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The US’s oldest solar factory filed for bankruptcy in 2017 – but now it’s back

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Suniva, once the US’s oldest and largest solar cell maker , has been dormant for six years, but now it’s going to reopen its Georgia factory. more… The post The US’s oldest solar factory filed for bankruptcy in 2017 – but now it’s back appeared first on Electrek.

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All-in-one solar-powered tower makes carbon-neutral kerosene in the field at pilot-scale

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We are the first to demonstrate the entire thermochemical process chain from water and CO 2 to kerosene in a fully-integrated solar tower system. Previous attempts to produce aviation fuels through the use of solar energy have mostly been performed in the laboratory. B) Photograph of the solar tower fuel plant during operation.

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Audi Hungaria starts operation of Europe’s biggest solar roof installation

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This solar energy park, covering an area of approximately 160,000 square meters, consists of 36,400 solar cells and provides a maximum performance of twelve megawatts. Since 2017 Audi’s logistical rail transportation carried out with Deutsche Bahn has been largely carbon-neutral. The facility, built in cooperation with E.ON

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California 2017 GHG inventory shows 1.2% total drop from 2016; transportation sector emissions up 1%

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In 2017, emissions from GHG emitting activities statewide were 424 million metric tons of CO 2 equivalent (MMTCO 2 e), 5 MMTCO 2 e lower than 2016 levels and 7 MMTCO 2 e below the 2020 GHG Limit of 431 MMTCO 2 e. Changes in emissions by Scoping Plan sector between 2000 and 2017. MMTCO 2 e (6%) from 2013 to 2017. Source: ARB.

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NREL, Berkeley Lab propose efficiency and stability best-practices for solar water-splitting

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Scientists from the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) are providing researchers with a guide to how best to measure the efficiency of producing hydrogen directly from solar power. NREL set the first record for STH efficiency exceeding 10% (12.4%

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Tesla (TSLA) achieves best solar deployment in years, but solar roof is still at a crawl

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Tesla has achieved its best solar deployment in the US residential solar market since back in 2017 after acquiring SolarCity, but its solar roof deployment is still at a crawl. The post Tesla (TSLA) achieves best solar deployment in years, but solar roof is still at a crawl appeared first on Electrek.

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The first entirely US-made crystalline solar panels are coming to market

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Photo: Heliene All US-made solar panels featured only imported solar cells until now, but two US manufacturers just struck a three-year, $400 million deal. Heliene’s modules will be the first crystalline solar panels with US-made solar cells. Between 2016 and 2020, nearly 20% of solar manufacturing jobs were lost.

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