Energy from sunlight is now providing electricity to Syrian refugees at a camp in Jordan. The Azraq camp is the first in the world to completely operate on clean energy, according to the United Nations Refugee Agency, or UNHCR. The new power center u

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A Solar City 太阳能城市 by Lars Berry A city in China has taken big steps in changing its energy sources. 中国有座城市已大大改变了其所仰赖的能源。 Practically everything around your home that was made in a factory owes its ex

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With China's solar panel industry still facing challenges in the European Union, despite an agreement to overcome anti-dumping penalties, the industry itself in China is looking for ways to cope. CRI's Li Dong has more. Polycrysilicon is an indispens

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ENVIRONMENT REPORT – October 18, 2002: Solar House Competition By Cynthia Kirk This is the VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT. Experts say in the near future, many houses in the United States wi

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China builds first tower-type solar-thermal power station BEIJING, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- The first tower-type solar-thermal power station in Asia has been built in northwest Beijing, chief of the program said on Monday. Wang Zhifeng, a researcher at th

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By Paul Sisco Washington 14 September 2007 They are the space probes that will not quit. Many of us are looking to retire after more than 30 years of work. Not NASA's two Voyager spacecraft, racing through interstellar space. VOA's Paul Sisco has mor

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Solar Powered Plane Starts World Tour A Swiss airplane powered only by energy from the sun left from Abu Dhabi early on March 9. Its creators hope the plane will make the first around-the-world journey without any fuel. The plane is called Solar Impu

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New design produces flexible panels using only 1-2 percent as much silicon Art Chimes | Washington, DC 19 February 2010 You can use 100 times less silicon. And that's potentially very significant. Harry Atwater Schematic diagram of the light-trapping

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Volunteers Help Scientists in Search for Cheap Solar Cells Most of today's solar cells are silicone-based and their manufacture requires sophisticated machinery and expertise. An average home in the United States uses between 20 and 24 kilowatt hours

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DEVELOPMENT REPORT – May 13, 2002: Solar Cookers By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Millions of people around the world cook their food over a smoky fire every day. It

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: People across the country are gearing up for the solar eclipse on Monday - and not just spectators - energy supply managers, too, especially where you are, David. DAVID GREENE, HOST: Yeah, that's right. Almost half the solar power

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Solar energy is the key to our future. If we do not use it, our planet will not survive. We do not have enough resources on Earth to supply our energy needs. We are slowly using solar energy more. Most places you go in the world today you can see sol

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DEVELOPMENT REPORT – Solar Cookers By Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, March 28, 2005 I'm Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Development Report. Millions of people around the world cook their food

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Harvest in Benin A new study in West Africa shows how farm irrigation systems powered by the sun can produce more food and money for villagers. The study in Benin found that solar-powered pumps are

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An annular solar eclipse is seen formed over the sky of Burma's ancient historic city of Bagan, 15 Jan 2010 Holly Gilbert, an astrophysicist at NASA, explains the science behind the spectacle of the sun's disappearance. So during a total solar eclips

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CHONGQING, July 22 (Xinhua) -- A total solar eclipse was viewed at 9:15 a.m. in many places along the upper stream of China's longest river of the Yangtze. The moon shadow fully blocked the sun, and gazers could clearly enjoy the aura of solar corona

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In Colorado, Solar Industry Faces Challenges Colorado's San Luis Valley, an alpine desert, is rapidly becoming a leading producer of solar energy in the United States. The sun shines more than 340 days a year in the San Luis Valley. So the solar indu

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: For decades men without much education could make a very good living by mining coal. The loss of those jobs has stung as the coal industry has declined. Renewable power, especially solar power, is now where jobs are. So we wondered

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A solar-powered airplane that landed in Arizona last week after a daylong flight from California is now headed to Oklahoma on the latest leg of its around-the-world journey. The file photo shows the two pilots of the Swiss-made Solar Impulse 2 in fro

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People flying into Indias southern city of Cochin may see numerous solar panels around Cochin International Airport. But they may not know that the airport was the first in the world to be fully powered by solar energy. A sea of shiny solar panels st

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