Solar power

Solar power is the conversion of sunlight into electricity, either directly using photovoltaics (PV), or indirectly using concentrated solar power (CSP). Concentrated solar power systems use lenses or mirrors and tracking systems to focus a large area of sunlight into a small beam. Photovoltaics convert light into an electric current using the photovoltaic effect.

The International Energy Agency projected in 2014 that under its "high renewables" scenario, by 2050, solar photovoltaics and concentrated solar power would contribute about 16 and 11 percent, respectively, of the worldwide electricity consumption, and solar would be the world's largest source of electricity. Most solar installations would be in China and India.

Photovoltaics were initially solely used as a source of electricity for small and medium-sized applications, from the calculator powered by a single solar cell to remote homes powered by an off-grid rooftop PV system. As the cost of solar electricity has fallen, the number of grid-connected solar PV systems has grown into the millions and utility-scale solar power stations with hundreds of megawatts are being built. Solar PV is rapidly becoming an inexpensive, low-carbon technology to harness renewable energy from the Sun.

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As fossil fuel plants face retirement, a Puerto Rico community pushes for rooftop solar

Grist 18 May 2024
The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority uses over 30,000 miles of distribution lines to send energy generated in the south to more urban areas, primarily in the north, like San Juan ... Rico Electric Power Authority. To replace coal, AES has turned to utility-scale solar power....
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UAE Unveils “Blue Residency” to Attract Sustainability Champions

The Arabian Post 18 May 2024
The country has heavily invested in solar ... The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) recently inaugurated the world’s largest concentrated solar power plant, demonstrating the UAE’s commitment to exploring and implementing cutting-edge renewable energy solutions....
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Coal share falls below 50% in India’s installed power capacity

PV Magazine 15 May 2024
Solar power, in particular, is growing at an unprecedented pace ... “The situation is unlikely to change this year, with the Central Electricity Authority expecting a shortfall in hydropower, leading to power shortages, especially during the night when solar is offline....
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Inner Mongolia ramping up green efforts

The Manila Times 15 May 2024
In the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, people at the forefront of the fight against desertification have recently resorted to a new approach - combining sand control with wind and solar power projects to tame the once ever-expanding desert....
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‘We must push back on net billing’

PV Magazine 14 May 2024
Thanks to changing regulations, customers don’t always see their promised savings and if customers feel like solar power is just a bait-and-switch followed by an endless maze of shifting regulation, it’s no wonder fewer and fewer households are willing to sign solar contracts....
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Clearloop energizes 2.8 MW White Pine Solar Farm in Tennessee

Solar Builder 14 May 2024
In addition to Intuit and REI’s support, the solar project is made possible by the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Dispersed Power Program and the cooperation of local power companies including Morristown Utility Systems....
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Construction begins on expansion of Qinghai-Xizang grid interconnection project

China.dot.org 14 May 2024
... according to State Grid Xizang Electric Power Company ... Leveraging its abundant solar, hydraulic and wind power resources, authorities in Xizang have exerted more efforts to develop the clean energy industry in recent years to relieve the power strain during winter and spring....
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What deadly Venus can tell us about life on other worlds

Phys Dot Org 12 May 2024
But the sister thing won't go away because both worlds are about the same mass and radius and are rocky planets next to one another in the inner solar system ... That shifts the scientific focus to the terrestrial planets in our own solar system ... That means that we can't measure the precise effect greater solar insolation has on the planet....
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EWA plans solar power stations in Al Dur

The Daily Tribune - Bahrain 11 May 2024
The Electricity and Water Authority (EWA) has received two bids for the planned Solar Power Stations in the Al Dur area of the Southern Governorate in the Kingdom of Bahrain ... ....
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Industrial pollution

Dawn 11 May 2024
The rapid commercial boom in Korangi has brought prosperity at the cost of environmental degradation ... The authorities should immediately step in to control airborne pollutants, such as chemicals and smoke. Solar and wind power should replace the source of air pollutants, like coal and oil ... Karachi ... ....
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Study on alternative energy launched

The News International 09 May 2024
AFP/File ... The study highlights the fact that dams are not the ‘only way’ to get power and water storage ... Asghar Hussain, co-author of the study, explained its methodology and stressed on hydropower projects against other power production options such as solar, wind, coal and other fossil fuels. ....
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VRA unveils refurbished Kaleo D/A Primary School

B & FT Online 06 May 2024
Prior to the renovation, the Kaleo D/A Primary, which lies in between the Authority’s two solar power plants at Kaleo lacked the needed infrastructure to promote good education for the kids in the community ... He urged the community to support and protect the solar power plants ......
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Kahramaa initiative promotes use of solar power

The Peninsula 05 May 2024
To boost the renewable energy sector to enhance sustainability and use of clean energy, Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) is working to promote the use of solar power in the country by introducing incentives for a renewable energy programme....
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