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The climate and the adjacent land covered by solar panels help insulate the track from typical problems faced by other tracks.

How solar panel farms can help protect racetracks

The story is as old as racing circuits are. Land uses change around a popular circuit, neighbors complain, land values go up, and the circuit disappears. The litany of circuits that have been devoured by encroaching development in Southern California alone is disturbing to those who have followed motorsport for decades.

But there is a ray of hope in some areas.

Generating solar power requires lots of land. And solar farms are good neighbors to racetracks. They provide a solid buffer zone, sometimes acres, between the circuit and any other land use. They are not disturbed by noise or traffic. They don’t require a lot of people on site. And once they are established, they are not the sort of uses that are easily displaced by residential, commercial, or other industrial uses.

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Source: Roadracing World

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A Swiss team called Peak Evolution successfully climbed the western edge of Ojos del Salado in their solar-powered electric truck.

This solar electric truck climbed the world’s highest volcano and set a world record

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A solar electric truck climbed the world’s highest volcano using solar power alone – and set a new world record for altitude for an EV.

A Swiss team called Peak Evolution, which is sponsored by Austrian transport and logistics company Gebrüder Weiss, successfully climbed the western edge of Ojos del Salado, 6,500 meters above sea level in Chile, in their solar-powered electric truck.

Two months ago, the electric truck was transported to Chile from Switzerland via Rotterdam by sea freight. From there, it was transported overland to the Atacama region, where the team began to prepare for their ascent at Chile’s Maricunga salt lake, which is at an altitude of 3,400 meters (11,155 feet).

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Source: electrek

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Carter believes that the Solar Workforce Accelerator Program helps schools save money and shows people that solar power is accessible.

Solar apprenticeship program benefits southwest Virginia communities

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Isaac Carter’s summer days started early. The 17-year-old from Dryden, Virginia, unloaded trailers, carried equipment up ladders to rooftops and pulled wires to connect solar panels.

It was hard but satisfying work, and it paid $17 an hour – a good wage for a young person in rural Southwest Virginia. He also earned college credit for it, has an internship experience to add to his resume and obtained an Occupational Safety and Health Administration certification, commonly known as an OSHA 10 card, that makes him more desirable to employers – all before he began his last year of high school.

Carter was part of the Solar Workforce Accelerator Program, a youth solar apprenticeship program in Southwest Virginia. The program operates as a partnership between Mountain Empire Community College, the Solar Workgroup of Southwest Virginia collaborative group, solar company Secure Solar Futures, Wise and Lee county public schools and the electric company Got Electric.

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Source: The Appalachian Voice

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Turkey is “lagging” in its solar power capacity but could generate 120 GW through better solar rooftop utilization.

Turkey could generate 120 GW through better solar rooftop rollout

Turkey is “lagging” in its solar power capacity but could generate 120 GW – 45% of the country’s total electricity needs – through better solar rooftop utilization, said UK environmental think tank Ember in a recently published report.

The report, penned by Ufuk Alparslan and Azem Yildirim, shows that $3.6 billion worth of subsidies, which paid for fossil fuel imports from September 2022 to August 2023, could be eliminated through better rooftop PV policies.

Introducing rooftop solar “obligations” for new buildings and public buildings, as well as tendering suitable apartment building roofs by municipalities, could help the government of Turkey achieve better residential solar take-up, Alparslan said in the report.

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Source: PV Magazine

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Representatives from Gov. Newsom’s administration will attend and speak on the Golden State’s progress toward clean energy goals, zero-emission vehicles and nature-based solutions.

From decarbonization to electric cars, California hopes to showcase climate leadership at COP28

World leaders are gearing up for COP28, an annual U.N. climate conference that will begin this week in Dubai, and California is expected to play a sizable role in the proceedings.

Representatives from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration will attend and speak on the Golden State’s progress toward clean energy goals, zero-emission vehicles and nature-based solutions, officials said. California will also engage in continued diplomacy at the subnational level after Newsom’s recent trip to China, where he engaged in climate talks with local leaders.

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Source: Los Angeles Time

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Once only accessible to the well-off, solar power is making inroads to low-income households thanks to federal and state programs

California program brings clean energy to Oakland

Joseph Wang and his wife have figured out a way to stay warm and efficient during northern California’s winter nights: layering.

“We bundle up during the day, and at night. We use two blankets,” said Wang, 87, in Mandarin, explaining how he and his wife, Meng Rou Lan, 84, dealt with trying to save money on their electricity bill last winter. When he and his wife were hit with a $130 electricity bill, they decided to use their heater sparingly. But soon, due to a publicly funded statewide solar program in California, their bill may go down as much as $40 a month.

Wang is a resident of St Mary’s Gardens, an affordable housing complex with 100 units for low-income seniors in Oakland, California.

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Source: The Guardian

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B2U Storage Solutions just announced it has made SEPV Cuyama, a solar power & energy storage installation using second-life EV batteries.

New solar power & energy storage system uses former electric vehicle batteries

One of the common myths about electric vehicle batteries is that they are hard to recycle when they are no longer being used or can’t be used in a vehicle. This notion is not true, and to the contrary, some former electric vehicle batteries are being used for stationary energy storage projects. Having a second life after EV use extends the utility of such batteries, meaning they can serve two purposes and not just one.

California-based B2U Storage Solutions just announced it has made SEPV Cuyama, a solar power and energy storage installation using second-life EV batteries, operational in New Cuyama, Santa Barbara County, CA. Freeman Hall, co-founder and CEO of B2U Storage Solutions, answered some questions about the project for CleanTechnica.

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Source: Clean Technica

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The Diocese of San Joaquin and its 21 faith communities in Central Valley & Sierra Nevada are close to achieving their renewable energy goal.

Diocese of San Joaquin nears its renewable energy goal

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The Diocese of San Joaquin and its 21 faith communities in California’s Central Valley and Sierra Nevada are close to achieving a key renewable energy goal: In the next month or two, the diocese’s final solar panel installations are expected to go online. With that flip of a switch, an estimated 95% of diocesan energy use will be independent of fossil fuels.

“This is certainly about economics,” Bishop David Rice told Episcopal News Service. Beyond saving money, the diocese also sees its mission as being good stewards of God’s creation, and it is “endeavoring to help the rest of The Episcopal Church come to a similar place.”

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Source: Episcopal News Service

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Opinion: The CPUC needs to embrace the full potential of rooftop solar and energy storage to bolster the entire grid.

Opinion: The future of rooftop solar in California is more important than ever

The shift towards renewable energy sources is more crucial than ever. Climate change is no longer an abstract concept but a pressing reality that demands immediate and innovative solutions. As a solar and energy storage contractor here in San Diego, I believe the future of solar power needs to be re-imagined from a broader perspective.

Last year, the California Public Utilities Commission in its infinite lack of wisdom changed incentives for homeowners purchasing a new solar rooftop. The updated rules went into effect in April.  The rule changes how systems need to be designed and some consider it a backward decision in a time when increased incentives are needed to encourage clean energy adoption.

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Source: TIMES of San Diego

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Community centers are turning to solar & storage to provide power and are exploring new solar savings and benefit-sharing models along the way

Solar energy powers America’s hospitals, churches & rec centers

In many communities, hospitals, places of worship, and recreation centers play a vital role in bringing people together and helping in times of need.

Now, community centers are turning to solar and storage to provide power and are exploring new solar savings and benefit-sharing models along the way.

Here’s what this looks like across the country.

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Source: Clean Technica

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