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China to Cut Wind, Solar Power Prices as Construction Costs Fall
2015-12-23 21:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: China will cut the preferential rate it offers wind and solar power developers to reflect the decline in construction costs. Tariffs for newly-built onshore wind farms will be cut by as much as 4 percent in 2016 from current levels and by another 6 percent in 2018 from 2016 tariff levels, according to a statement posted on the website of the National Development and Reform Commission. Reductions for new solar power projects will be as much as 11 percent in 2016. China had been mulling the tariff...
Desert tower raises Chile's solar power ambition to new heights
2015-12-22 15:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Rising more than 200 metres above the vast, deserted plains of the Atacama desert, the second tallest building in Chile sits in such a remote location that it looks, from a distance, like the sanctuary of a reclusive prophet, a temple to ancient gods or the giant folly of a wealthy eccentric. Instead, this extraordinary structure is a solar power tower that is being built to harvest the energy of the sun via a growing field of giant mirrors that radiate out for more than a kilometre across the ground...
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Solar power has lots of headroom to make it stronger, cheaper and global
2015-12-18 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: On paper, the amount of sunlight hitting the Earth in one hour could fulfill humanity's energy needs for a year, an equation that's hard to ignore. However, harnessing more of this vast potential remains a major challenge, since the sun has to compete with coal, oil and natural gas -- fuels that are abundant and cheap and retain substantial political support in many parts of the world, including the United States. Over the past few years, solar energy technologies, particularly photovoltaics,...
Vikram Solar deploys rooftop solar power plants at two more airports in India
2015-12-18 01:00:00| Airport Technology
Tier 1 PV module manufacturer Vikram Solar has deployed rooftop solar power plants at two more international airports in India.
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Georgia Power, University of Georgia to Conduct Solar Tracking Demo Project
2015-12-17 17:41:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Georgia Power leaders joined University of Georgia officials to dedicate a new one megawatt (MW) solar tracking demonstration project in Athens, Georgia. read more
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