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This Engineer’s Solar Panels Are Breaking Efficiency Records

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The show highlighted rooftop solar panels in Germany, explaining that the panels generated electricity to power the buildings and even earned the owners money by letting them sell extra energy back to the electricity company. Invented in 1983, PERCs are used today in nearly 90 percent of solar panels on the market.

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An off-grid solar tracker powers this EV charging station

Baua Electric

Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, has installed an off-grid solar tracker EV charging station for its employees. Solaflect Energy , based in Norwich, Vermont, designs and manufactures the Solar EV Charger. Solaflect Energy , based in Norwich, Vermont, designs and manufactures the Solar EV Charger.

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Jaguar Land Rover EVs will ferry world leaders at UN climate summit – even with a snag [Update]

Electrek

UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. more… The post Jaguar Land Rover EVs will ferry world leaders at UN climate summit – even with a snag [Update] appeared first on Electrek.

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Ohio’s largest solar farm will also be the US’s largest agrivoltaics project

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Photo: Erich Burnett/Oberlin College Ohio has green-lit what will be the state’s largest solar farm – and the US’s largest agrivoltaics project. The $1 billion Oak Run Solar Project , approved by the Ohio Power Siting Board last week, will sit on over 6,000 acres in Madison County, west of Columbus. Bill Gates owns some of that land.

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EGEB: Jaguar Land Rover EVs will ferry world leaders at crucial UN climate summit

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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

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“Electric cars will not save the climate. There are two major reasons for this: first, EVs are not going to reach the numbers required by 2050 to hit their needed contribution to net zero goals , and even if they did, a host of other personal, social and economic activities must be modified to reach the total net zero mark.

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In a ‘monumental shift’, EU coal and gas collapse as wind and solar ascend

Baua Electric

Wind and solar power are now taking center stage. Solar covered 9% of the EU’s electricity needs. Fossil fuels are playing a smaller role than ever as a system with wind and solar as its backbone comes into view.” Interestingly, Europe’s shift away from fossil fuels wasn’t just about swapping coal and gas for wind and solar.

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