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Solar Impulse 2 Completes Pacific Ocean Crossing

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The fully solar-powered airplane Solar Impulse 2 left Hawaii last week our time and safely landed at Moffett Airfield in California on Sunday, finally completing the crossing of the Pacific Ocean and bagging a few (pending) world records in the process.

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As Oil Jobs Dry Up, Workers Turn to Solar Sector

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Burgeoning solar projects offer opportunities for out-of-work rig hands, roustabouts and pipe fitters. A few years ago, Sean and Stormy Fravel were riding the oil and gas boom like so many others in West Texas.

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Watch the Solar Impulse 2 sun-powered airplane take off for the first time in 9 months

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Today, Solar Impulse 2 will take off from Kalaeloa Airport in Hawaii for the next leg of its record-breaking flight around the world. The team anticipates taking off at 6-6:30AM local time (12-12:30PM ET) and landing at Moffett Air Field in Mountain View, California, at 9AM Saturday evening.

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Meet the Solar Innovators Filling a Gap in the Market

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Australia’s solar boom has brought with it an endless stream of positive impacts both economically and environmentally. But with economic growth in an industry comes complications for consumers.

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India says the cost of solar power is now cheaper than coal

 

To anybody who’s been reading the headlines on investment into clean energy production, it’s clear that India has been heavily backing solar power. In recent times, the nation has unveiled a string of ambitious solar projects, including the world’s first 100 percent solar-powered airport and what is slated to become the world’s largest solar power station.

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Beyond Tesla: solar-powered battery could challenge Australia’s soaring electricity prices

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Australia is at the dawn of a solar battery storage revolution. A recent report from US-based IHS Technology states that Australia’s energy storage market will grow from less than 500 battery installations in 2015 to 30,000 installations by 2018, while Morgan Stanley has found that half of all households in Australia are interested in installing solar panels with battery storage, with the market potential estimated to be $24bn.

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Looking to the Developing World, the Bright Future of Solar

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THE sun is the world’s battery pack. Photosynthesis captured the energy that is burned in fossil fuels. The sun drives the wind and ocean currents. And in an hour and a quarter the amount of sunlight that threads through the clouds to the Earth’s surface could power all the world’s electricity, vehicles, boilers, furnaces and cooking stoves for a year.

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University of Melbourne to install 1.8MW of solar PV across campuses

 

One week after the University of New England announced plans to build a self-funded solar array that would halve its grid electricity use, the University of Melbourne has called for tenders to install close to 2MW of rooftop solar across its Victorian campuses.