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Solar Panel Efficiency Hits New Records
-Background Solar panels are becoming more powerful and efficient by the day. In 1955, Hoffman Electronics-Semiconductor Division introduced photovoltaic products…
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Bi-Facial Solar Panels: Technology Overview
-Overview Bi-facial solar photovoltaic (PV) panels have been around for many years however they are only now beginning to enter…
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Floating Solar Panels
-Background Commonly, for large scale solar PV plants, a vast amount of land is used. However, in places where there…
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Making London’s Transport Greener
-Background Transport for London spends £368 million per year on diesel for its buses and electricity for its trains and…
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Pendleton Solar Farm USA: Unwanted Solar Panel Glare
-Overview A solar development located on the western side of Pendleton, Oregon in the USA, has encountered reports of solar…
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Managing Solar Convergence
-Background Solar Convergence occurs when multiple reflective glass panels simultaneously reflect the sun to one point with an intensity greater…
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Do Solar Panels produce PV glare?
-Yes they do. Strong (Photovoltaic) PV glare may be caused by reflections from a low sun. Whilst panels are designed…
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Managing PV Reflections
-Introduction Solar photovoltaic (PV) developments are a part of the energy mix all over the world, with global capacity exceeding…
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Solar walls and shadowing – a Canadian example
-Overview A newly developed office development in Edmunton, Alberta, Canada, has its entire southern façade covered with solar photovoltaic (PV)…
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Scotland’s largest solar development consented
-Introduction On the 21st of August of this year, Scotland’s largest proposed solar photovoltaic (PV) development received planning permission from…
