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Solar Buzz
The most buzz-worthy solar/renewable industry news from the past week.
- Australia has been installing around 100 megawatts of new solar power every month in 2018 and there are predictions that the country could become the first country in the world where the grid cannot handle the excess level of distributed electricity generated.
Read the full article at Sydney Morning Herald
- More than six solar panels are installed across Australia every minute of every day as people try to tackle rising power prices. But the industry that owns Australia's poles and wires says all that power from the sun is a problem and it could destabilise the electricity grid. The solar industry disagrees, and it's preparing for a fight with the power networks.
Read the full article at ABC News
- Every two years, the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) celebrates the most inspiring designs that integrate renewable-energy production within an urban setting. For elegantly blending art and energy generation, Light Up — a project designed for Melbourne, Australia that incorporates solar, wind, and microbial fuel cell technologies to produce 2,220 MWh of clean energy annually — was awarded the first prize.
Read the full article at ZME Science
- Hong Kong can make full transition to renewable energy by 2050, says Lui Che Woo Prize winner Hans-Josef Fell – but only if city ‘really wants it’.
Read the full article at The South China Morning Post
- A company in California has designed a solar-powered pipe that uses electromagnetic desalination to provide clean drinking water for the city.
Read the full article at Inhabitat
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