solar power
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Solar Power Stations in Space Could Be The Answer to Our Energy Needs
It sounds like science fiction: giant solar power stations floating in space that beam down enormous amounts of energy to Earth. And for a long time, the concept – first developed by the Russian scientist, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, in the 1920s – was mainly an inspiration for writers. A century later, however, scientists are making huge…
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Solar Charging May Be The Key To Shoring Up America’s Rural EV Infrastructure
Electrify America and Envision Solar have joined forces in an attempt to bring electric car charging to routes through rural areas without steady and reliable access to a power grid. The initial test will involve thirty of these “EV ARC” units deployed throughout California’s Central, Coachella, and Imperial Valleys to help EV drivers traverse parts…
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This Device Generates Electricity From Darkness
Scientists have created something of a reverse solar cell: a tool that generates electricity from the darkness of night.
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China’s Solar Industry Could Get A Nearly $7 Billion Boost From Cleaning Up Air Pollution
Reducing air pollution is objectively good. In addition to providing huge public health benefits, new findings show it would also give China solar generating industry a big boost in productivity.