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New Report Lists Land-use Requirements For Solar Power Plants

Mila Luleva — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 15:08:07 +0000

A team of experts at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) towards the Department of Energy gathered data from installed or currently under construction solar facilities, to produce a comprehensive list of key land use requirements for solar power plants in the U.S. In their report entitled “Land-use Requirements for Solar Power Plants in the […]

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Sahara Solar Breeder: The Japanese Solution To The Energy Crisis

Mike Sandru — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 16:51:20 +0000

A team of Japanese scientists is currently leading a huge project, called “The Sahara Solar Breeder Project”, that can provide a solution to the world’s energy crisis and the reliance on finite energy resources. The idea is to use the most abundant raw material on Earth, the silica (silicon and oxygen combined) – basically sand, […]

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Xcel Energy Starts Hybrid Power Plant in Colorado

Mike Sandru — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:36:32 +0000

Designed by Abengoa Solar, a Spanish company that has its U.S. headquarters in Lakewood, the $4.5 million plant which is slated for shutdown by the end of 2010, has been converted to test the use of parabolic-trough mirrors.

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Morocco Planning to Harvest 2 GW of Solar Power by 2020

Cristi — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:20:00 +0000

More and more governments show high interest in investing in clean energy sources. With 3,000 hours of sun per year, Morocco is now planning to invest in the harvesting of solar power.

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