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Pada suatu malam tanggal 24 Mei 997, pria berusia 23 tahun itu berdiri di luar kota Kath yang terletak di sungai Oxus di Asia Tengah, menunggu gerhana bulan dimulai. Ratusan mil dari sana, orang lainnya bernama Abul Wafa (w. 997 atau 998) sudah menunggu mulainya gerhana bulan yang sama di Baghdad. Kedua orang tersebut telah bersepakat menggunakan gerhana bulan sebagai sinyal waktu untuk menghitung perbedaan panjang busur antara Kath dan Baghdad. … Read More

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The BigBelly System Delivers Dramatic Cost Reduction while Maintaining Service Levels. The BigBelly Solar intelligent waste collection system has been designed to harness the power of the sun to help solve an expensive and messy problem: how to more efficiently manage the process of collecting solid waste. Durable and easy to use, the BigBelly system is composed of the following parts:

China’s New Solar Goal ? (Indonesian)

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Laporan menunjukkan bahwa Cina  telah meningkatkan target di Tahun 2015 untuk penggunaan tenaga surya fotovoltaik (PV) menjadi 10 gigawatt (GW).  Ini berarti peningkatan target menjadi 2 kali, apabila merujuk pada Target semula pada  Rencana Pembangunan Lima Tahun (REPELITA) Tahap ke 12 (Development Plan for Renewable Energy during the 12th Five-Year Perio) yang sebesar 5 GW. Dokumen dan usulan ini telah disampaikan kepada DPR ( State Council) pada bulan Juni awal.

China’s New Solar Goal: Does a Doubled Target Mean Double Trouble?

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Reports indicate that China is about to raise its 2015 goal for solar photovoltaic (PV) power to 10 gigawatts (GW), confirming an anonymous report that was leaked earlier this year. The target was originally set at 5 GW in the 12th Five-Year Plan released in March but has since been doubled in the newly submitted Development Plan for Renewable Energy during the 12th Five-Year Period, a document submitted to the State Council at the beginning of this month. 

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