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05/31/2024
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By Cassie B.
Solar farm expansion plans in UK under fire as farmers forced off their land
Some UK farmers are being pushed off of their land as the misguided quest for more solar power presses forward in Britain. This is according to the former head of the UK’s farming union, who called attention to the many drawbacks of large-scale solar farms in the country. Minette Batters, who once served as the […]
03/03/2021
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By Virgilio Marin
How building a massive solar farm in the Sahara desert could disrupt the climate
Researchers from Sweden warn that installing an enormous array of solar panels in the Sahara desert can drastically alter the climate. In a study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, the researchers described how a giant array of solar panels, such as that planned for the Sahara, could raise global temperatures. This could disrupt precipitation patterns and bring more cyclones […]
06/21/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Floating a new idea to conserve space: Solar panels are now being installed on floating water rafts
In 2008, a winery in Napa Valley, California set up the first floating solar array in the world. The idea of floating solar panels became popular in Asia, but it only gained traction in the U. S. in recent years. Experts believe that floating solar arrays on artificial bodies of water might produce more than 400 gigawatts of […]
02/26/2018
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By David Williams
Renewable makeover: Michigan farmers switching from tobacco to solar arrays
With tobacco use declining more and more in the U.S. each year, there are some who have realized that it may be on the way out. But when that happens, what is going to take up tobacco’s place in all of the currently used farmlands? Two researchers from the Michigan Technological University (MTU) believe that […]
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