Solar Panel

The Global Surge in Solar Panel Adoption: How the UK Measures Up

As the world urgently needs to address climate change and transition towards sustainable energy sources, solar panels have emerged as a leading solution in the global effort to reduce carbon emissions. In the past, one of the main obstacles to their expansion was the high cost of solar panels in the UK. However, this

Solar Panels to Be Put on Rail Tracks – But Will They Work?

Swiss start-up Sun-Ways has permission to trial the first removable rail track solar panels. But there is opposition to the project on safety grounds A Swiss start-up is trialling a new way of harnessing the power of the sun – solar panels on railway tracks. The removable PV system will be tested on a track in the

Study shows sheep grazing under solar panels produces higher-quality wool

A study on the benefits of co-locating solar energy and sheep grazing shows that sheep grazing in the shade of PV modules may produce higher-quality wool than those on traditional agricultural properties. Renewables developer Lightsource bp says a study of the quality of wool produced by sheep grazing among the panels at its 174 MW Wellington Solar

Why Nimbys are wrong about solar farms

Opponents of solar farms often say that solar panels should be put on roofs and that fields should be left for agriculture so i asked the experts on whether they agreed Tory leadership loser Robert Jenrick said that solar panels are “for roofs not fields” when asked by i last month if he supported a

‘If York Minster can do it, everybody else can’

Extreme weather from climate change, in particular rainfall, is now the "biggest threat" to York Minster, officials have said. It has led to the decay of its stone and movement in the Grade I listed cathedral, which has caused "huge concern". To reduce its carbon footprint, 184 solar panels are being installed on the

What is net zero, and why is it important?

Net zero is a goal to balance greenhouse gas removal vs emissions The aim is to get to the point where emissions caused by human activity are negated The goal is ‘net zero’ emissions overall According to the University of Oxford, net zero refers to a state whereby greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that enter

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