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Vindeby Offshore Wind Farm
Three decades ago, there wasn't a single offshore wind farm in the world. These days, there are over 100, the largest of which can generate enough energy to power 600,000 homes. What set off the…
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Hornsdale Power Reserve
Elon Musk is no shrinking violet. In the midst of a heated debate on the best way to recharge South Australia's power grid, the provocative Tesla CEO threw down a daring wager. In a 9 March 2017…
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Tengger Desert Solar Park
Spanning some 43 square kilometers (16.6 square miles) in the open desert—and supplying power to more than 600,000 homes—Tengger Desert Solar Park was constructed at a never-before-seen scale,…
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Sorek Desalination Plant
Few places in the world face a more dire water situation than Israel, where the vital liquid has been in short supply for millennia. In 1998, a new crisis loomed. Israel, like much of the eastern…
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Site Specific
Suide County, located on the Loess Plateau in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, has abundant sunshine and ample amounts of unused land. In an effort to use those two conditions to lower the area's…
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Panda Power
These bears are full of energy. Using dark and light solar cells to create a shading effect, the aptly named Panda Green Energy opened a 50-megawatt (MW), CNY350 million solar power plant in Datong,…
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Balance of Power
Call it a hinge moment in global energy markets. Nearly three years ago, project portfolios were thrown into a tailspin seemingly overnight when the price of oil plunged. Little has changed since…
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Power Shift
Even as fossil fuel prices tumble, the wind sector is bucking market trends and picking up investment. A combo of cheaper, more productive turbines and increased competition is pushing down the…
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Growing Power
The green grid is growing for Canada's British Columbia province. Ninety-eight percent of its electricity is already generated from renewable sources, but the demand forclean energy only will…
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Running on Rubbish
One person's trash is another person's... energy? With more and more garbage piling up around the world, organizations are launching projects to implement the latest waste-to-energy (WtE)…
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