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Japanese satellite will beam solar power to Earth in 2025 LONDON — Japan is on track to beam solar power from space to Earth next year, two years after a similar feat was achieved by U.S. engineers. Continue Reading . . . https://www.space.com/japan-space-based-solar-power-demonstration-2025

Dead Power Grid Revived with Solar and Wind, Not Diesel It turned into a real-world test. Rising amounts of renewable energy will reduce greenhouse gases, but engineers worry about restoring wind- and solar-rich grids after blackouts. Continue Reading . . . https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dead-power-grid-revived-with-solar-and-wind-not-diesel/

US intelligence agencies say Russia was likely behind the SolarWinds hack America’s intelligence community has issued a joint statement naming Russia as the most likely source of the SolarWinds hack. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/us-intelligence-agencies-fbi-nsa-cisa-solarwinds-hack-russia-111518166.html

Clear skies and social distancing help Europe shatter solar energy records The coronavirus pandemic is helping multiple countries in Europe set new records for solar energy generation. Production in the UK peaked at 9.68 gigawatts on Monday, according to a tracker developed by The University of Sheffield in collaboration with the National Grid. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/germany-uk-spain-solar-energy-record-coronavirus-133031282.html

Months after Amazon shareholders turned down a plea by employees to do more about climate change, the company announced two new renewable energy projects. Today, Amazon shared plans for a wind farm in Ireland and a solar farm in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. from https://www.engadget.com/2019/08/01/amazon-renewable-energy-projects-ireland-virginia/ https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims?quality=85&image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fo.aolcdn.com%2Fimages%2Fdims%3Fcrop%3D5464%252C3640%252C0%252C0%26quality%3D85%26format%3Djpg%26resize%3D1600%252C1066%26image_uri%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fs.yimg.com%252Fos%252Fcreatr-images%252F2019-08%252Fca484350-b469-11e9-afff-ee34519f2b56%26client%3Da1acac3e1b3290917d92%26signature%3Dc7505fc670693454ad79b1ba0725212072f5bd90&client=amp-blogside-v2&signature=88650c7ffb89e397e53d83a569b09a73529c0ce7

In a quest to cut the cost of clean electricity, power utilities around the world are supersizing their solar farms. from https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/supersized-solar-farms-are-sprouting-around-world-maybe-space-too-ncna901666 https://media2.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2018_33/2535131/180817-solar-star-california-mn-1320_9ac4ae93b01669dc37428993155d8b9a.fit-760w.jpg