by dankeelan | May 11, 2023 | Solar
When Joe Seaman-Graves, the city planner for the working class town of Cohoes, New York, Googled the term “floating solar,” he didn’t even know it was a thing. What he did know is that his tiny town needed an affordable way to get electricity and had no extra land....
by dankeelan | Apr 13, 2023 | Energy, Solar, Wind
Record growth in wind and solar last year pushed worldwide electricity generation to its cleanest-ever level, a report found, reflecting a renewable energy boom that researchers say could herald the “beginning of the end of the fossil age.” The analysis published...
by dankeelan | Apr 13, 2023 | Environment, Featured, Solar, Wind
Outside Denver, in a 9-mile-long canal that sends water to the local water treatment plant, small turbines spin as the water flows by. As they spin, they send energy to the water company so it can rely less on the electric grid. This new iteration of hydropower looks...
by dankeelan | Apr 6, 2023 | Featured, Solar
Vice President Kamala Harris is set to announce an agreement for what the Biden administration calls the largest community solar effort in U.S. history, enough to power 140,000 homes and businesses. Harris is visiting the Qcells solar panel factory outside Atlanta on...
by dankeelan | Mar 16, 2023 | Featured, Power, Solar
Floating photovoltaic systems, or “floatovoltaics,” provide electricity and reduce evaporation. Plus, you don’t need to clear land for a solar farm. A new study by an international team of researchers shows just how useful wide-scale floatovoltaics could be. They...
by dankeelan | Jan 12, 2023 | Solar
Soaring demand for home solar power systems in Germany could boost revenues at Solarwatt by more than 50% this year to 500 million euros ($538 million) and lift them to 1 billion euros in 2025, its chief executive told Reuters. “Growth is strong and...
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