Self Driving Cars And Solar Panel Installing Robots — Our Relationship To Machines Is Complicated

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2024 18:01:59 +0000

AI enabled robots are everywhere, from self driving cars from Waymo to machines that install solar panels quickly and cheaply.

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10 US Solar Stats for Your Christmas Parties

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2024 01:14:47 +0000

Have some holiday parties coming up and need some fun and interesting stats to share when the conversation gets dull or turns in a wrong direction? We’re here to help. Well, the US Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) is here to help. It just released its US Solar Market Insight … [continued]

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USA Adds Record Amount of Solar Manufacturing in 4th Quarter — Thanks, IRA

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2024 04:59:52 +0000

Last week, I wrote about the enormous growth in US manufacturing construction investment that has come from Joe Biden’s strong reshoring and new manufacturing policies (see graph above). Solar technology manufacturing is a part of that and the US Solar Market Insight Q4 2024 report released today by the US … [continued]

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Best Practices for Mitigating Hail Damage to Solar Projects

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2024 03:39:03 +0000

Mitigating against the risk of hail for solar projects is both extremely complicated and more straightforward than you may think. Natural catastrophes (NatCat), particularly hail, pose a significant risk for […]

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Small US State Launches Game-Changing Agrivoltaic Project

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2024 21:15:20 +0000

Space-saving bifiacial PV technology is a new addition to the dual-use agrivoltaic movement, which enables farmers to continue working their land while realizing income from solar projects.

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Wellbots is running a major Cyber Monday sale on top rated power stations such as Ecoflow, Anker, and Bluetti

Credit to Author: Industry Sponsor| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2024 13:41:00 +0000

If you’re in the market for portable power stations, there are some big discounts today for Cyber Monday. Have a look below. ECOFLOW • All Ecoflow prices can be found here 5% OFF the entire collection with code POWERSTATIONCM5 Special Deals (better discount than 5%): • EcoFlow DELTA Pro Ultra … [continued]

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Baltic Nation Deploys Solar Power For 100% Energy Independence

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 15:29:46 +0000

Solar power is featured in the reconstruction of the historic Estonian National Library in Talinn, deploying building-integrated solar panels that match the original roofing material.

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Volt Solar Tile Set to Expand into the US Market

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 04:47:00 +0000

Readers of CleanTechnica may remember the article about the innovative Volt Solar Tile published a year ago. At that time, Peter Leeson, the visionary founder of Volt Solar Tile, made some predictions about where the company would be by the beginning of 2025. We caught up on zoom yesterday to … [continued]

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US Grid Operators Kept the Lights on This Summer with More Solar, Storage, & Wind

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 20:21:14 +0000

The demand for electricity is generally at its peak during summer afternoons, when many people use their air conditioners. Until this year, the bulk power system — the network of generators and transmission lines — met this demand through hydropower and fossil fuel generation. What a shift this past summer … [continued]

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Parking Lot Full of Wooden Solar Canopies in France

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 04:30:56 +0000

Plans are underway to install wooden-framed parking canopies in Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie (Gard) as part of a future communal self-consumption initiative. BoucL Énergie was chosen to construct photovoltaic canopies on the municipal car park on Chemin de la Carrierasse. The municipality’s self-consumption project aims to reduce CO₂ emissions by producing and sharing solar … [continued]

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