Solar energy news (using the date range filter)

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Solar energy is a source of renewable energy that generates power from the sun. It has a long history. Like many sources of clean energy, new government strategies, scientific discoveries, and technological developments are pushing the use of solar energy forward. You can search the internet to find out more about recent developments in solar energy.

Learning outcomes:

  • Use the date range filter to limit results to the most recent information on a topic
  • Explore how innovation in solar energy has changed over time

Questions to think about:

  • What are some recent developments in solar energy?
  • What role has solar energy played in society so far? What role might it play in the future?

Try it

  1. Open Search Coach.
  2. Enter [solar energy news] in the search bar and run your search.
    • What results do you get? How recent are they? Why might this matter?
  3. To get only the most recent results, you can set the Date range filter to Past week. Try searching again.
    • Check out the top results. Do any have high NewsGuard ratings, or are they from .gov or .edu sites, which are usually reliable? If you don't find much news about solar energy in the past week, change the date range to Past month and try again.

Think about it

  • What is one important issue with recent solar energy developments?
  • You could also narrow your search by using the Domain filter and selecting .gov, or look at solar energy developments in another country or region. When might you want to do this?
  • Can you think of any other situations where you may want to look for only very recent information?

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