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Solar power is key to a sustainable future

Yellow Door Energy provides solar solutions and energy savings contracts to help businesses save money After raising one of the largest funding, Yellow Door Energy, a UAE-based leading solar developer, now focuses on expanding its business in the region in the next two years. Jeremy Crane, its CEO and co-founder, says Yellow Door Energy is…
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The benefits of solar energy for your restaurant

We are always being told that energy saving measures like fitting solar panels are good for our businesses, but sometimes it is less obvious why that is. Regardless of what your business is, owners need to be aware of a number of factors, such as their costs (and how to reduce them), their carbon footprint…
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This wireless AI camera runs entirely on solar power

A big trend in AI is the transition from cloud to edge computing. Instead of AI devices doing their computation remotely via an internet connection, they’re increasingly handling things locally, with algorithms working directly on-device. Benefits of this approach can include faster results, greater security, and more flexibility. But how far can you push this…
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Fuel Cafe switches to solar energy

Fuel Café in Walker’s Point now has solar panels used as a source of energy. The restaurant is one of only three in the city of Milwaukee to use them. “On a sunny day, it could offset about 100-percent of the cafe’s needs,” said Catie Malcheski, project developer for SunVest Solar.  Sixty panels were installed…
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Tesla Semi trucks, Powerpacks, and solar to be used in new near zero-emission Frito-Lay facility

Tesla is partnering with PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay to design a new “near zero-emission” distribution facility that will involve a whole fleet of Tesla Semi electric trucks, along with a few other electric vehicles, a charging system, some Tesla energy storage systems and a solar array. The project is part of the California Air Resources Board and San Joaquin…
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UK Scientists Create Wind and Solar Energy Harvesting Flags

Scientists have created flags that can generate electrical energy using wind and solar power. The wind and solar energy-harvesting flags have been developed using flexible piezoelectric strips and flexible photovoltaic cells. Piezoelectric strips allow the flag to generate power through movement, while the photovoltaics is the best-known method of harnessing electric power by using solar cells. The…
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Putting Solar Panels on Water Is a Great Idea—but Will It Float?

The U.S. has been slow to embrace the technology, even though Japan and China are zooming ahead. Winemaker Greg Allen had a problem. As president of Far Niente Winery in Napa Valley, California, he had done the math on how much land the vineyard could possibly dedicate to solar panels, to offset energy costs. The…
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BIAL inaugurates 3.35 MW rooftop solar power plant

Bengaluru: Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) – operator of the Kempegowda International Airport — on Wednesday inaugurated its rooftop solar power project. This solar plant will generate 3.35 MW of power for Bengaluru airport and an annual solar generation of around 4.7 million units.  The plant is installed across 8 rooftops within the airport premises…
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Australian gold mine digs solar energy and battery storage

The hybrid system is projected to reduce fuel consumption by between 10% to 13%. An Australian gold mining company has announced plans to install a giant solar and battery storage facility. Gold Fields has contracted Aggreko to design, build and operate the 8MW solar power system, along with the battery plant at Granny Smith, located in Western Australia’s Goldfields region. The hybrid system…
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‘Inkjet’ solar panels poised to revolutionize green energy

What if one day all buildings could be equipped with windows and facades that satisfy the structure’s every energy need, whether rain or shine? That sustainability dream is today one step closer to becoming a reality thanks to Polish physicist and businesswoman Olga Malinkiewicz. The 36-year-old has developed a novel inkjet processing method for perovskites…
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