The World’s Largest Solar Farm Rises in the Remote Egyptian Desert

By: Rachel Scheier   In 1913 on the outskirts of Cairo, an inventor from Philadelphia named Frank Shuman built the world’s first solar thermal power station, using the abundant Egyptian sunshine to pump 6,000 gallons of water a minute from the Nile to irrigate a nearby cotton field. World War I and the discovery of cheap oil […]

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The Los Angeles Lakers Just Partnered with LG to Bring Solar Power to Training Center

  The Lakers’ UCLA Health Training Center is now home to 456 solar panels that are set to produce an estimated 245,000 kilowatt hours per year. The basketball team could save around $38,000 annually by turning to solar power. By: Anmar Frangoul After signing LeBron James earlier this summer, the Los Angeles Lakers are also […]

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California is Generating So Much Renewable Energy, It’s About to Take a Break

BY: MIHAI ANDREI With this year’s blistering summer, California’s solar energy production has surged so much that the state might be taking a break from new renewable projects beginning next month. Currently, California is regularly shunting electricity to Arizona and other states (sometimes paying them to do so) just to avoid overloading its own current lines.   […]

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Why Supersized Solar Farms Are Sprouting Around The World

By: Mark Harris In a quest to cut the cost of clean electricity, power utilities around the world are supersizing their solar farms. Nowhere is that more apparent than in southern Egypt, where what will be the world’s largest solar farm — a vast collection of more than 5 million photovoltaic panels — is now taking shape. When […]

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Qualicum Beach Home Gets First Install Of UK-Invented Solar Panel Tiles On Vancouver Island

Solar panels connect to concrete tiles for easy installation By: Karly Blats A design engineer from the United Kingdom is installing his solar energy tiles for the first time on Vancouver Island on a residential roof in Qualicum Beach. Paul Cropper, co-founder of the British firm Solarmass Energy, said the solar panel tiles offer an […]

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