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Estimating solar PV generation using PV-GIS
If you want “free and open access to photovoltaic (PV) electricity generation potential for different technologies and configurations,” this resource is for you. When you click on the link, you will be redirected to the Photovoltaic Geographical Information System (PVGIS) webpage and get access to three tools: By indicating the address or latitude/longitude of your Read more
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What universities are meant to do
The Energy Change Institute is all about what universities are meant to do – they’re meant to take knowledge, they’re meant to teach people, they’re meant to learn stuff and they’re meant to work with the rest of society to take that knowledge and to disperse it. Professor Brian Schmidt, ANU Vice Chancellor (from the Read more
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When opportunities find you
The more I experience God’s grace and providence, the more I understand that idleness is a sin and its own punishment. To excuse oneself from striving to do the best just because the present conditions do not match one’s desires is like robbing oneself of greater opportunities ahead. So, working hard could also be a Read more
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New tasks and headaches
Ah, yes. It almost always feels physically painful when trying to learn something new. And the discomfort is so real that you want to reject new learnings and instead stay with what you already know, which feels comfortable. But the thing about rejecting new learning is that you remain where you are, even stuck in Read more
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Ideas while in transit
Untethered. That’s what it felt like when we discussed our ideas while in transit. And while everything we pass by blurs out in our periphery, so are the ideas flowing like a stream inside our heads. The spontaneity felt like we were in a trance or a vivid dream. The ideas we had sounded to Read more
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Leaving the matrix
After watching The Matrix films, I began to reflect on what used to be the greatest question I asked myself: “Do I have to conform to societal norms and expectations.” While I strived to go against the grain and pursued things not because I was supposed to but because I wanted to, I realized that it’s way Read more
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Imagined difficulties
When you are unwilling to do work, even lifting your hand to feed yourself, your mind can do wonders imagining difficulties that don’t exist. The gravity’s pull feels too strong to get out of bed and do something with your life. Because you’d rather rot doing nothing than exert effort and live as a person Read more
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