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The solar water heaters in Hato Chami school allow students to take hot showers and make it easier for staff to boil water when preparing meals.

Panama taps solar energy to heat water and reduce deforestation

A few dozen kilometres inland from northern Panama’s coast is the Hato Chami school.

Set amid winding roads, green trees and stunning mountains, it has more than 1,000 pupils, most of whom hail from one of Panama’s largest indigenous groups, the Ngäbe.

The single-storey school stands out from other buildings in the impoverished Hato Chami region because of the solar water heaters fitted to its roof. The recently installed devices allow students to take hot showers and make it easier for staff to boil water when preparing meals.

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Source: UN Environment Programme

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The IRA's Solar for All program aims to provide distributed solar energy to disadvantaged, low-income and tribal communities in the US.

Bringing renewable energy to rural communities in California

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In rural communities in California, access to renewable energy options such as solar and wind power is often limited. While larger cities are focusing on large-scale renewable energy projects, rural areas have few opportunities and resources to develop their own clean energy solutions. This makes them dependent on energy sources based on fossil fuels, whose reliability and safety are questionable.

However, there is hope on the horizon. The Inflation Reduction Act offers rural communities the opportunity to access financing for renewable energy projects through the Solar for All program. This program, administered by the EPA, aims to provide distributed solar energy to disadvantaged, low-income and tribal communities in the United States. With a budget of $7 billion, Solar for All focuses on community and rooftop solar projects that benefit local residents.

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Source: Nation World

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If all warehouses and superstores went solar, they could produce enough electricity to power the equivalent of 27 million households.

The solar potential of warehouses and superstores explained

Solar energy in America is growing. In 2021, America produced enough solar energy to power 15 million homes – 15 times as much as we produced in 2012.

But given that solar could power our country many times over, we are still just barely scratching the surface of our solar potential. The sooner we tap that potential the better it will be for our health and our environment.

One of the best place to put the large scale solar that we’ll need is on existing rooftops. In the video below, I explain the rooftop solar potential of big box stores and warehouses.

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Source: Environment America

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RayGen has officially opened its $27 million renewable power plant project in Carwarp, in north-west Victoria.

Raygen opens Carwarp solar and thermal power plant project

Renewable energy company RayGen has officially opened its $27 million renewable power plant project in Carwarp, in north-west Victoria, which it hopes could propel investment in this type of energy storage.

The solar/hydro power plant near Mildura utilises solar energy trapped by more than 1,000 rotating mirrors to generate electricity, and also captures excess heat as hot water which is then used to drive a generator and send stable electricity to the grid.

RayGen chief executive Richard Payne said the plant was now exporting power to the grid, and the company was planning to develop Australia’s largest solar module manufacturing facility in Melbourne.

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Source: ABC

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Date Creek rancher Savannah Figueroa is using federal dollars to reduce her carbon footprint while growing her business.

Arizona rancher switches to solar energy thanks to federal funding

Agriculture brings in billions of dollars for our state each year. It also emits a lot of gasses that contribute to climate change. Date Creek rancher Savannah Figueroa is using federal dollars to reduce her carbon footprint while growing her business.

She provides meat to communities across the High Country. She and her husband take part in every step of the process, from raising the cattle to storing and selling the meat. It’s not an easy job for her or the environment, but their ranch is flipping the switch. “Our ranch is carbon positive. Meaning we store more carbon in our soil than we emit. Quite the feat for a cattle business,” said Figueroa.

Figueroa is one of the many agricultural workers finding ways to reduce their carbon footprint. She used the Rural Energy for American Program to install solar panels on their ranch. They are used to power refrigerators, barns and other equipment.

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Source: AZ Family

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Mining the Sun, a report by The Nature Conservancy coming later in 2023, suggests that strategically siting new energy infrastructure on degraded lands like mining sites, landfills and brownfields can cost-effectively transform these sites into clean energy hubs that contribute significantly to the nation's clean energy goals.

Mining the sun: Benefits of solar energy on former mine sites

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If clean energy continues to be sited the way it always has been, the U.S. will need an area the size of Texas to meet our climate targets. Developing new large-scale energy projects on natural lands has long been thought to be the most affordable option, but it also can create local conflict and negatively impact nature.

Fortunately, there’s a promising solution. Mining the Sun, a report by The Nature Conservancy coming later in 2023, suggests that strategically siting new energy infrastructure on degraded lands like mining sites, landfills and brownfields can cost-effectively transform these sites into clean energy hubs that contribute significantly to the nation’s clean energy goals.

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Source: The Nature Conservancy

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According to US EIA, there are more than 5,000 solar farms across the US. In 2022, they produced 3.4% of the nation's electricity.

Amid record heat, solar farms help ease the strain on US power grids

Next to the rows of alfalfa, another type of farm is taking root in Southern California’s Kern County, one that’s harvesting clean, renewable energy.

Solar Star, one of the largest solar farms in the U.S., has a peak output of 586 megawatts.

“These panels track the sun all day,” said Alicia Knapp, president and CEO of BHE Renewables, which owns Solar Star. (I’ll double-check all quotes)

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Source: CBS News

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These bifacial solar panels work best on the ground as they take in sunlight reflected from the surface of the planet.

Double-sided ‘bifacial’ solar panels could revolutionize our power grid

Bifacial solar panels make the most sense when it comes to harnessing sunlight to produce pollution-free energy.

The average solar panel relies on energy that comes directly from the sun. But today, another kind of solar panel can actually capture that same energy from sunlight that bounces off the ground, taking in power from both sides, as reported by CNET.

Solar manufacturers have revealed that these panels have the capacity to produce an additional 11-23% of energy compared to their monofacial, or single-sided, counterparts.

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Source: yahoo!news

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EPA launched a $7B grant competition to increase access to affordable, resilient, and clean solar energy for low-income households.

EPA launches $7B competition to bring low-cost solar energy to more hard-working American families

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched a $7 billion grant competition through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to increase access to affordable, resilient, and clean solar energy for millions of low-income households. The Solar for All competition, which was created by the Inflation Reduction Act’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, will award up to 60 grants to states, territories, Tribal governments, municipalities, and nonprofits to create and expand programs that provide financing and technical assistance, such as workforce development, to bring residential solar to low-income and disadvantaged communities. EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan announced the grant competition today with U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (VT) in Waterbury, Vermont while touring a residential solar project.  

EPA’s Solar for All competition is just the latest way that the Inflation Reduction Act is expanding access to solar for hard-working American families. Solar is the cheapest form of power available, so it helps lower energy costs while creating good-quality jobs, advancing environmental justice, and tackling the climate crisis.

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Source: The White House

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A new solar-powered energy storage plant that recently opened in Cicero is the first of its kind in the country.

First of its kind ‘wireless’ solar energy storage plant opens in Cicero

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A new solar-powered energy storage plant that recently opened in Cicero is the first of its kind in the country.

National Grid New York President Rudy Wynter said the new plant is unique because it uses wireless technology to transmit and help store energy that can be called upon during times of peak energy demand, “This is the first of its kind in that this is the first solar and storage non-wire alternative project we believe in the country,” he said.

National Grid teamed up with Convergent Energy to build the new energy storage plant which sits on 55 acres near Northern Boulevard in Cicero.

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Source: CNY Central

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