solar energy
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Scientist Trap Sunlight to Reach Temps of Nearly 2,000 Degrees Fahrenheit
Engineers are cooking up a new clean energy solution: charging up crystals with solar energy to temperatures of 1,832 degrees Fahrenheit (1,000 degrees Celsius), potentially making them a greener substitute for the carbon-intensive processes that smelt steel and cook cement. The new technology—described in a proof-of-concept study published today in Device—makes use of a property…
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Solar Farms Can Actually Double as Havens for Wildlife
Australia’s renewable energy transition has prompted the construction of dozens of large-scale solar farms. The boom helps reduce Australia’s reliance on fossil fuels, but requires large areas of land to be converted to host solar infrastructure. Solar farms are mostly built in rural areas. This has raised concerns about a potential decline in both agricultural…
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Solar Energy? At Night Time? Aussie Researchers Say It’s More Likely Than You Think
Researchers at UNSW have produced night-time solar energy. You know, solar power when the sun isn’t shining.
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We Should Turn Big Box Stores Into Solar Farms
Walmart, Target, Home Depot, and other box stores are home to acres and acres of sweet, flat rooftop space. That veritable sheet metal prairie is ripe for many uses, but there may be none better than as solar farms.