Spacewalking Astronauts Tackle More Solar Panel Advance Work
For the second time this week, a pair of astronauts floated outside Friday to get the International Space Station ready for new solar panels.
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Clean Energy Group Sues to Open Renewable Sources for Wisconsinites
The group wants to block rules enacted by the state utilities regulator that they say unlawfully create barriers to local clean energy sources like solar panels.
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Shareholders Claim SolarWinds Failed to Disclose Info About Massive Hack
Shareholders of Austin-based software firm SolarWinds claim in a federal class action lawsuit filed Monday that management misled investors by failing to disclose in public filings software vulnerabilities that ultimately led to a massive hack that affected over 18,000 private and government clients.
Read moreSolar Farm Fight
The Alpaugh (California) Irrigation District complains Tulare County made a mistake in approving a 277-acre solar farm, failing to do an environmental impact report and instead issuing a “mitigated negative declaration” that was riddled with errors.
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Toronto to Slap Solar Panels on Ambulances
Toronto announced Friday that it will retrofit its fleet of ambulances with solar panels and hybrid electric engines in order to reduce pollution in Canada’s largest metropolis.
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Transparent Solar Panels Could Turn Skyscrapers Into Energy Collectors
Imagine a world where skyscrapers, symbols of the urban future, serve as solar cells to produce energy instead of consuming it. That future might be closer than you think.
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Lightweight Organic Solar Cells Could Be Game Changer for Space Flight
Scientists recently tested a pair of novel solar cell technologies during a brief suborbital space flight and found they hold promise to transform the way electronics and propulsion systems are powered in orbit and beyond.
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France’s Global Nuclear Fusion Device a Puzzle of Huge Parts
A hugely ambitious project to replicate the energy of the sun is entering a critical phase, as scientists and technicians in southern France begin assembling huge parts of a nuclear fusion device, an international experiment aimed to develop the ultimate clean energy source.
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Solar Energy Industry Hit Hard by Job Losses
Despite its status as the fastest-growing sector in the U.S., the solar energy industry has been thrown onto its heels by the coronavirus, with 65,000 workers losing their jobs since late February, according to a report from the Solar Energy Industries Association.
Read moreCalifornia Approves Goal to Double Green Energy
Calling for a 25% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, California regulators on Thursday approved rules meant to shutter gas-fired power plants and force electrical companies to further embrace climate-friendly sources like solar and wind.
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Swiss Households Could Be Energy Self-Sufficient by 2050 With Solar Push
By 2050, many homes and apartments in Switzerland may be able to generate enough solar energy to meet their own consumption needs – including the charging of electric vehicles, according to a study released Wednesday.
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Otter Creek Solar sued Vermont, claiming it spuriously classifies trees and animals as rare to restrict solar power in the state, in Chittenden County Court.
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California Regulator OKs Solar Farm Alternative to Rooftop Panel Mandate
Despite opposition from environmental groups and state lawmakers, California energy officials voted Thursday to approve a Sacramento County utility’s plan to generate energy at solar farms as an alternative to required solar installation on new homes.
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Planners Envision an Electric Highway Future
The U.S. interstate highway system covers 800,000 acres which are “doing nothing but holding up concrete,” an electric-vehicle advocate said at a “Transportation Revolution” symposium Tuesday, envisioning highways lined with solar panels delivering power directly to autonomous semitrucks.
Read moreUS Spying
Andre Chartrand, a former vice president of engineering, claims Solarflare Communications illegally fired and defamed him to retaliate for his refusal to participate with the government in “illegal international espionage” involving embedding “spy software for transmission to Chinese customers,” in San Diego Superior Court.
Read moreGrid Access Fees
With strong bipartisan support, a California lawmaker introduced a bill Tuesday aimed at ending utility companies’ practice of charging “grid access fees” to customers with solar panels or other renewable energy setups.
Read moreSuit Claims Wisconsin Agency Discriminates Against Customer-Generated Energy
Renewable-energy advocates filed a lawsuit against a Wisconsin state regulatory agency Thursday, claiming it is shorting utility customers producing energy from renewable sources for the juice they sell back to the state’s major utility company and giving preferential pricing to that monopoly for its own power.
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Power Emissions Down in California; Regulation Accounts for Some
California officials are quick to tout the Golden State’s action on climate change and evidence points to dramatic reductions in emissions in the past decade, but a report issued Monday casts doubt on whether the state’s policies are primarily responsible.
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