Tag: News
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ExoSun Trackers Selected for 30-MW Solar Project in California
Exosun Inc., a leading provider of solar tracking technologies and associated engineering services, today announced its Exotrack HZ product will maximize power generation for 30 MWac of solar electric systems in California for Spanish sustainable technology solutions provider, Abengoa, and multinational renewable energy developer, EDP Renewables. This deal represents Exosun’s firstRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Study Shows Bee-Killing Neonicotinoid Seed Treatments Offer ‘Little to No Benefit’
Center for Food Safety released a scientific literature review which reveals that neonicotinoid insecticide seed treatments offer little benefit, do not increase crop yields and cause widespread environmental and economic damage. In particular, neonicotinoids have been implicated in bee population declines and colony collapse. While some fear that crop yields will suffer without the use…
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How Scientists Are Moving Climate Change Conversation Forward
Last January, I wrote an op-ed for the New York Times—If You See Something, Say Something—about my feelings of duty as a climate scientist to engage with the public. I hoped it would help other scientists feel more comfortable speaking out to the public about the dangers of a world warmed by human emissions. [caption id=”attachment_328216″ align=”alignnone”…
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The Netherlands Joins Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement, Ends Public Financing for Coal
This week the Netherlands announced that would join the U.S., United Kingdom and others in ending support for public financing for new coal-fired power plants is a good sign for the growing fossil fuel divestment movement. “This is another sign that the coal industry is on its last legs,” said Tim Ratcliffe, of 350.org, which…
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Unirac Ground-Mounts to be Installed in NRG Energy’s Guam Solar Project
Unirac Inc ., a Hilti Group Company, has been selected by Sunora Energy Solutions and NRG Energy to provide a 37.2-MW Ground Mount Steel (GMS) mounting system to be installed on the island of Inarajan, Guam. The solar array will offset 15,000 tons of CO2 emissions from fossil fuel generation and provide clean energy to power theRead More — Solar Builder magazine