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High-power, self-cleaning solar panels
There are two obvious problems with photovoltaic cells, solar panels. First, they are very shiny and so a lot of the incident sunlight is simply reflected back into the sky rather than being converted into electricity. Secondly, they get dirty with dust and debris caught on the wind and residues left behind by rain and birds. Now, research published in the International Journal of ...
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SolarACM is working with Array Technologies Inc. to develop new robotic O&M system for its HSAT system
SolarACM is working with Array Technologies Inc., the global leader in solar tracking, to develop new robotic O&M system for its Horizontal single-axis trackers (HSAT) system. One of SolarACM’s solar panel cleaning robots has been shipped to Array Technologies in the United States for testing. We appreciate the opportunity to work with ATI and value feedback from ...
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Robots Saving Labor Costs At Solar Energy Plants
A team of robots in California is hard at work installing and cleaning 45-pound solar panels. The robot named Spot moves along rows of panels cleaning off the entire months’ worth of dirt and grime, and then dries them off with a squeegee. Cleaning and installing solar panels is monotonous work, and it is rather hot out there all day in the sun. Not to these workers, they are not too hot ...
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Unicorn Intelligent Water-Free Solar Panel Cleaning Robot
Unicorn is a revolution in water-free solar panel cleaning technology, which not only provided you the flexibility to choose the cleaning frequency based on your need, but also differentiates dust from bird droppings or panel breakage. It is selfcleaning, self-powered providing high reliability of cleaning thereby ensuring improved efficiency. It is suited for both roof top and ground mount farms ...
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Poll: 84% of Massachusetts Residents Want the Freedom to Choose Clean Energy
A new poll shows that Massachusetts residents overwhelmingly want to be able to choose their energy supplier, choose clean energy, and want more renewable energy in the Massachusetts power system. The poll commissioned by CleanChoice Energy, a renewable energy company providing 100% clean electricity, was conducted by SurveyUSA. SurveyUSA interviewed 550 Massachusetts adults who rent or own their ...
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Unicorn Intelligent Water-Free Solar Panel Cleaning Robot
Unicorn is a revolution in water-free solar panel cleaning technology, which not only provided you the flexibility to choose the cleaning frequency based on your need, but also differentiates dust from bird droppings or panel breakage. It is selfcleaning, self-powered providing high reliability of cleaning thereby ensuring improved efficiency. It is suited for both roof top and ground mount ...
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Suntech Achieves the Five-Gigawatt Milestone
Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), the world's largest producer of solar panels, celebrated its 10th anniversary by announcing that more than five gigawatts (GW) of Suntech solar panels have been installed by customers and partners around the world since its inception in 2001. The 5GW of Suntech solar panels can generate enough clean electricity to offset approximately 3.78 million ...
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Solar Panels New Jersey to Make a Significant Difference In Grid Power Consumption
Increasing use of solar energy panels and large number of solar panels NJ, New Jersey, companies which have turned up with cost-effective solar panel solutions which work best for individual requirements and budget, is a remarkable initiative. Solar panels use clean and pure energy directly from the sun. Thus, on installing such panels, it becomes easier to combat greenhouse gas emissions and ...
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In a National First, SoCalGas and University of California Irvine Successfully Test Innovative Technology that Stores Renewable Energy
Southern California Gas Co. has announced the power-to-gas ("P2G") hydrogen pipeline injection program it funds at the University of California Irvine has successfully demonstrated the use of excess renewable electricity that would otherwise go to waste. P2G is a technique for converting surplus clean energy from solar panels or wind farms into hydrogen, which can be blended with natural gas and ...
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Solar Power Homes In Southern California Helping Families Change Over To Cleaner Resources
Nowadays, more and more homeowners are adapting to alternative source of energy, solar panel, which is free, clean and renewable. A lot of people today are already saving huge amount of money on their power bill by creating their own free energy from sunlight with installation of solar panels. Especially in Southern California, there are many solar companies which have turned up with cost ...
