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Tesla Downsizes its Solar Business
The company's solar unit, which it acquired two years ago, will reportedly close 12 installation facilities and end its retail partnership with Home Depot. This move is part of Tesla's overall job cuts announced last week, an effort to...
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Solar power: the next generation
Scientists are working on an exciting new material called perovskite – a light sensitive crystal which could revolutionise solar power. In just a few years its power conversion efficiency figure is nearly on a par with traditional...
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Israel builds world’s tallest solar thermal tower in Negev Desert
Rising from the desert landscape what will be the world’s tallest solar thermal tower. It is still under construction 250 meters high in the Negev Desert. The project is made up of three plots, with a fourth planned for the future, each...
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Creating solar energy from trash
Electricity and hot water are a given in many parts of the world, but in the marginalised town of Garin, north of the Argentinian capital Buenos Aires, there used to be neither. Things have changed thanks to ingenious but very simple...
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The Moroccan gateway to Cop 22
Ouarzazate, the gateway to the desert has opened its doors to the future. The city, famous for its film history, now houses the Noor solar plant, the largest in the world. A project that aims to provide Morocco with clean, sustainable...
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Tesla SolarCity merger approved
Elon Musk, the chief executive of electric car maker Tesla has announced it is to buy its sister company SolarCity. Musk is the largest shareholder in both firms and is chairman of SolarCity, which was founded by two of his cousins –...
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Tesla’s Musk unveils plans to make electric trucks and buses
Tesla’s boss Elon Musk has unveiled an ambitious expansion plan. As well as cars he wants to build electric trucks and buses and set up car sharing and solar energy systems, though he doesn’t say in a blog post how quickly that could be...
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Remote off-grid community goes solar
Colville Lake, N.W.T., is the first town in Canada to be powered by a hybrid system of solar power, and batteries charged by the sun
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Solar panels take to the water as new farms flourish
Europe’s largest floating solar farm is ready to switch on. Built on a reservoir, (the Queen Elizabeth II), near Heathrow airport in Britain, the solar array is to supply energy to a water treatment plant, the sort of facility that...
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Solar Impulse undergoes test flight to continue its global journey
A solar powered plane attempting to circumnavigate the globe has made a test flight over the US state of Hawaii. It’s getting ready to continue its journey. The aircraft, called the Solar Impulse 2, was grounded since July after battery...
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Dutch team unveils sleek solar-powered bike
A Dutch startup has teamed up with a group of engineering students to develop a prototype for a new electric bike that charges itself using solar cells on its front wheel, so you’ll never need to plug it in. “This is a product that is...
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The Ticker
Mark Satov, strategy advisor, Satov Consultants, on some of the day's top stories
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Drake landing, a lauded alternative energy project, may be nearing the end of its life
A groundbreaking solar hearing community near Calgary is facing some big decisions.The future of the neighbourhood, once considered a world leader, is now in doubt.
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Palestinians rely on solar panels amid electricity cuts to talk to friends and family
While these solar charging stalls are a silver lining for many, weather and high demand often cause a long wait.
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Chinese competition poses 'existential threat' to Europe's solar industry
Cheap Chinese solar panels are flooding the EU market and threatening the viability of homegrown companies.
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Is it possible to be a green oil giant? The U.A.E. thinks so
The United Arab Emirates is out to prove that it can be a green energy leader and still pump millions of barrels of oil each day. CBC’s international climate correspondent Susan Ormiston goes there to find out how the oil rich country is...
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3 ways the world is making progress on green energy
Scroll the latest headlines and it’s easy to feel climate defeated, but between the missed targets and dire warnings are signs of progress. CBC’s Nicole Mortillaro breaks down three ways the clean energy transition is starting to take...
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Global fossil fuel demand will peak before 2030, report says
Global demand for fossil fuels will peak before 2030, according to the International Energy Agency’s annual World Energy Outlook. Environmentalists say Canada lags in renewable energy investment and risks being left behind.
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India developed seven times in solar energy from 2019 till date: Goa CM Pramod Sawant
Speaking on the 4th G20 Energy Transitions Working Group Meeting (ETWG) that took place in Goa, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on July 23 said that India developed seven times from 2019 till date in the solar energy.He said, “Today all the...
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US solar projects: Communities band together to share energy
Tackling climate change requires making clean energy accessible to all.
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How a French start-up is recycling Europe’s solar panels
French firm ROSI tells Euronews about the innovative way that it recycles Europe’s photovoltaic panels
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Green energy: Guyana's newfound wealth funding solar projects
Guyana is undergoing an energy boom after huge oilfields were discovered off its Atlantic coast.
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Europe's largest energy storage facility begins operations in Belgium
The 40 lithium-ion mega-batteries ensure stable energy distribution from the public grid when wind or solar power inputs fluctuate.
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How a solar-powered fridge is helping COVID vaccines reach the remotest areas of Kenya
A solar-powered portable fridge is overcoming the many difficulties of transporting viable COVID vaccines to some of Africa's remotest communities.