Our Editor in Chief recently went to see the birthplace of Arnold Schwarzenegger in the east of Austria. Based on a post for his blog, we present here a two-part series. We start out with the man himself as well as his humble beginnings and sheer determination. Next time we will then focus on his political career and activism for solar energy.
In Part 2 of our series on the occasion of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 77th birthday, we move on to his career outside of Hollywood: Based on his success as an actor, Arnie went on to become Governor of California. Here is how he used this position to advance solar power:
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For a decade, concentrated solar power has lain dormant. Now it could replace the burning of coal and oil - for municipal and regional utilities. Because solar heat and green hydrogen offer new opportunities.
Features in new 72-home community enable residents to weather power outages, save on electricity bills and make electric lifestyle more convenient.
Two large solar projects in Texas and California to be supplied with trackers and yield optimization software from Nextracker.
First Solar invests $680 million in a new manufacturing facility in Ohio for enhanced thin film PV modules.
Ingeteam has supplied and commissioned 53 of its solar PV power stations for the 160 MW Rancho Seco II solar plant. in California.
LS Power recently unveiled the Gateway Energy Storage battery system near San Diego, California. To date, this is the largest battery-based energy storage project in the world.
sonnen and Wasatch are equipping 3,000 apartments with sonnenBatteries and networking them to create virtual power plants.