GreenBiz

MARCH 28, 2024

Half the power needed by the world’s largest retailer now comes from clean energy projects.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 19, 2020

Three stories and three approaches to equitable clean energy, and we're just getting started. The first in a series.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 22, 2020

are using solar energy to cut down on expensive electricity bills. As a report by Generation180 shows, over 7,300 schools use the solar power approach to save on utility bills. Schools in the U.S. With funds freed up, schools can then improve the quality of education.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

DECEMBER 22, 2021

An investigation carried out by Floodlight and the Miami Herald has found that the leading energy company in the U.S. is trying to influence energy policies in its favor, hurting the rooftop solar industry in Florida.

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TechXplore

JANUARY 28, 2025

China raced ahead building renewable energy last year, installing more wind and solar power than ever before and continuing to leave all other countries in the dust.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

An important industry award in Germany has gone to direct current (DC) power technology firm Schaltbau for what’s described as the world’s first DC factory. Schaltbau’s NExT Factory is described as a pioneering leap in sustainable manufacturing and energy efficiency.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Space-based solar power is the cool technology of the future, although the concept was conceived hundreds of years ago. Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, a Russian scientist, proposed the idea of harnessing space-based solar power in 1923.

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TechXplore

JANUARY 8, 2025

it does not have much of an impact on overall, long-term solar power generation activity. New research from Colorado State University shows that while wildfire smoke increasingly covers large parts of the U.S.

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TechXplore

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Imagine a household that consumes 1,000 kilowatt hours of energy per month. Then they install solar panels on their roof that generate 500 kilowatt hours of electricity per month on average. How much should their consumption of electricity drawn from the power grid decline after they install solar?

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TechXplore

DECEMBER 6, 2023

If you want to improve the output of solar energy systems, why not also run them at night? That's the question researchers in Qatar and Jordan addressed as they successfully devised a system that promises to more than double energy output of current solar power stations.

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POWER Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Energy major Invenergy and telecom company Verizon are moving forward with power purchase agreements (PPAs) involving 640 MW of solar energy from projects across four states. The deals announced Feb. […] The post Invenergy, Verizon Expand PPAs for Solar Power appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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TechXplore

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

A floating, solar-powered device that can turn contaminated water or seawater into clean hydrogen fuel and purified water, anywhere in the world, has been developed by researchers.

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Solar Power World

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The value of energy resiliency is increasing in the face of stronger weather events and natural disasters, and the electrical grid isn’t always prepared to withstand these adverse environmental pressures.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 10, 2024

A unique contract allows companies that are typically too small to negotiate their own power contracts to fund new green energy projects.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Solar energy is rapidly developing as one of the most common forms of renewable energy production. They produce clean, locally generated energy — a must-have in a time of ambitious sustainability goals. But not all solar installations are alike.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The Breaking Barriers initiative is developing two resilience centers in Atlanta, one on the campus of a historically Black college that will be backed by a solar-powered microgrid with battery storage.

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TechXplore

OCTOBER 29, 2024

As stated by the International Energy Agency (IEA), approximately 50% of global final energy consumption is dedicated to heating. Yet, the utilization of solar power in this sector remains relatively low compared to fossil energy sources.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 6, 2022

Wind and solar power hit a new record in 2021, generating 10 percent of the world's entire electricity needs for the first time.

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POWER Magazine

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Space-based solar power (SBSP) could prove transformative to global energy demand by providing price-efficient, continuous clean energy from orbit (Figure 1). Recent developments, including low-cost space access, mass-produced satellites, robotics, […] The post Space-Based Solar Power for U.S.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

DECEMBER 7, 2021

You might not expect it to be a bastion of green energy, but the greater Chattanooga area is stepping out in front of many other parts of the U.S. as a solar pioneer. Tennessee may not strike people as the most progressive state with 46% of the population conservative and 27% moderate, according to a Pew Research Center poll.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Scotlands First Hydrogen Homes Open, Leading the Transition to Clean Energy The unveiling of Scotland’s first hydrogen homes marks a crucial step forward in the nation’s ambition to achieve net-zero emissions. Europes Hydrogen Residential Energy Technology Paving the Way Scotlands hydrogen pilot isnt the only one making headlines.

