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smh.com.au - Mike Foley - Millions of solar panels go to landfill. Why aren't they recycled?
Millions of solar panels go to landfill. Why aren't they recycled?
The Sydney Morning Herald

Plans to kick-start a solar panel recycling industry are in limbo, after a single complaint stalled the government's $25 million pilot program to stop up to 4 million units being sent to landfill each year. The Albanese government announced the…

bgr.com - Chris Smith - Switzerland's Solar Railway Breakthrough Might Be Coming To Several New Countries
Switzerland's Solar Railway Breakthrough Might Be Coming To Several New Countries
BGR

A Swiss startup may have found a way to expand the country's solar power capacity without converting additional farmland into solar panel farms. Instead of clearing land for new solar panel installations, Sun-Ways has been running a pilot that uses…

bgr.com - Eduardo Ariedo - 5 Disadvantages Of Switching To Home Solar Power
5 Disadvantages Of Switching To Home Solar Power
BGR

Residential solar power has become very popular in recent years for those looking to save on household bills. By allowing homeowners to generate their own electricity, solar panels reduce their dependence on utility companies, which can…

engadget.com - Mariella Moon - Chinese solar company says its new cell has an efficiency of 35.5 percent
Chinese solar company says its new cell has an efficiency of 35.5 percent
Engadget

Commercial solar cells only have a conversion efficiency of around 25 percent. Chinese company LONGi has developed a solar cell that it claims has achieved a conversion efficiency of 35.5 percent, as verified by the European Solar Test…

hackaday.com - Bryan Cockfield - Using Solar Air Heating To Dry Clothes
Using Solar Air Heating To Dry Clothes
Hackaday

About a month ago, [Greenhill Forge] built a few solar panels to collect energy from the sun. Unlike solar photovoltaics, which turn sunlight directly into electricity, these were designed to gather solar thermal energy with air. These types of…

bbc.co.uk - Susie Rack - West Midlands households welcome heating oil protection plan
West Midlands households welcome heating oil protection plan
BBC

Families living in rural parts of the West Midlands have welcomed a recommendation to bring protections for heating oil customers in line with those connected to the grid. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said in a report on Wednesday…

climatedepot.com - Analysis: UK Met Office Heatwave Records Are Based on Junk Stations - Properly sited weather stations tell a very different story
Analysis: UK Met Office Heatwave Records Are Based on Junk Stations - Properly sited weather stations tell a very different story
Climate Depot

The Met Office is claiming that this year is the first time temperatures of 35°C and higher have been recorded on six days. But the claims are a reflection of poorly sited weather stations, not climate change. For the last year or so, the Daily…

abc.net.au - James Purtill - A US tech start-up wants to turn night into day. The question is why?
A US tech start-up wants to turn night into day. The question is why?
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

For billions of years, life evolved on Earth under conditions of roughly equal periods of dark and light in most places. The sun rose and set. Night followed day. Now, one of Earth's species — humans — plans to tweak this arrangement.

theverge.com - Jennifer Pattison Tuohy - Surprise! Facial recognition smart locks are actually good
Surprise! Facial recognition smart locks are actually good
The Verge

I tested four locks that unlock with a look, and while hands-free with UWB is better, if you want a sci-fi experience for your front door, facial recognition is worth considering. If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a…

express.co.uk - Eleanor Burleigh - 'I'm a farmer - Labour is wrong to say small farms will be protected from tax raid'
'I'm a farmer - Labour is wrong to say small farms will be protected from tax raid'
Daily Express

Stephen Thompson is afraid his 100-year-old farm will be lost after he dies A farmer whose family have tended to land in South Yorkshire for over a century fears his 240-acre legacy will be wiped out by Labour's inheritance tax raid. Stephen…

dailyrecord.co.uk - Stuart Sommerville - Plans for two-storey home on smallholding denied by West Lothian councillors
Plans for two-storey home on smallholding denied by West Lothian councillors
Daily Record

Plans for a two-storey home on a smallholding have been knocked back by councillors. Gordon Bow had applied to demolish an agricultural shed on his Broxburn smallholding and replace it with a home for his son. Planners said the proposals for a…

rfi.fr - The Blue Ridge Mountain mine powering the world's digital economy
The Blue Ridge Mountain mine powering the world's digital economy
RFI

In a valley in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, some 800 metres above sea level, lie a few square kilometres that feed the global computer chip industry. The Spruce Pine mining district is estimated to supply more than 80 percent of the…

fool.com - Courtney Carlsen - 2 Space Stocks You Should Buy Before Piling Into SpaceX
2 Space Stocks You Should Buy Before Piling Into SpaceX
The Motley Fool

The space economy has captured the spotlight this year, primarily driven by the highly anticipated initial public offering (IPO) of Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX 5.41%), better known as SpaceX. On June 12, the company made history with the…

indianexpress.com - Shaju Philip - Kerala is seeing record rooftop solar adoption. So why is it still facing supply issues?
Kerala is seeing record rooftop solar adoption. So why is it still facing supply issues?
The Indian Express

The answer is not so straightforward. Here's a look at how the electricity consumption patterns in Kerala are undermining the successes from the state's record solar energy generation. According to the latest available state government data…

marketbeat.com - Solar Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist - July 18th
Solar Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist - July 18th
MarketBeat

3 Clean Energy Stocks With Bullish Moving Average Signals Nextpower, First Solar, T1 Energy, Solaris Energy Infrastructure, Enphase Energy, Shoals Technologies Group, and SolarEdge Technologies are the seven Solar stocks to watch today, according…

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