Tag: solar energy

• Wednesday, March 20th 2024 - 18:55 UTC

  French company to open world's first solar-powered air traffic control station in Chile

  

  The French company Thales will be opening a 100% solar energy-powered air traffic control (ATC) station in Chile, it was announced in Santiago. The facility will be in the city of Calama in the Atacama Desert in the northern part of the country, it was also explained. The radars consume about one megawatt per hour.

• Monday, December 26th 2022 - 10:14 UTC

  Solar energy use grows at a record pace in Brazil

  

  Monetary savings when compared to electricity stemming from other sources reaches up to 90%, Agencia Brasil reported Sunday about the increasing use of solar energy in South America's largest country.

• Saturday, December 26th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Brazil pledges a target of 45% renewable energy by 2050

  

  Brazil has now moved past the 7 gigawatts (GW) mark of total installed renewables – and has set the ambition of 45% of its energy needs being generated in similar form by 2050.