Trump admin tightens vise on wind and solar
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California promised wind and solar developers a 270-day permitting process. They’re still waiting.
A 2022 law to speed up clean energy project approvals has become a poster child of California’s struggle to cut bureaucratic delays.
Small-scale solar panels about the size of a door are poised to be plugged into more U.S. homes and apartments as homeowners and renters who want to harness the sun’s energy look for cheaper alternatives to rooftop installations.
Freedom Forever, a residential solar installation company, has launched Raya, an AI-powered tool that provides real-time project support and pipeline management for its sales partners.
Plans for a solar farm that would have the capacity to power a quarter of the homes in Peterborough have been submitted. FRV TH Powertek wants to install 100,000 solar panels across 80 hectares (about 200 acres) at Malice Farm, near Thorney, near Peterborough.
When it comes to solar power, solar cells and panels tend to get all the attention. But there's a different kind of solar power generator known as a STEG, and researchers have just figured out a way to improve its efficiency by a factor of 15.
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Climate pollution is making GPS and communications satellites even more vulnerable to solar storms
Satellites, including those used for GPS and communications, will face greater risks in coming decades during solar-triggered geomagnetic storms because of the effect climate pollution has on Earth’s atmosphere,
Solar systems that plug into regular wall outlets have been popular in Europe for years and are gaining traction in the U.S. for their affordability and simple installation.
On August 15, the Dept. of the Treasury released new guidance related to safe harboring solar projects under the ITC in response to a July executive order