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EU grants German-Danish offshore wind connection capacity exemption
A power cable connecting offshore wind farms in both Denmark and Germany has been exempted from European Union rules reserving a minimum capacity for traders, grid operators Energinet and 50Hertz said.
Power cables connecting two countries in the 27-member bloc...
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U.S. solar group pushing Biden to end tariffs, extend subsidies
The U.S. solar industry on Tuesday laid out a list of policies it says could be enacted early next year as President-elect Joe Biden works to deliver on his pledge to ramp fire up clean energy development to create...
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Scientists in Korea Develop Novel Eco-friendly Buffer for Solar Panels
Solar power is an eco-friendly alternative to conventional, non-renewable sources of energy. However, current solar panels require the use of toxic materials as buffers, which is not sustainable. To this end, a team of scientists in Korea, at the...
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EU plans to increase offshore windfarm capacity by 250%
The capacity of the EU’s offshore windfarms in the North Sea, the Baltic, the Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea will be increased by 250%, under a draft plan drawn up by the European commission.
The move follows Boris...
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UK commissions research into space-based solar power stations
The UK Government has announced the commissioning of new research into space-based solar power (SBSP) systems, which would collect energy in space using large solar satellites.
The system will convert the collected solar energy into high-frequency radio waves and beam...
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Nucor to purchase solar energy from EDF Renewables North America
US-based steel products manufacturer Nucor has signed a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with EDF Renewables North America (EDFR) for 250MWac of solar energy in Texas for 15 years.
Nucor selected the project through a competitive request for proposal (RFP)...
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Q CELLS to build floating solar plant on Hapcheon Dam in South Korea
Photovoltaic (PV) solar cells manufacturer Q CELLS has announced plans to build a 41MW floating PV power plant, which will be installed at the Hapcheon Dam in South Korea.
In August, the company won the rights from the Korea Water...
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