Tag: solar
Are floating solar farms the future of clean energy? – BBC News
Over the past two years, energy prices have soared to record levels across Europe, leading to renewed efforts to harness renewable resources. Portugal has turned its sights to solar power – and the country is now home to Europe’s largest floating solar farm. Located on a reservoir in southern Portugal, the farm is the size of five football pitches and is made up of 12,000…
China breaks ground on massive desert solar and wind power base
Beijing aims to produce 450 gigawatts of renewable energy to slash carbon emissions A massive renewable energy project worth more than $11 billion kicked off construction in China’s seventh-largest desert in the province of Inner Mongolia on Wednesday. The project is part of the country’s ambitious clean energy agenda. The solar and wind power base with an overall installed capacity of 16 million kW will…
First life in solar system may have been on Mars, new study finds
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube The first life in our solar system may have emerged on Mars, according to a new study. Water- and carbon-rich asteroids bombarded the red planet in the first 100 million years of its evolution, making Mars conducive to life, the research published in Science Advances says. Support us: https://subscribe.scmp.com Follow us on: Website: https://www.scmp.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/scmp…
Plans to beam solar generated electricity wirelessly from space to homes – BBC News
Space bosses are to investigate whether electricity could be beamed wirelessly from space into millions of homes. The European Space Agency will this week likely approve a three-year study to see if having huge solar farms in space could work and be cost effective. The eventual aim is to have giant satellites in orbit, each able to generate the same amount of electricity as a…
This Indian village is the first to run only on solar power | Al Jazeera Newsfeed
India’s government says a village in Gujarat is the country’s first to run wholly on power from the sun. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News
Qatar opens first solar power plant built with Chinese equipment and technology
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Qatar inaugurated its first solar power plant on October 18, 2022. The 800-megawatt facility, located in the desert area of Al Kharsaah, has nearly two million solar panels all sourced from the Chinese solar giant LONGi. Support us: https://subscribe.scmp.com Follow us on: Website: https://www.scmp.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/scmp Twitter: https://twitter.com/scmpnews Instagram: https://instagram.com/scmpnews Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/south-china-morning-post/ #scmp #World #MiddleEast