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MACHAKOS COUNTY, Kenya (Reuters) — Greenpark, a residential estate located about 20 kilometers south of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, is one of a handful of housing developments promoting solar powered homes in the country. Founded in 2006 the 150-acre estate has 400 units all fitted with solar panels for water heating. Developers are currently working on the fifth phase of the scheme. The panels are made locally and fitted by Steelstone Kenya, which has been contracted […]
GOTHENBURG, Sweden (Reuters) — A research team in Sweden is developing a new concept which will allow people to capture, store and release solar energy whenever they want. Solar energy storage has proved incredibly challenging, but a team from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg is trying to use artificial molecules to overcome this limitation. The group has shown that it is possible to convert solar energy directly into energy stored in the bonds of […]
by Leo RAMIREZ Agence France Presse SARMIENTO, Argentina (AFP) — Stargazers applauded as they were plunged into darkness Sunday when the moon passed in front of the sun in a spectacular “ring of fire” eclipse. Astronomers and enthusiasts in Argentina were among the first to see the so-called annular eclipse as it crossed South America shortly after 1200 GMT, on course for Africa. Staring up through special telescopes, protective glasses or homemade cardboard pinhole devices, […]
by Mariëtte Le Roux PARIS, France (AFP) — The climate-friendly electricity generated by solar panels in the past 40 years has all but cancelled out the polluting energy used to produce them, a study said Tuesday. Indeed, by some calculations, the so-called “break-even point” between dirty energy input and clean output may already have arrived, researchers in the Netherlands reported. “We show strong downward trends of environmental impact” of solar panel production, the team wrote […]
