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AZ Gov. Hobbs cuts ribbon at Longroad Sun Streams solar + storage project

Solar Builder 26 Apr 2024

Longroad Energy hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate its $2 billion solar + storage Sun Steams Complex in Maricopa County, Arizona ... Sun Streams 2 – 200 MWdc solar project ... Sun Streams 3 – 285 MWdc solar and 215 MWac / 860 MWh storage project.

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6,000-acre solar energy and storage facility opens near Buckeye

Azcentral 26 Apr 2024

A 6,000-acre solar energy and storage facility is now ... In addition to the solar panels creating the energy from the sun, batteries will then store the energy to be used during peak hours, Gaynor said.

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California battery storage increasing rapidly, but not enough to end blackouts, Gov. Newsom says

The Los Angeles Times 26 Apr 2024

“Batteries allow us to use clean energy captured by solar and other renewable sources at all times of the day, especially when solar generation drops after the sun goes down.” The ultimate goal, he said, is to slow climate change.

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Arizona Governor Hobbs Attends Ceremony at Longroad Energy's Sun Streams Complex, Celebrating Expansion of Renewable ...

The Daily Independent - Ridgecrest 25 Apr 2024

In addition to solar power generation, the battery storage will capture the sun's energy to be used during times of the day when customers need it most and the sun is no longer shining.".

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Sun Blasts Comet, Breaking Off Its Tail

Futurism 25 Apr 2024

... in early April, when the Sun spewed a coronal mass ejection — an explosion of plasma from the Sun's corona — just as the comet 12P/Pons–Brooks flew into the path of this massive wave of solar energy.

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Biden administration aims to speed up the demise of coal-fired power plants

Chicago Tribune 25 Apr 2024

Gas accounted for 42%, but in some states a combination of wind and solar energy, paired with battery storage for when the wind isn’t blowing or the sun doesn’t shine, provides most of the electricity during various times of year.

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NASA will unfurl a 860-square-foot solar sail from within a microwave-sized cube

Popular Science 24 Apr 2024

This artist’s concept shows the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System spacecraft sailing in space using the energy of the sun ... These poles, once deployed, function as sailboat booms, and will keep the sheet taut enough to capture solar energy.

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California Now Has So Much Solar Power That Electricity Prices Are Going Negative During the Day

Futurism 23 Apr 2024

the total demand for electricity minus the energy supplied by solar and other renewables ... But by midday, the sun's out and solar energy can provide almost all the power needed, causing prices to plummet ... Solar energy is obviously no slouch.

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Empowering Homes with Renewable Energy: Residential Solar Services that Make a Difference

GetNews 23 Apr 2024

... to solar energy ... These solutions allow homeowners to store excess energy produced by their solar panels during the day when the sun is not shining, such as at night or during cloudy weather.

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At Babcock Ranch, new FPL discovery center gives hands-on, family friendly solar insights

Naples Daily News 23 Apr 2024

Kitson said from the beginning, the community needed a source of renewable energy to be truly sustainable, and solar made perfect sense ... Showing off a living lab of solar energy. But gathering the sun's ...

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Huawei launches ground-breaking solar inverter at World Future Energy Summit

Tahawultech 23 Apr 2024

Inverters connect to solar panels, converting the energy generated by the sun to usable electricity ... Governments in the region are also mandating installing solar systems and setting targets for solar energy generation ratios.

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Climate change legislation faces another uphill battle to approval

The CT Mirror 23 Apr 2024

Buckley Elementary School in Manchester has solar on the roof and also collects solar energy in this so-called smart flower that can track the sun ... much larger solar expansion bill he has been pushing.

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Chinese researchers develop new algorithm to recognize coronal mass ejections

China Daily 22 Apr 2024

CMEs are large scale masses of plasma thrown from the sun into interplanetary space and are considered the largest form of energy release in the solar system.

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Earth Day 2024: Some scientists are calling for 'urgent optimism' for change | The Excerpt

Usatoday 22 Apr 2024

... solar and wind, that gets a little harder ... I mean red states, Georgia, Georgia is going whole hog when it comes to solar because they have a lot of sun, and their energy system was really expensive.

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China science, technology news summary -- April 22

China.dot.org 22 Apr 2024

BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE TOOL ... NEW ALGORITHM TO RECOGNIZE CMES ... CMEs are large scale masses of plasma thrown from the sun into interplanetary space and are considered the largest form of energy release in the solar system ... Enditem .