The world is quickly abandoning coal, the dirtiest of fossil fuels. But that’s not the end of the road for coal mines—in many countries they’re coming back to life as solar farms. Over the weekend, the world’s biggest floating solar project began operating in the eastern Chinese city of Huainan, which accounted for nearly 20%…
via Dead coal mines everywhere are being reincarnated as solar farms — Quartz
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January 16th, 2018 at 7:34 am
Great read! Thanks for sharing!
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January 16th, 2018 at 5:13 pm
Very welcome! This is something close to my heart. 🙂
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January 16th, 2018 at 7:33 am
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December 26th, 2017 at 5:38 am
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December 13th, 2017 at 8:35 pm
that’s very encouraging. thank you for finding and sharing it 😁
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December 14th, 2017 at 2:19 pm
My pleasure, Dawn. I must admit the data kind of surprised me.
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December 13th, 2017 at 7:41 am
How terrible that Australia was only tenth on that list of most installed photovoltaic power. We have everything needed to build solar farms ~ open space, clear skies, and lots of sun ~ everything except the political will to make it happen on a large scale.
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December 13th, 2017 at 1:43 pm
Yes, I’m glad you saw that too. I was kind of shocked, and embarrassed. 😦
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December 13th, 2017 at 2:46 am
That’s the kind of reincarnation I can wrap my head around.
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December 13th, 2017 at 1:44 pm
I was thrilled when I read it. Then my next thought was, how come we [as in Australia] isn’t do something like that too? Instead, we have idiots standing up in Parliament, playing with lumps of coal and telling each other how wonderful it is. -rolls eyes-
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December 13th, 2017 at 1:48 am
Good for them. Common sense. Hugs
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December 13th, 2017 at 1:45 pm
They’re leading the way in finding solutions. Huge bragging rights I’d say. -hugs back-
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December 12th, 2017 at 11:20 pm
aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh new format!
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December 13th, 2017 at 1:46 pm
Um…what?
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December 13th, 2017 at 1:50 pm
Sorry, Pinky. I just realised what you meant. The banner is just temporary while I play around. 🙂
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December 12th, 2017 at 11:13 pm
Yes, China has been pressing forward with many green energy initiatives for some time now. They want to reduce their dependence on all fossil fuels and are working hard to that end. many of us remain unaware of this because there is still so much pollution there. I think that is also why they are working so hard on it. They recognize the need more than the rest of us. We have a close friend, Canadian, who has been working on projects there to that end.
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December 13th, 2017 at 1:48 pm
You are so right, Yvonne. Too often we see the problem but not what they’re trying to do about it.
The thing that gives me hope is that so many ‘newly’ industrialised countries are learning from our mistakes and jumping ahead to better technologies rather than becoming bogged down in old tech the way much of the West is.
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December 12th, 2017 at 10:14 pm
Ohhh, new new header image! *hugs*
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December 13th, 2017 at 1:50 pm
OOoooh! I was wondering what Pinky meant. I had a bit of time and played with the images. Just temporary until I can tackle it properly. Thanks. 🙂
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