Why is solar panels bad for the environment? Are Solar Panels Dangerous? Hazardous waste testing of solar panels on the market has shown that different types of solar panels have different metals in the solar panel and the solder. Some of these metals, such as lead and cadmium, are harmful to human health and the […]
$400 million for solar energy in Puerto Rico by Mark Moran Washington DC (UPI) Nov 3, 2023 The U.S Department of Energy has made $440 million available to partner with solar companies and nonprofits to equip vulnerable households in Puerto Rico with rooftop solar and battery systems. The first allocation of money through […]
Solar mini-grids offer clean-power hope to rural Africa By Patrick MARKEY Sabon Gida, Nigeria (AFP) Nov 2, 2023 Working as a nurse in her rural Nigerian village, Andat Datau faced more than her share of challenges. But delivering babies by torchlight was always hard. Off-grid for years, her Sabon Gida village relied on […]
Iraq inches toward solar-powered future By Salam FARAJ Hazar Merd, Iraq (AFP) Nov 2, 2023 In a small village in the mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan, solar panels adorn most homes, part of a small but growing effort to harness the sun’s energy in Iraq, where electricity is scarce. “Solar covers all […]
Homogenizing strategy increases conversion efficiency of perovskite films by Staff Writers Hefei, China (SPX) Nov 02, 2023 In a study published in Nature, researchers from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have proposed a new and promising method of fabricating homogenized perovskite films for solar cells. […]
China lithium boom harming fragile Tibetan plateau: report by AFP Staff Writers Beijing (AFP) Nov 1, 2023 China’s booming electric vehicle industry is fuelling a lithium rush in the Tibetan plateau that risks damaging the troubled region’s fragile ecology and deepening rights violations, research published Wednesday said. China is the world’s biggest EV […]
