![]() ![]() This technology has been developed building on Equinor’s oil and gas expertise and has paved the way for the UK Government’s commitment to 1GW of floating offshore wind to be developed in the UK by 2030. Hywind Scotland, the world’s first floating wind farm, has consistently outperformed other UK wind farms, achieving the highest average capacity factor three years in a row since its operations began. Equinor is the global leader in floating offshore wind – an exciting technology with huge global potential as it opens up access to deeper waters, with higher wind speed. Collaborating with others across industry, Equinor is taking a leading role in the Offshore Wind Sector Deal, a pathway to achieving the Government’s ambition to quadruple offshore wind capacity by 2030. The UK Government has the ambition to achieve 40GW of offshore wind by 2030, and has been advised by the Climate Change Committee that in order to reach net zero, up to 100GW of offshore wind will be needed by 2050. ![]() At the equinoxes on Saturn, the planet’s famous rings appear edge-on as seen from Earth.Equinor is a global leader in offshore wind and is using its expertise in offshore energy to drive forward innovation in the North Sea, and help the UK reach its net zero targets. Mars, Saturn, and Neptune have tilts similar to Earth’s: the values are 25.2, 26.8, and 28.3 degrees, respectively. ![]() Jupiter orbits more slowly an equinox or solstice occurs there about every three Earth years. Venus orbits the Sun more quickly than Earth-in Earth time, an equinox or solstice happens on Venus every couple of months or so. Venus and Jupiter have small axial tilts of 2.6* and 3.1 degrees, respectively. This means each planet has its own equinoxes and solstices. The winter solstice produces the shortest days and longest nights.Įarliest sunrise not on longest day Equinoxes and Solstices on Other PlanetsĮvery planet in the solar system, apart from Mercury, is tilted on its axis of rotation. On the date of the summer solstice, all locations in that hemisphere experience their longest days and shortest nights. In the Southern Hemisphere, June is winter and December is summer. In the Northern Hemisphere, the June solstice and December solstice can be referred to as the summer solstice and winter solstice. In brief, the Tropic of Capricorn runs through South America, southern Africa, and Australia.Ī sign marks the approximate point where a road in Namibia, southern Africa, crosses the Tropic of Capricorn. The December solstice happens sometime between December 20 and 23, when the Sun is directly over the Tropic of Capricorn in the Southern Hemisphere. As a rough guide, the Tropic of Cancer passes through Mexico, northern Africa, the Middle East, India, and China. The June solstice takes place sometime between June 20 and 22, when the Sun is directly above the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere. There are two moments each year when one of Earth’s poles is tilted the most toward the Sun, and the Sun lies directly above one of the tropics. The tropics are lines of latitude that circle the Earth above and below the equator, at about 23.4 degrees north and south. The farthest points from the equator where the Sun can appear directly overhead are referred to as the tropics. ![]() On the date of the equinox, at any location, the lengths of day and night are roughly equal.Įquilux: when day and night are (actually) equal The Solstices In the Southern Hemisphere, the names are the other way around. In the Northern Hemisphere, the March equinox is also known as the spring or vernal equinox the September equinox can be called the fall or autumnal equinox. The September equinox occurs sometime between September 21 and 24. The March equinox happens sometime between March 19 and 21. There are only two moments each year when neither pole points toward the Sun, and the Sun lies directly above Earth’s equator. Between September and March, the Southern Hemisphere receives more sunlight. Between March and September, the Northern Hemisphere receives more sunlight than the Southern Hemisphere.
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