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Pennsylvania Democrats seek balance between environmental policy and loyalty to labor – Pennsylvania Capital-Star

(Getty Images) With a majority in the state House for the first time in a dozen years, Pennsylvania Democrats launched this legislative session with an ambitious environmental agenda. Lawmakers introduced bills to mitigate the impact of natural gas extraction on nearby communities, halt the reactivation of idle coal power plants, and ensure that a nearly […]

New hybrid solar panel technology tested by Con Edison

Nov 17, 2023, 1:23pmUpdated 23h ago By: News 12 Staff New solar power technology is in the works and could soon be coming to Hudson Valley homes and business. Con Edison showcased hybrid solar panels at its Spring Valley offices, producing electricity and harnessing thermal energy for heating/cooling. “The idea behind the technology is to […]

SA solar panel imports skyrocket in 2023

The massive appetite in South Africa for solar energy is reflected in the escalating imports of solar panels, with R16.9 billion having been landed in just the first nine months of 2023. In 2022 the country imported R5.6bn worth of solar panels. This is according to the senior economist of Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, an […]

UAE inaugurates giant solar plant, two weeks before climate talks

UAE inaugurates giant solar plant, two weeks before climate talks by AFP Staff Writers Al Dhafra, UAE (AFP) Nov 16, 2023 The United Arab Emirates inaugurated on Thursday one of the world’s biggest solar plants, two weeks before the oil-rich Gulf state hosts UN climate talks. The Al Dhafra plant, south […]

Andrew Gentile: What’s the cost of banning fossil fuels?

This commentary is by Andrew K. Gentile, an electrical engineer who lives in Sheffield. This summer’s flooding has prompted dozens of stories linking our weather to the use of fossil fuels, with each story following the same pattern: The flooding is due exclusively to the use of fossil fuels, and we have to stop using […]

Tunnelling recombination layer boosts efficiency of tandem solar cells

Tunnelling recombination layer boosts efficiency of tandem solar cells by Staff Writers Ningbom China (SPX) Nov 16, 2023 Prof. YE Jichun’s team from the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), along with researchers from Soochow University, have developed a polycrystalline silicon tunnelling recombination layer […]