Despite some late-session drama, Minnesota DFL lawmakers overcame a split within the party to pass a high priority energy permitting bill without restoring higher bill credits for community solar program subscribers. The late-Sunday resolution will cut red tape for wind, solar and transmission projects and uphold the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) decision to shrink bill […]
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain It sounds like a climate solution everyone should be able to support: Let’s make it easier and cheaper for farmers with dwindling water supplies to convert their lands from crop production to solar energy generation, if that’s what those farmers want. So why did the California Legislature just reject such a […]
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The amount of solar power plugged into the electric grid has surged over the past few years. According to a 2022 survey by the Pew Research Center, 8% of American homeowners are already aboard the solar panel train, and an additional 39% said they had seriously considered transitioning to solar power. These results came in […]
IEA-PVPS is poised to launch a new format for expert engagement. It will include an action group on agrivoltaics, as well as a collaborative effort to match agriculture and solar generation. It aims to unlock the potential of agrivoltaics, optimize land use efficiency, enhance agricultural resilience to climate change, and foster social consensus for solar […]
Jackery has launched its Memorial Day sales event through May 28 that is taking up to 42% off a selection of the company’s power stations, bundles, and accessories. A standout amongst the crowd is the Explorer 3000 Pro Portable Power Station with two 200W Solar Panels for $2,799 shipped, after using the on-page promo code […]
The Biden administration raised tariffs on several clean energy products last week. Meanwhile, federal incentives for clean-tech manufacturers spurred billions in private, clean-energy investments in North Carolina, bringing solar panel and battery manufacturing to the state as the government tries to increase domestic clean-energy capacity. If federal spending programs such as the Inflation Reduction Act […]
Thin-film funding By far the largest beneficiary of funds is Cadmium Telluride (CdTe) thin-film solar manufacturer First Solar, which bagged US$21 million in two separate investments of US$15 million and US$6 million for its facilities in Ohio and Arizona. Thin-film solar firms generally received a higher proportion of investment than silicon-based companies. The DOE said […]
Machine learning accelerates discovery of solar-cell perovskites May 20, 2024 Editors’ notes This article has been reviewed according to Science X’s editorial process and policies. Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content’s credibility: fact-checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread by Nik Papageorgiou, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Through the generation of a dataset […]