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India has ramped up its wind and solar energy. It now needs to expand places to store it
BENGALURU, India (AP) — At a Coca-Cola factory on the outskirts of Chennai in southern India a giant battery powers machinery day and night, replacing a diesel-spewing generator. It's one of just a handful of sites in India powered by electricity stored in batteries, a key component to...
Detroit plans to harness solar power on vacant lots throughout the city
DETROIT (AP) — Patricia Kobylski remembers when there were lots of people living in her eastside Detroit neighborhood. There aren't as many anymore — and haven't been for a long time. “Right now, on our side of the street there are probably only 10 houses. Should be 50, 60,”...
Supervisors vote to allow solar panel farm in central Mississippi over residents' objections
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — What could become Mississippi's largest solar energy project was approved by a county board Monday over objections from people who live near the proposed site. Hinds County supervisors voted 3-2 in favor of a conditional use permit for the Soul City Solar...
