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Solar power is the fastest growing source of electricity in the U.S., but some new solar installations are taking over productive farm ground. Scientists are trying to develop ways to get both calories and kilowatts from the same land, but that’s not as easy as it might seem.
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Two Kansas counties approved regulations allowing the construction of what would be the largest utility-scale solar farm in the state. But while residents say they support green energy, there's a vocal contingent pushing back against building 2,000 acres of panels so close to their communities.
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New research shows how increasingly intense solar flares could disrupt the GPS satellite connections that have made Kansas farms more efficient.
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TOPEKA, Kansas — Curtis Sneden remembers what impatient investors did to Topeka-based Payless Shoes. Pressure for profits now and the bankruptcy that...
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Western Farmers Electric Cooperative has entered into an agreement with NextEra Energy Resources to build the largest combined wind, solar and energy...
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Satellites built in San Antonio will revolutionize our understanding of solar wind and space weather — the energy discharge that blanked out...
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A recent market report ranked Oklahoma as having the sixth-highest potential for developing solar power, but among the nation’s worst in adding new...
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Xcel Energy’s plan to boost renewables was approved by Colorado regulators Monday.As The Denver Post reports, Xcel Energy Colorado plans to boost the…
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Colorado’s main utility company is featured in a New York Times article for its embrace of solar and wind energy.A Feb. 6 article outlines Colorado’s…
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While the solar industry, as a whole, lost jobs between 2016 and 2017, Colorado saw growth in solar energy jobs. According to Greentech Media, the solar…