to impact change on the landscape of the planet. From sprawling urban growth to the construction of new islands, each site has profoundly changed in the last 30 years. Each story has accompanying NASA satellite images that show the scale of the change. (here) On a barren, sun-baked plateau in southern Spain, row upon...
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Solar flares
2015-10-01 19:05:50| Transmission & Distribution World
Most utilities consider solar flares to be harmless, but the reality is a real impact to transmission lines from the magnetic pulse that comes from the sun. read more
Integrating small solar farms
2015-10-01 18:33:00| Transmission & Distribution World
A "smart" guide By embracing the smart grid, utilities can not only mitigate the read more
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