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Hydro Ottawa Chooses Opus One Solutions to Provide Transactive Energy Management Platform for MiGen
Opus One Solutions’ GridOS® Transactive Energy Management (GridOS-TEM) software platform has been chosen by Hydro Ottawa for its MiGen Transactive Grid program, which is desinged to give customers the ability to shape the future of the local electricity system through micro-generation.“As a Canadian-based clean tech innovator, we’re proud to be enabling Hydro Ottawa’s transactive grid with our ...
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SolaTrim LLC Inks Nationwide Canadian Distribution Agreement With Guillevin Greentech of Ontario
SolaTrim™ LLC (www.solatrim.com), innovators in protective barriers that safeguard and beautify residential rooftop solar systems, has announced that a distribution agreement has been reached with Guillevin Greentech, operating out of London, Ontario, who now joins SolaTrim’s expanded network of Canadian distributors. Guillevin Greentech, a subsidiary of Guillevin International Co., ...
By SolaTrim
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SolaTrim™ Adds National Solar Distributors Inc. as Third Canadian Supplier for Innovative Solar Protective Barriers
SolaTrim™ LLC (www.solatrim.com), innovators in protective barriers to beautify and safeguard residential solar systems, has signed National Solar Distributors of Edmonton, Alberta (NSD, http://nationalsolar.ca), as the company’s third Canadian distributor this year. NSD will be offering SolaTrim’s solar panel protection system to residential solar system integrators across ...
By SolaTrim
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Here are 6 Japanese startups with global ambitions
Japanese tech has been the byword for cutting edge for decades. Even with the increased competition from companies based in South Korea and China, Japan still filed the second most patents in the world in 2015 (PDF link), and it has one of the highest numbers of patents per person in the world. Much of this drive for innovation can be traced back to the Japanese focus on STEM education in ...
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Exelon to Expand Its Clean Energy Fleet with Acquisition of 230-Megawatt Solar Photovoltaic Project from First Solar
Exelon Corporation today announced its acquisition of Antelope Valley Solar Ranch One, a 230-megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic (PV) project under development in northern Los Angeles County, Calif., from First Solar, which developed and will build, operate, and maintain the project. Construction has started, with the first portion of the site expected to come ...
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Ceres releases a set of practices for an equitable and just transition to clean energy
Recognizes the clean energy transition as an opportunity to create a more equitable, just and sustainable economy Recommends five best practices to bring local communities and workforces into planning with clean energy project developers, purchasers, investors and regulators As clean energy deployment accelerates across the U.S. with solar and wind power now supplying more electricity than coal ...
By Ceres
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California Releases Report Charting Path to 100 Percent Clean Electricity
The California Energy Commission (CEC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and California Air Resources Board (CARB) this week (March 15) released the first joint agency report and a summary document examining how the state's electricity system can become carbon free by 2045. The report is the initial analysis called for in Senate Bill 100 (SB 100, De León, Chapter 312, ...
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ComEd Proposes Performance Metrics to Encourage High Levels of Service and Value to Customers
Following the completion of a stakeholder workshop process, ComEd this week submitted to the Illinois Commerce Commission, which regulates the state's public utilities, proposed performance metrics that incorporate feedback ComEd received in public workshops and support the goals of the state's new clean energy law, which is designed to achieve a 100 percent clean energy future with a focus on ...
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CALSTART, U.S. Leader in Clean Transportation, Unveils SolarWorld Solar Panels at Head Office
CALSTART, North America’s leading consortium to promote clean transportation technologies, today unveiled an 84.5-kilowatt solar array at its headquarters in Pasadena, Calif. The installation combines high-performance solar panels from SolarWorld, the largest U.S. solar manufacturer for more than 35 years, with five electric vehicle charging stations. The ...
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UK Climate Change Minister unveils UK’s first subsidy-free solar farm
Claire Perry MP, the UK Minister for Climate Change & Industry, will today officially open Anesco’s Clayhill solar farm and energy storage facility, located near Flitwick in Bedfordshire. Clayhill is the first solar farm in the UK to operate without a government subsidy. The 10MW solar farm will generate enough electricity for around 2,500 homes and save 4,452 tonnes of carbon. Steve ...
By Anesco Ltd
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