Lessons from a year with solar power
It was one year ago that we decided to add solar panels to our roof.
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Solar outshines gas for electricity generation
As our heat wave continues, the UK’s solar output topped that of any other generation technology over a recent weekend Data from the government and National Grid-backed Sheffield Solar PV_Live project showed that on Saturday 30 June at lunchtime solar delivered ~9.38GW which, while just shy of a new generation record, was equivalent to almost 28% of
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UK Government Policy changes cause Solar Instalation to fall 50%
Yes, it’s the fine minds in Whitehall that reduced the Solar Feed In Tariff by 65% while pumping Billions into so-called “Smart Meters” that aren’t smart and funding over complex and un tested Nucular Power Stations resulting in a halving of new UK Solar installations. The UK’s solar installs across 2017 were less than half
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Hot Spring Sun drives UK to record solar power
It’s not Nevada but the hottest early May bank holiday weekend ever resulted in solar panels powering their largest-ever share of the UK’s energy mix. As we basked in Sunday’s sunshine, photovoltaic panels across the country produced more power than any other energy source. Solar installations powered as much as 28.5pc of the nation’s electricity,
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UK runs coal free for 3 days
Our collective love for coal is toast. For three days Britian used no coal fired power stations with power instead comming from wind and gas. Coal accounted for less than 7% of the power mix last year, according to official figures. In April, 2017 Britain went its first full day without coal since the 19th
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Kauai switches from dirty diesel to solar with Tesla battery storage
The Hawaiian island of Kauai plans to give us diesel generators and complete the switch to solar to power the islands electrical needs. Tesla battery packs are uses in more than electric cars. On Kauai Tesla has installed 272 power packs that store energy from 55,000 solar panels This project will save Kauai 1.6 million
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JLR makes switch to renewables
As the Geneva Auto opens today to the public, back in Coventry Jaguar Land Rover, the UK’s largest car manufacturer, has sealed an agreement with EDF Energy to buy all its electricity from renewables. Jaguar Land Rover’s electricity supply is backed by Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin (REGO), meaning a proportion of EDF Energy’s renewable energy
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Tesla acquires Solar City to form Tesla Energy
Tesla officially acquired SolarCity for roughly $2 billion. Tesla will integrate SolarCity’s team and operations, and it will phase out its brand in favor of ‘Tesla Energy’ over the next few months. At the special shareholders meeting held on Nov 17th to vote on the merger, General Counsel Todd Maron announced that shareholders have approved
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Tesla and Panasonic to Collaborate on Photovoltaic Cell Production
With Tesla and Solar City merging after the Tesla purchase the combined company will be looking to get its balance sheet more in order. Both companies have a huge appetite for cash burning. Factories are highly expensive, especially when they are vast. Both Tesla with Giga Factory and Solar City with a Solar Module plant
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Tesla Solar Roof Tiles Launch
All change for roof tiles Well this was a surprise. Not only is Elon building rockets, cars, battery factories and merging Tesla with Solar City he also has time to reinvent the solar panel as a solar roof tile. Last Friday evening just before sunset Elon Musk took to a stage and cranked up his presentation about
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