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The accumulation of dirt on solar panels has been proven to reduce their efficiency significantly, placing a heavy burden on owners to keep the panels clean in order to ensure project viability. U.K.-based Opus Materials Technologies says it has received funding that will help it validate a new coating that will allow solar panels to clean themselves.

There’s no question that the solar industry has gained the solid standing it now enjoys by employing certain winning technologies, but there also is always room for improvement. We’ve seen a few intriguing innovations in solar crop up that aren’t on the commercial starting line, but that you may want to watch in 2018.

(Thu, 30 Nov 2017) Residential heating oil and propane prices entered the winter heating season higher than last winter’s prices, and EIA’s <em>Short-Term Energy Outlook</em> (STEO) forecasts those prices will remain higher through March.

Keyera has entered into 10-year gas handling agreements with Athabasca Oil Corporation (AOC) and Murphy Oil Company to process natural gas production from their Montney and Duvernay operations west of Fox Creek, Alberta.

PJSC LUKOIL announces that the final investment decision on the delayed coker complex at Nizhny Novgorod refinery was taken.

Rimrock Energy Partners (REP) has commenced construction of a new natural gas processing facility and extensive gas gathering system in Weld County, Colorado.

Saudi Aramco awarded three site development contracts to Mofarreh Alharbi & Partners as part of the company’s Gas Compression Program in Haradh and Hawiyah.

Total has inaugurated the new units at its Antwerp integrated refining & petrochemicals platform, which have progressively started up in the last few months.

On Tuesday, Industry and Energy Committee MEPs agreed that by 2030, a minimum of 35 percent of all energy consumed in the EU would need to come from renewable, cleaner sources. For the transport sector, at least 12 percent of the energy consumed in each member state would have to be produced from renewables, such as the sun or wind.

The Homestake Gold Mine in Lead, South Dakota, was once the largest and deepest gold mine in all of North America. It produced approximately 41 million ounces of gold during 126 years of operation. 

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