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This startup is making food mostly out of air and electricity
Vice - Motherboard
Solar Foods says its protein powder is “completely” disconnected from agriculture. But its currently low production yield of 1 kg per day raises red flags.
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Big solar is heading for boom times in the US
Vox
Forget rooftops. Big solar power plants are growing like gangbusters.
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Big solar is leaving rooftop systems in the dust
Reuters
Solar power is on pace for the first time this year to contribute more new electricity to the grid than will any other form of energy – a feat driven more by economics than green mandates.
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10 solar energy facts & charts you (& everyone) should know
CleanTechnica
I sometimes forget that not everyone has the time to read all 9,190 solar energy articles we’ve published here on CleanTechnica — or even 10% of them, or 1% of them. Okay, who am I kidding — most people haven’t read a single solar energy article published on CleanTechnica. Our goal isn’t just to be a […]
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All I want for Christmas is a 90% efficient solar panel
PV Magazine
NovaSolix hopes to use carbon nanotubes to capture a broader portion of the sun's electromagnetic spectrum, a process they hope will yield a 90% efficient solar cell at a tenth of the cost of modern solar modules.
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What made solar panels so cheap? Thank government policy.
Vox
We know how to make clean energy cheap. We’ve done it.
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After 40 years of searching, scientists identify the key flaw in solar panel efficiency
Science Alert

Solar panels are fantastic pieces of technology, but we need to work out how to make them even more efficient – and scientists just solved a 40-year-old mystery around one of the key obstacles to increased efficiency.
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As solar installations multiply, U.S. utility companies fight back
CBC
In some of the sunniest areas of the U.S., solar power is becoming a victim of its own success. With so many people leaving the grid, power utilities are now wondering who's going to pay the bill. They're fighting back, trying to make going solar much less attractive.
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10 trends shaping the electric power sector in 2019
Utility Dive
Utility industry news and analysis for energy professionals.
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7 energy efficiency innovations changing the game
Interesting Engineering
Here are some of the most cost-effective solutions that focus on innovative ways to promote energy efficiency and meet the world’s rising energy demands.
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For solar manufacturer SunPower, renewables are only a beginning
Triple Pundit
SunPower is one company that demonstrates how clean technology leaders can leverage their position to achieve broader social impact.
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Engaging solar’s allied industries is crucial for workforce development and industry growth
Solar Power World
The solar industry can't grow to the scale it aspires to without help from allied industries. Like water and sun to flowers, solar must be fed by
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The utilities that want to kick their customers off the grid
Green Tech Media
A fiery summer has left Australian power firms pleading with regulators to do something anathema to most utilities: kick their customers off the electricity grid.
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America’s ‘clean energy’ workforce projected to fall by 15% in months ahead
CNBC
Last month saw over 106,000 people working in clean energy roles lose their jobs.
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Covid-19 is heightening the stakes for off-grid solar in Africa
PV Magazine
“Without energy, we can’t fight this,” said Bill Lenihan, CEO of Zola Electric, a company that develops solar and storage systems in Africa.
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Arab states are embracing solar power
The Economist
The Middle East cannot rely on oil forever
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The US government is developing a solar geoengineering research plan
MIT Technology Review
The federal effort could set the stage for more studies into the feasibility, benefits and risks of one of the more controversial means of combating climate change.