December 20, 2019 | Focal Line Solar Inc.

By the end of the next decade, the Middle East’s biggest export could be the sun, not oil, according to the developer of a new technology that aims to turn solar power into fuel. Last month – and for the first time commercially – a new Bill Gates-backed clean energy company, Heliogen, concentrated solar energy …

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Salt battery enhances osmotic energy capture from river-sea convergence May 9, 2024

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Clean Energy Manufacturing Investments Supporting Growth, IEA Report Says May 9, 2024

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EnCap Energy Transition Closes $1.5B Energy Transition Fund II May 8, 2024

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Vesper Energy Completes Sale of Deer Creek Project May 8, 2024

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Greenskies builds 7-project solar portfolio on New Jersey school district May 9, 2024

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