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TechXplore

JANUARY 11, 2024

Space-based solar power offers tantalizing possibilities for sustainable energy—in the future, orbital collection systems could harvest energy in space, and beam it wirelessly back to Earth.

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GreenTech Gazette

JANUARY 1, 2025

In a significant scientific breakthrough, researchers from South Korea have developed a self-charging energy storage device that combines supercapacitors with solar cells. The device utilizes novel electrode materials and achieves impressive energy and power densities, making it a potential game-changer in the field of energy storage.

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Solar Power World

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

But a new bipartisan bill in its early stages in the Senate is giving large-scale solar developers hope for a less-congested future. The Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024 (EPRA), introduced… The post Bipartisan energy permitting bill could bring solar power where it’s needed most appeared first on Solar Power World.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Clean energy and markets are the solution (not scapegoat) for California’s blackouts. While the immediate cause is still being investigated, we do know that California’s grid was experiencing multiple, coincident stressors — high demand, generators not performing when called upon and energy imports not showing up. Bryn Baker.

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Western Australia’s South West Interconnected System, regarded as the biggest isolated grid in the world, hit a new penetration record for wind and solar power over the weekend, a new peak of 85.7 pct appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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TechXplore

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Solar power is currently the fastest growing energy sector worldwide.

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POWER Magazine

MARCH 12, 2025

Technology company Cisco is among the groups involved in six virtual power purchase agreements (VPPAs) to secure energy from two solar power plants being developed in Texas. The post Corporate Buyers Sign Deals With Texas Solar Energy Projects appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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TechXplore

JANUARY 17, 2024

A lot can happen to solar panels that are mounted on a roof—from tree branches casting shade over them to a neighbor's baseball cracking one.

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Solar Industry

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Penske Truck Leasing has installed and activated its first rooftop solar-powered systems, at the company’s new facility in Channahon, Ill. The PV system, at 200 kW, is expected to generate 80% of the building’s energy needs. Any remaining required energy will be supplied by the local utility provider.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 14, 2025

Sinopec’s Bold Advances in Hydrogen Fuel Revolutionize Clean Energy Sinopec , Chinas largest oil refiner, is driving significant change in the energy sector with its ambitious strides in hydrogen fuel and green energy initiatives. By 2025, the company plans to spend 30 billion yuan (approximately $4.6

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Assuming that utility-scale solar power requires roughly eight acres per megawatt, the expansion would require an area roughly as big as Massachusetts and New Jersey combined,

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Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

A report prepared by the Energy Department and National Renewable Energy Laboratory shows that the U.S. could increase its solar power generation from the current 3% to 40% by 2035. To achieve this feat, the federal government would need to invest less than $562 billion and support related policies.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 26, 2021

A new study published in Nature Energy shows that the growth rate for wind and solar power is lower than required to stop climate change. degrees Celsius.

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The Guardian: Energy

JANUARY 22, 2025

Report reveals solar power generated 11% of Europes electricity, surpassing coal at 10% Europe made more electricity from sunshine than coal last year, a report has found, in what analysts called a milestone for the clean energy transition.

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TechXplore

AUGUST 27, 2024

Amidst the ongoing energy crisis and under the threat of climate change, exploiting renewable energy sources has quickly become a global necessity. Though our options are varied, solar energy seems to be our best bet—experts estimate that it may become our main energy source well before the turn of the century.

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TechXplore

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Directly benefiting the Philippines' solar power, agriculture, and other industries, an international team of researchers led by the Ateneo de Manila University and the Manila Observatory has pioneered a way to improve sunny weather forecasts by as much as 94%.

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