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Europe embraces solar power in a revolutionary way

Inhabitant

Europe is accelerating its use of solar power, in part motivated by Russia’s war in Ukraine. In line with Europe’s pledge to half greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, the EU is installing solar panels and roof tiles just about everywhere.

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Solar-powered system converts plastic and greenhouse gases into sustainable fuels

Environmental News Bits

Researchers have developed a system that can transform plastic waste and greenhouse gases into sustainable fuels and other valuable products — using just the energy from the Sun. Read the full story from the University of Cambridge.

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Who pays and who benefits from a massive expansion of solar power?

Environmental News Bits

greenhouse gas emissions that drive climate change. For both of these reasons, the power sector is central to… Read more → by Felix Mormann (Texas A&M University) Electricity generation produces a quarter of U.S.

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Scientist use "miracle material" to make sustainable fuel

Inhabitant

University of Cambridge researchers have developed a new solar-powered system to convert greenhouse gases and plastic waste into sustainable fuels. The new solar-powered reactor could have applications for many industries.

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UCS Expert Testifies on the New Clean Electricity Tax Credits

Union of Concerned Scientists

With the shift to a tax credit premised on technology-neutral framing, the risk is high that heavily polluting power plants—the very polluters this tax credit is meant to drive the shift away from—instead co-opt it for their own. Treasury and the IRS are right to propose clear rules for solar- and wind-powered electricity generation.

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California is wrestling with electricity prices – here’s how to design a system that covers the cost of fixing the grid while keeping prices fair

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Liu, Purdue University Small-scale solar power, also known as rooftop or distributed solar, has grown considerably in the U.S. by Yihsu Chen, University of California, Santa Cruz and Andrew L. over the past decade.

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The Carbon Capture Boondoggle Begins To Unwind 

Enviromental Defense

CCS is an example of how oil and gas companies are pretending to care about the climate crisis, and are pushing dangerous distractions that they claim can help address greenhouse gas emissions – while allowing them to keep extracting and burning dirty fossil fuels. It’s called wind and solar power. Because they don’t care.