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India’s solar capacity will be ‘well short’ of its 100GW target in 2022
Much of the Indian subcontinent is ideally suited for solar power with lots of sunshine all year round. In its efforts to harvest much of the inexhaustible energy of the sun, India’s government has pledged to have 100GW of solar
E. coli bacteria can help solar panels work on cloudy days
Solar power has much to recommend it, not least that it’s clean and carbon-free. It also draws on an inexhaustible natural resources in the form of sun rays. It does have a significant drawback, though. It only works when the
The sunny side of solar for California homeowners
In the state of California, solar power is becoming increasingly dominant. California is the first state in the US where solar panels will be made mandatory on most newly built homes after 2020. At present a fifth of single-family homes
Transparent solar panels are in the works
Solar power is a great power source: it’s cheap, green, highly efficient and inexhaustible. But it isn’t without some drawbacks. For one thing, solar panels tend to be bulky and unsightly, occupying plenty of space. But they no longer have
Solar power is on the rise in Europe due to climate change
As climate change raises average temperatures across the continent of Europe, the number of sunny days is bound to grow. And more sunny days means more potential for solar power. That’s one of those ironies of climate change: at times