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Cloud effect pushes solar systems above rated output
Clouds are considered the natural enemy of every solar system. But under certain conditions, they can even increase electricity production…
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New solar system desalinates seawater and produces lithium in the process
Around 2.2 billion people worldwide do not have access to safe drinking water. Current desalination plants use a lot of…
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Solar cars could cover up to 80% of their energy needs
Electric cars that supply themselves with electricity: What sounds like a dream of the future is already within reach, according…
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How coal power slows down solar yield
Solar energy is intended to accelerate the transition to a clean power supply. But anyone who expands solar is not…
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Germany’s largest moor solar system supplies 9,000 households
In Varel in the Friesland district, Germany’s largest solar park on rewetted moorland has gone into operation. The system supplies…
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A4 motorway as a solar power plant – with electricity for 210 households
Where until 2014 80,000 vehicles rolled along the A4 every day, there are now over 2,800 solar modules on the…
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Australia’s home storage boom: capacity increases fivefold
Australia reached a tipping point in home storage in 2025: 221,000 new systems, a fivefold increase in installed capacity and…
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This is how quickly a balcony power plant pays off
Self-produced electricity, directly from the balcony: Balcony power plants make this possible for as little as 200 euros. But since…
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China is building a solar power plant at an altitude of 4,550 meters in Tibet
One of the highest solar power plants in the world is being built on the Tibetan plateau. At an altitude…
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400-year-old lead ammunition provides raw material for solar cells
Lead ammunition from the 17th century as a raw material for modern solar cells? Researchers have implemented what sounds absurd…
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