Microsoft signs 110MW PPA with AES to power California data centers
AES Corporation this week announced a 20-year agreement with Microsoft to provide renewable energy to its data centers in California.
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Construction begins on largest floating solar project in the US
Construction has begun on a 8.9-MW floating solar installation in Millburn, NJ, that will be the largest floating array in the United States.
US Senators urge Biden administration to expedite solar tariff investigation decision
A group of US Senators are urging President Biden to expedite and conclude the administration’s investigation into imported solar panels.
Meet the power plant of the future: solar + battery hybrids are poised for explosive growth
Early signs suggest the top energy trend of the 2020s may be a boom in “hybrid” power plants composed of solar and battery storage.
A Maine company has built the world’s 1st solar-powered electric boat
A Maine company has built a 100% solar-powered boat that burns no oil or gasoline, causes no water pollution and generates very little noise.
Renewable electricity just powered California 100% for the first time in history
Renewable electricity met 100% of California’s demand for the first time on Saturday, much of it from large amounts of solar power.
Tesco trials solar-powered refrigerated trailers
Retailer Tesco is trialling solar-powered refrigerated trailers in the UK in a collaboration with Marshall Fleet Solutions.
A better way to clean solar panels
MIT researchers have devised a waterless, no-contact system, which uses electrostatic repulsion to automatically clean solar panels.
Solar beats nuclear at many potential settlement sites on Mars
A new study concludes that a solar power system would weigh less than a nuclear system, and would be sufficient to power a colony on Mars.
Repairing a solar array in space
NASA’s Lucy Mission will use solar panels to get sufficient power to run science instruments for the project,