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Solar Impulse plane starts six-day Pacific Ocean crossing powered only by the sun
2015-05-31 04:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Solar Impulse 2 plane took off early on Sunday for a six-day, six-night flight over the Pacific Ocean, the most ambitious leg of its quest to circumnavigate the globe powered only by the sun. Pilot Andre Borschberg, 62, left the ground in Nanjing, in eastern China, heading for Hawaii, at about 2.40am , after extended delays awaiting a suitable weather window over safety concerns. Lit by white lights on its wings, the plane climbed into a misty sky with its four whirling propellers nearly...
Compromise Solar Bill Approved in Senate and Assembly
2015-05-31 03:24:04| Semiconductors - Topix.net
A bill that aims to resolve a fight between rapidly growing rooftop solar installation companies and NV Energy is headed to the governor. SB374 cleared its final legislative hurdle Saturday when the Senate voted to concur with an Assembly amendment.
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Solar Impulse Attempts Historic Flight Across the Pacific
2015-05-30 21:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Solar Impulse 2, the first solar airplane able to sustain flight at night with a pilot on board has been making its way around the world over the past few months. The plane took off today a little after 2 a.m. on Sunday in Nanjing, China. The flight from Nanjing to Honolulu, Hawaii is the seventh and longest leg of the first round-the-world solar flight. It will take an estimated six days to complete the roughly 5,000-mile journey. The first leg of the journey took place in early March, taking off...
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United Kingdom: Solar energy industry may be on threshold of an exciting era
2015-05-30 06:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: This has been the most challenging few weeks to date in the life of the nascent UK solar sector. After a short burst of unprecedented sales growth, with installations more than doubling between June and October, we had to intervene very quickly indeed to ensure the entire subsidy for this and other exciting micro-generation technologies supported by feed-in tariffs, wasn't swept away by excessive returns for a lucky few. At 43p/kWh, your average domestic solar PV panel receives more than four times...
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Nevada Legislature: Assembly OKs bill resolving fight between solar, NV Energy
2015-05-30 06:05:37| Electronics - Topix.net
The Nevada Assembly has approved a bill that aims to resolve a fight between rapidly growing rooftop solar installation companies and NV Energy. Rooftop solar companies had been protesting the state's 3 percent cap on net metering, which allows people with solar installations at their homes to send excess energy back to the utility company for a bill credit.
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