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Environment United States

6. December 2022

Solar Panels: Clean Energy You Can Count On

In the United States, the addition of household rooftop solar panels is expanding rapidly - both in an effort to decrease reliance on the power grid and to lower electricity costs.

Environment

Environment Greece

7. November 2022

For the First Time Ever, This Country Ran Entirely on Renewables

For the first time in its history, Greece ran entirely on renewable energy sources for five hours, a sign that the European country’s power grid is greener and its electricity system reliable to cover the demand.

Environment

Environment India

11. September 2022

Solar Capacity Reaches All-Time High Here

In India, the first half of 2022 was productive in green energy with the addition of 7.2 gigawatts of solar capacity installations, an all-time record that brings the country's cumulative installed solar capacity to 57 GW.

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Environment Australia

7. September 2022

Out of the Way, Coal: Sun Power Is Making This Continent Greener

Solar is slowly dominating Australia’s electric grid, beating out aging coal plants multiple times in both summer and winter months.

Technology

Technology USA

19. July 2022

Growing Plants Without Sunlight? It’s Now Possible!

A team of researchers affiliated with the University of California developed a way to grow plants without photosynthesis, a technology both useful on Earth, as it boosts crop yields, and in space where natural sunlight is scarce.

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Environment Vietnam

7. July 2022

Renewable Energy Sees Massive Growth Here

With an impressive 11% share of its electricity grid coming from renewable energy sources, Vietnam is one of seven countries to have achieved such a feat in 2021, and the nation is now the 10th largest solar power producer in the world.

Environment

Environment USA

27. May 2022

Renewable Energy off to a Great Start This Year

The United States has seen substantial growth in renewable energies in the first two months of 2022, surpassing other polluting energy sources, and that surge of clean energy sources within the global power grid is likely to accelerate in the coming years.

Technology

Technology USA

16. May 2022

Groundbreaking “Solar” Plane Could Stay In The Air For Months

An American-Spanish startup company is busy at work transforming a solar-panel-equipped plane into a pseudo-satellite able to do various tasks without using a single drop of fuel and to stay afloat for months at a time.

Environment

Environment Ireland

1. May 2022

First-Ever Power Grid to Run on This Much Renewable Energy (from Different Sources!)

Ireland and Northern Ireland have become the first places in the world with a power grid that has the capacity to get three quarters of its electricity from renewable sources.

Environment

Environment The World

28. April 2022

Renewable Energy Gains Momentum Across the World

Renewable energy continues to grow its share of the global electricity grid, with hydropower in the lead and solar and wind closing in on its tail - and accelerating that growth is proving key to halting global warming, and completely phasing out the production and use…