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How Efficient is Solar Power?

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Layering solar cells Engineers can increase solar panel efficiency by adding layers to solar panels. These layers are made of materials that absorb other parts of sunlight that convert to electricity while, at the same time, allowing a good portion of sunlight to reach silicon layers underneath. This makes the overall construction of the panel more efficient without sacrificing the basic silicon panel.

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MATE Bikes raising more than 2.900.000 USD on INDIEGOGO!

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This is definitely going to sound like an advertisement, but we are not sorry. Say hi to MATE bikes, participant in the GTC 2016! MATE Bikes is crowdfunding at INDIEGOGO right now. If you want to cash in a whopping 70 % discount on their bikes: Hurry up! The campaign ends at Sunday, the 9th of October. Now that we got that settled, let’s talk about what exactly MATE Bikes are.

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Solar As An Alternative Energy Source

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Why Choose An Alternative Energy Source? Are you wondering why our country should even consider an alternative energy source when we’ve relied on the power of fossil fuels for hundreds of years, those used to make the coal, oil and gas that powers cars, factories and homes? These fuels meet the needs of most of the energy consumption throughout the world.

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Solar renewable energy benefits you and the environment

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Is solar energy renewable or nonrenewable? The use of other energy sources, such as fossil fuels, is problematic because they're nonrenewable. Once they're gone, they're gone forever. The sun, however, is the largest of all renewable energy sources, not a surprise perhaps, but the amount of power it generates is. According to the Union of Concerned Scientists, 18 days' worth of sunlight on Earth produces the same amount of energy as the amount stored in all of the coal, oil and natural gas reser

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Electrofuels Are the Future: The Driving Force to Decarbonizing Heavy Transport

Speaker: Ayesha Choudhury - Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium

With the first wave of the energy transition, renewable energy sources (such as solar and wind) have begun replacing coal power generation. However, some sectors are lagging behind and struggling to decarbonize more than others, including large-scale transportation like commercial aviation, shipping, and rail transit. Electrofuels (aka eFuels) are the next generation of solutions to help the hardest-to-abate sectors pivot from their reliance on fossil fuels.

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Advantages of solar pv (photovoltaic) energy

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Solar PV energy is clean energy One main reason to opt for solar energy is knowing you’re doing something good for the environment. Unlike traditional energy sources, when PV solar panels create electricity, they don't emit harmful greenhouse gases, pollute groundwater or deplete any natural resources. In addition, you help protect the planet by cutting back on your dependence on nonrenewable energy.

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Fighting food waste – Meet GTC participant “Too Good To Go”

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We’re proud to announce that we have received over 70 applications for this year’s GTC. As you read this, we’re selecting the 20 participants for 2016. Some of the participants have already secured themselves a spot in the sprint, simply because their business concepts are brilliant and have the potential to grow and make an impact globally. Meet “Too Good To Go” One of these brilliant participants is Too Good To Go.

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