Solar and wind beat coal in the US for the first time
In a first for the US, wind and solar produced more electricity than coal last year, according to a new report from energy ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle4y
The solar wind, explained
The solar wind is a flow of particles that comes off the sun at about ... like moving your hand away from a fire. But that’s not what happens on the sun. In this case, the heat comes from fusion ...
SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully launches NASA’s SPHEREx Telescope and PUNCH Solar Probes
NASA's SPHEREx and PUNCH missions successfully launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, marking a significant step in space ...
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Victoria solar farm shut down after fire in on-site inverters, must mow grass
Energy Safe Victoria has shut down the 20 megawatt (MW) Raywood solar farm in Victoria following a fire that broke out late last week in one of the on-site inverters. The fire broke out in a ...
BBC5y
Everything you need to know about solar wind
The solar wind is matter that is blown from our sun, out into the whole solar system. This stream of material is coming out of the sun all the time – about a million tonnes per second.
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Second fiddle no more: US grid solar to generate more power than wind later this year - report
Donald Trump's energy department forecasts solar will exceed wind for the first time in Q3 despite less installed capacity ...
Climate Central2y
Wind and Solar Power 101
Every day, the weather helps power communities around the country. When the sun shines or the wind blows, solar panels and wind turbines gather their energy to generate electricity, powering homes ...