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In the hot seat: Solar Energy UK's Chris Hewett on how solar can help deliver net zero buildings and businesses

Business Green

The CEO of Solar Energy UK sits down with BusinessGreen to discuss the critical role the solar sector must play in the next chapter of the UK's net zero transition. We are going to be a solar express over the next decade," he says. There is lots to celebrate for the UK's solar sector as the early 2020s proceed.

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Solar panels have come a long way - Recycling them has not

Business Green

Making solar panel recycling more commonplace will require a mix of technological advances, economic incentives and smart policies at the state and federal levels. Over the past five years, it's become more likely to see solar panels blanketing a field or shimmering on a rooftop near you. Simple economics.

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Interview – Harnessing the potential of geothermal to scale up by 2030

ThinkGeoEnergy

This is inherently wasteful and it comes with a price tag of emissions. In the state of Nevada in the USA, we have solar plants beside our geothermal plants. Solar power (solar PV) is routinely used to supply the parasitic load of the power plants and the power requirements for the production and injection pumps.