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New Source Solar Panels Pull Clean Drinking Water from the Air
A new kind of solar panel is being tested in water scarce regions of Ecuador, Jordan, and Mexico where the device, called Source, pulls moisture from the atmosphere to provide clean drinking...
Solar & Wind Cheaper To Replace Coal In UK Than Biomass
A new study has concluded that transitioning to wind and solar power would be a cheaper option for the United Kingdom to replace its coal fleet than using biomass electricity generation.
According to...
Low Cost of Electricity in ND Discouraging Solar Energy Investments
North Dakota averages 60 percent of possible sunshine each day, according to the North Dakota State Climate Office. But according to Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Energy Efficiency, the state...
Onshore Windfarms more Popular than Thought, UK Poll Finds
Public support for onshore windfarms is far higher than widely believed, according to a new opinion poll, even in rural areas.
Wind turbines are also far more popular than fracking or nuclear power,...
Poland’s New Solar-Powered Bike Path Glows Bright Blue at Night
Poland—home to some of the most bike-friendly cities in the world—unveiled a gorgeous, glowing bike path near Lidzbark Warminski in the Mazury region last week to help nighttime cyclists get from A...
DOE Charts Show Why Climate Doom and Gloom Isn’t Needed
A new report from the US Department of Energy paints a bright picture for our prospects to cut carbon pollution and prevent the most dangerous levels of climate change. The report looked...
New York City Sets the First Citywide Energy Storage Target
Only two U.S. states, California and Massachusetts, have set targets for energy storage deployments. Now New York City has joined them.
The city government unveiled a storage goal of 100 megawatt-hours by 2020...
Gamera Solar-Powered Helicopter makes history with first flight
A team of engineers notches up an aviation first as their unwieldy craft takes to the skies for a flight lasting seconds.
A group of students have made aviation history with the first...
Indian Scientists Design Solar Tree to Save Space for Solar Power Generation
NEW DELHI — Indian scientists have designed a “solar tree” that they hope will help overcome one of the key challenges the country faces in the generation of solar power.
With photovoltaic panels...
New Solar Forecasting System Could Save Industry Hundreds Of Millions
A new solar forecasting system could save the solar power industry hundreds of millions of dollars and make it easier for grid operators and utilities to integrate high penetration levels of variable...
How sun, salt and glass could help solve our energy needs
High in the stark Nevada desert, a couple of hundred miles north-west of Las Vegas, is the shimmering circular mirage of Crescent Dunes. Ten thousand silvery glass panels, each measuring 115 square...
First Solar offloads 11 MW
An affiliate of D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments has acquired the 11-megawatt Rancho Seco solar project in Sacramento County from First Solar. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Golden 1...
SolarCity And ComEd Discover Shared Vision For Utilities’ Future
ComEd doesn’t deliver any solar energy to its Chicago-area customers, and California-based SolarCity doesn’t do business in Illinois, but from distant reaches of the country, and from opposite ends of the power...
Addressing Climate Change with Low-Carbon Energy Centers
Last autumn, as part of MIT’s Plan for Action on Climate Change, the Institute announced plans to create Low-Carbon Energy Centers to advance key technologies that will address climate change. Since then,...
Solar Impulse Proves Innovation, Technology and Pioneering Mindset Can Address Global Challenges
Solar Impulse has made history by completing the first ever round-the-world flight powered only by energy from the sun. The plane landed at its starting point in Abu Dhabi at 04:05 am...
More than 8 Million People Were Employed Worldwide in the Renewable Sector
A boom in solar and wind power jobs in the US led the way to a global increase in renewable energy employment to more than 8 million people in 2015, according to...
