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Jacobs to Develop 25-Year Plan to Guide Development of Solar-Powered Airport in India
Jacobs plans to develop a 25-year plan to guide the long-term development of Cochin International Airport in India, which it said is the world's first fully solar-powered airport. Jacobs said Wednesday the plan will aim to improve capacity…
Uganda turns to solar power to cut farmers' losses
A dairy farmer can spend months feeding cattle, paying workers and transporting milk to a collection centre, only to lose part of the day's earnings because the milk cannot be kept cold. In rural Uganda, where electricity is either unreliable or…
Cabinet approves 3 power plants, 2 solar farms
The cabinet today approved three gas-fired power plants and two large-scale solar energy projects in peripheral regions of Israel. These major infrastructure projects will now move to the fast-track planning process overseen by the National…
Mesa Grande Reservation adds solar and battery systems, plans to expand housing
Well beyond the sprawl of San Diego County suburbia, rocky canyons carve through rolling green hills with oaks trees. There, tucked around pockets of private land and national forest is the Mesa Grande Reservation, home to the Mesa Grande Band of…
Wilson throws shadow of doubt on solar expansion
Ashburton's deputy mayor has cast a shadow over the council's potential solar energy expansion. Council is working on its long-term budgets, and factoring into that is the increased cost of electricity, It faced increased line charges this year and…
Modi to open Bengaluru Metro's Pink Line, India's first LED-dome planetarium
The programme will also commemorate the birth centenary of Hongasandra Venkataramaiah Sheshadri, an RSS leader and a writer born in Bengaluru in 1926. He will also address a gathering there. Around 12.45 pm, Modi will inaugurate the Pink Line and…
Iberdrola is said to weigh sale of German solar assets for up to $223M (IBDSF:OTCMKTS)
Iberdrola (IBDSF)(IBDRY) is considering selling its solar power assets in Germany for as much as €200 million ($223 million) as the Spanish utility shifts investment toward higher-priority markets, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday, citing…
Major solar-storage project provides round-the-clock power in DRC Congo
Africa's largest copper mine is now running on solar baseload power thanks to a large-scale solar-plus-storage power plant. The Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex, located in the Central African Copperbelt near Kolwezi in the Democratic Republic of Congo…
TCL Donates Ultra-Low-Power Display System to the Youth Olympic Village, Bringing Advanced Display Technology to Everyday Use
TCL Donates Ultra-Low-Power Display System to the Youth Olympic Village, Bringing Advanced Display Technology to Everyday Use (Photo: AETOSWire) TCL, a Worldwide Olympic and Paralympic Partner, donated an ultra-low-power display system powered by…
Moscow Court Sets Former Russian Minister's Combined Prison Term at 14 Years
The Moscow Prosecutor's Office said Wednesday that a Moscow court found former Russian Open Government Minister Mikhail Abyzov guilty in a fraud case, bringing his combined prison term to 14 years. The Moscow Times reported that the verdict came…
Analysts See Gold as Steadier Than Silver, LiveMint Reports
Analysts cited by LiveMint described gold as a steadier portfolio holding than silver, while later prices from India's Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) were below figures the outlet reported earlier on Nov. 11. LiveMint reported at 6:20 a.m. ET that…
Researchers show LBIC phase mapping accurately detects solar module interconnection defect
Researchers at Karlstad University in Sweden have used light beam-induced current (LBIC) phase mapping to investigate the local electrical behavior of half-cell solar modules and have found that the technique shows potential for assessing…
German tech company signs €60 million contract with Elon Musk
Elon Musk signed a major order on Wednesday with a medium-sized German tech company, Singulus Technologies, to supply solar cells for his new line of satellites, Starmind. The €60 million major order is the first of many, according to a…
Longi launches new products for the Australian market
Brett Robinson: We've released two major products at this show. The first, the X12, is for the domestic market. The X12 is a back contact, 54 half-cell module, 1,800 x 1,134 x 30 mm. It has an efficiency exceeding 25% and a top power class around…
BYD's futuristic EV charging station combines robotic arms with 5-minute recharges - and it can even work off-grid thanks to solar storage
Charging site uses robotic arms to autonomously charge cars Flash Charging is capable of 10% to 70% top-ups in five minutes Built-in solar generates electricity for later use BYD is on a product offensive in the Middle East at the moment. Having…
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