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Solar energy milestone: China taps the ocean in breakthrough for industry • July 4, 2025, 11:17 PM ET (South China Morning Post)
Turning coalmines into solar energy plants ‘could add 300GW of renewables by 2030’ • June 18, 2025, 2:10 AM ET (The Guardian)
Retired Coal Mines Can Give a Boost to Solar Energy, Report Says • June 17, 2025, 2:53 PM ET (Bloomberg.com)

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James Watt as a young man, c1769. Scottish engineer and instrument maker. Invented the modern steam engine which became the main source of power in Britain's textile mills. His engine had a separate condenser in which steam from the cylinder; (see notes)
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Nicolaus Copernicus. Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) Polish astronomer. In 1543 he published, forward proof of a Heliocentric (sun centered) universe. Coloured stipple engraving published London 1802. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium libri vi.
All About Astronomy
Electric power lines against sunset (grid, power, wires, electrical, electricity)
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