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O&M
Solar PV O&M Best Practices in a Rapidly Changing Market
In 2000, the world had installed just 1 GW of solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity (in DC terms—see the sidebar, “AC or DC?”), a number that had surged to 39 GW by 2010 and 176 GW in 2014. Fueled by
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Renewables
Desert Sunlight Solar Farm, Desert Center, California
Just how fast are things moving in solar? When we received the nomination for the massive Desert Sunlight Solar Farm in late April, the 550-MW facility was the largest solar power plant in the world, sharing
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Renewables
Apple and First Solar Strike a Deal
With the ultimate goal of powering all of its corporate offices, retail stores, and data centers entirely with energy from renewable sources, Apple committed $848 million on Feb. 10 toward First Solar’s 280-MW California Flats Solar Project in Monterey County, Calif. The project will occupy 2,900 acres of land owned by Hearst Corp. in Cholame. […]
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Renewables
Top Plant: Agua Caliente Solar Project, Yuma County, Arizona
The western Arizona desert has become a popular location for constructing large solar projects. The sunshine is plentiful and there are large tracts of non-prime farmland available that make building
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Renewables
First Solar Reports Thin-Film PV Cell Breakthrough
Arizona-based solar photovoltaic (PV) system provider First Solar in August said it had achieved a cadmium-telluride (CdTe) PV research cell conversion efficiency of 21%—a world record. The thin-film PV
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