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World Extreme Challenge successfully concluded on December 7 on the campus of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. A team from Zhejiang University emerged victorious from a field of 13 talented ...

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Australian installer MyEnergy Engineering says its 200 kW/280 kWh hybrid microgrid in remote William Creek, South Australia, ...

Millions of US households could save money by installing solar panels with battery backup, a recent study showed.

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At least a handful of towers have sunk as much as two to three times more than expected, the Miami Herald found in a months-long analysis of dozens of engineering reports covering nearly every ...