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Indian solar power developers are looking for ways to keep input costs down after device tariff barriers go into effect from April next year, said two people who were aware of the development. In order to avoid higher taxes after the government imposed a basic tariff of 25% on solar cells and 40% on modules … Read more

The sale of trailer tracking and surveillance systems under the truck load carriers is good. This year saw a record high for fleets upgraded to 4G and 5G devices with enhanced functionality to avoid service disruptions from the retirement of 3G CDMA cellular networks. The use of the technology is far less common in the … Read more

Are Hansen, head of the Norway desk at CleanTechnica, sent us a story from Elbil, the Norwegian electric car association, about a new Circle K petrol station in the town of Kongsburg near Oslo. Norway, of course, thanks to an aggressive government policy, has the highest number of electric cars per capita of any nation … Read more

At a two-day online event of the Global Solar Council, which dealt with the acceleration of the use of photovoltaics, the question of overly complicated and time-consuming approval procedures arose again. July 12, 2021 Kosmas Mwirigi The head of the Indian solar trade association announced at an online event that the severely delayed tender for … Read more

New principles of greenhouse crop management have emerged from Dutch horticulture industry experts and scientists from Wageningen University, a Netherlands institution recognized for its agricultural science program. Hundreds of Dutch growers have been trained in greenhouse climate control practices called Growing by Plant Empowerment (GPE), fundamentals of which have been outlined in a 2018 book, … Read more

PORTLAND, Maine – America remains full of trash as new cases of the coronavirus decline, and that has rekindled a debate about the sustainability of incinerating for energy. Waste-to-energy plants, which generate most of their electricity by incinerating garbage, only make up about half a percent of electricity generation in the United States. But the … Read more

It appears the echolalia home expert was back last week, continuing his lonely campaign to promote the destruction of both the Philippine environment and its economy with two new arguments. The first was that there was a “looming problem” with the waste generated by solar and other forms of renewable energy (RE). The second was … Read more

Academic scholars also deserve praiseI have now seen three photographs of Niskayuna athletes “signing” and announcing college choices. Having daughters and grandchildren who played sports while at the high school, I fully support the success of the student athletes.I was, however, disappointed that more acknowledgment was not given to the academic scholars, especially those awarded … Read more