Solar power

Solar power is the conversion of sunlight into electricity, either directly using photovoltaics (PV), or indirectly using concentrated solar power (CSP). Concentrated solar power systems use lenses or mirrors and tracking systems to focus a large area of sunlight into a small beam. Photovoltaics convert light into an electric current using the photovoltaic effect.

The International Energy Agency projected in 2014 that under its "high renewables" scenario, by 2050, solar photovoltaics and concentrated solar power would contribute about 16 and 11 percent, respectively, of the worldwide electricity consumption, and solar would be the world's largest source of electricity. Most solar installations would be in China and India.

Photovoltaics were initially solely used as a source of electricity for small and medium-sized applications, from the calculator powered by a single solar cell to remote homes powered by an off-grid rooftop PV system. As the cost of solar electricity has fallen, the number of grid-connected solar PV systems has grown into the millions and utility-scale solar power stations with hundreds of megawatts are being built. Solar PV is rapidly becoming an inexpensive, low-carbon technology to harness renewable energy from the Sun.

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VRA unveils refurbished Kaleo D/A Primary School

B & FT Online 06 May 2024
Prior to the renovation, the Kaleo D/A Primary, which lies in between the Authority’s two solar power plants at Kaleo lacked the needed infrastructure to promote good education for the kids in the community ... He urged the community to support and protect the solar power plants ......
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Kahramaa initiative promotes use of solar power

The Peninsula 05 May 2024
To boost the renewable energy sector to enhance sustainability and use of clean energy, Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) is working to promote the use of solar power in the country by introducing incentives for a renewable energy programme....
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A divisive frame of mind

The News International 02 May 2024
Last week, several news outlets carried reports about a summary by the Central Power Purchasing Authority (CPPA) recommending to the government to impose a tax of Rs2,000 per kVA of solar power generation capacity on customers ... According to one official, solar power users make ......
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Uma Oya Multipurpose Development Project: No Reported Issues

Sri Lanka News 30 Apr 2024
Water, solar, and wind power plants play pivotal roles ... Moreover, the Ceylon Electricity Board and Sustainable Energy Authority have initiated a new program aimed at expediting projects generating electricity from wind or solar power, each with a capacity of less than 10 megawatts....
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President inaugurates €16m Kaleo phase II solar plant

B & FT Online 26 Apr 2024
President Nana Akufo-Addo has inaugurated a €16million 15-megawatt (MW) phase II solar power project, with GH¢30million in counterpart funding by the Volta River Authority (VRA), in Kaleo, Nadowli Kaleo District of the Upper West Region ... “The inauguration of this solar power plant ......
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Early issuance of direct power purchase critical to promote foreign investment

Vietnam News 26 Apr 2024
At a conference held by the Ministry of Industry and Trade to raise opinions around the draft decrees on DPPA and mechanisms to encourage the development of rooftop solar power at residential houses, offices and industrial parks, Director of the Electricity Regulatory Authority ......
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Pennsylvania to Receive Over $156 Million for 'Solar for All' Initiative - exploreClarion

Explore Clarion 24 Apr 2024
The Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority’s (PEDA) Solar for All initiative is estimated to benefit more than 14,000 Pennsylvania households, save more than $192 million on Pennsylvanians’ electric bills over the next twenty years, and cut 43 million tons of carbon emissions ......
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South Korea offers support for agrivoltaics

PV Magazine 24 Apr 2024
... of agricultural solar power generation projects and operate them stably,” it said ... “If an agricultural solar power generation project is approved through illegal means, the authorities will be allowed to cancel permits and impose fines and penalties,” it said....
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Solar power canopy at JFK long-term parking lot to help power AirTrain, nearby homes

The Villager 23 Apr 2024
Construction has started on a solar power canopy over a John F ... “We are breaking ground on a game-changing solar project, which will give power ... The Port Authority and the New York Power Authority worked in partnership to contract TotalEnergies to construct the solar canopy....
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Is China Ready to Put Solar Panels Out at Sea?

The Maritime Executive 19 Apr 2024
Zhou agrees that the authority is taking a “cautious” approach to avoid repeating some of the mistakes made early on with onshore solar power ... In a report on the status and challenges of ocean-based solar power in China, it said energy, maritime, natural resources, ......
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PURC orders ECG to pay GH¢446m to cash waterfall beneficiaries by end of April

Ghana Business News 17 Apr 2024
The Category B beneficiaries include, the Volta River Authority (VRA), Bui Power Authority, BXC Solar, Meinergy, Safisana, Early Power, GNGC (Ghana Gas), and the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo), as well as some regulatory levies ... In a regulatory order to ECG on Monday, April 15, the Commission stated that ... .......

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