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EGEB: US solar installations expected to jump 43% in 2020

December 16, 2020
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): The US solar industry surged in 2020 despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. ExxonMobil’s investors pressure the oil giant to cut emissions, and it underwhelmingly responded. Plans have been submitted for North Carolina’s first offshore wind farm. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your…
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VW CEO receives board backing for his aggressive electrification plan

December 16, 2020
Herbert Diess, the head of the Volkswagen group, forced a vote of confidence over his leadership at Volkswagen after facing some pushbacks due to his more aggressive stance on electric vehicles. Now Volkswagen’s board confirmed that it is backing him and his team over the aggressive electrification plan. Diess came to Volkswagen from BMW in 2015 amid the Dieselgate scandal and started a…
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Regarding Photographs: Reading Photos I

December 15, 2020
This is the third essay in this series, and it begins a smaller sequence of notes running over the ways we as viewers make sense of pictures. We spend, I think, too much time thinking about what happens before and during the making of a picture, but not enough on what happens when someone actually looks at it. For most of us, for most pictures, surely this is the most interesting time? How do we…
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Oppo Reno5 Pro+ 5G appears on TENAA, confirms most rumored specs

December 15, 2020
Oppo Reno5 Pro+ 5G is expected to arrive on December 24, blurring the lines between midrange and flagship. Rumors were claiming the phone will have a Snapdragon 865 chipset, four cameras with one of them bringing along a periscope lens, and plenty of storage options. The smartphone has finally appeared on TENAA, masked behind its model number PDRM00, confirming pretty much most claims and…
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