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AI analysis finds sunnier sites and compact layouts cut solar's land footprint

As solar energy is rapidly becoming the world's largest renewable power source, new research from McGill University offers a ...
pv magazine International

New model reveals pathway for land-efficient U.S. solar expansion

McGill University researchers used deep-learning computer vision to analyze 719 solar projects across the Western U.S. The study establishes a new “land-sparing” benchmark, providing developers with ...
The Independent

China’s solar capacity set to overtake coal in ‘historic’ shift

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
MLive

Judge rules Michigan county can’t use health code to restrict solar farms

PORT HURON, MI - A Michigan county’s pioneering efforts to restrict big solar farm and grid-scale battery projects with the state’s public health code have run into a legal roadblock. A judge ...
Phys.org

New 3D map of the sun's magnetic interior could improve predictions of disruptive solar flares

For the first time, scientists have used satellite data to create a 3D map of the sun's interior magnetic field, the fundamental driver of solar activity. The research, published in The Astrophysical ...