Sept. 18, 2025 -Analysts see the move as part of an industry consolidation. 100+ manufacturers are chasing limited near-term demand, with fewer than 1% of announced green and blue hydrogen projects securing binding offtake agreements.

The deal lets Electric Hydrogen vertically integrate—selling both its equipment and the hydrogen produced—while better competing with Chinese suppliers who currently dominate the market.

Sept. 16, 2025 -The connection between solar panels and his church mission wasn’t immediately obvious to Wilson Moore, deacon of New Mount Hermon Missionary Baptist Church in Detroit. But when he was tasked to install energy-efficient renovations to the church building, Moore began to see the possibilities.

As Moore met with businesses and utilities, it became clear that installing solar would allow the church to do more of what it has always wanted to do—provide aid to its community in times of need.

Sept. 16, 2025 -India has added 23 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy capacity in the five months of the current financial year, a level that many countries take year to achieve, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi said on Tuesday.

Speaking at the Financial Times’ Energy Transition Summit India, Joshi said the country’s installed non-fossil fuel capacity has reached 252 GW, crossing the halfway mark to the 2030 target of 500 GW.

Sept. 16, 2025 -We haven’t mined on the moon yet, but companies are already buying its resources.

Finnish tech firm Bluefors, a maker of ultracold refrigerator systems critical for quantum computing, has purchased tens of thousands of liters of Helium-3 from the moon — spending “above $300 million” — through a commercial space company called Interlune. The agreement, which has not been previously reported, marks the largest purchase of a natural resource from space.

Sept. 12, 2025 -A 150-MW/300-MWh battery storage farm is now supplying power and delivering grid reliability services into the Independent System Operator of New England after two years of construction and eight years of development in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

Cranberry Point Energy Storage is completed and operational, managed by developer and owner Plus Power. The project is in the town of Carver and is a standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) not co-located with solar or other generation.

Sept. 11, 2025 - Kavone is one of 11 men who completed the program hosted by the nonprofit New Jersey Reentry Corporation (NJRC). A team from Hudson County Community College (HCCC) and solar developer Solar One ,led the course, which included solar installation, construction basics and work readiness and safety—each module providing them a certification.

In total, NJRC has trained over 500 people for various skills, including welding, construction, cooking, solar panel installations and even sales. Trainees are enrolled for free on a first-come, first-served basis. All they need to do is show up.

Sept. 11, 2025 -Salt River Project (SRP) and Google this week announced what the companies are calling a “first-of-its-kind” research collaboration to better understand the real-world performance of emerging non-lithium-ion long duration energy storage (LDES) technologies, hoping to accelerate the advancements needed to deploy LDES at scale.

As part of the research collaboration, Google will fund a portion of the costs for LDES pilot projects developed for SRP’s grid. Google will evaluate data on the pilot projects’ operational performance and provide input on the research and testing plans.

Sept. 13, 2025 -Why $1? Relicensing all 13 dams would have cost Consumers $1.4B, and decommissioning them would have run $631M. Under the agreement, Confluence will modernize the facilities, keep the reservoirs intact, and sell the power back to Consumers under a 30-year PPA.

Sept. 13, 2025 -Costs are creeping up: +2% residential, +10% commercial, and +4% utility-scale, thanks to Trump-era tariffs and permitting changes. Policy shifts under the recent budget bill could cut up to 55 GW of solar deployment by 2030, a 21% decline from pre-bill forecasts.

And yet: The US added 7.5 GWdc of solar in Q2—up 28% from Q1, but 24% below last year. Texas led with 3.8 GW, followed by California, Indiana, and Arizona.

Sept. 10-3, 2025 -The Megapack 3 adds about 1 MWh of capacity to Tesla’s previous largest model and features a wider operating range for extreme climates.

The Megablock bundles four Megapack 3 units into a 20 MWh block, which Tesla says will reduce installation times by 23% and construction times by up to 40%.

Both products will be manufactured at Tesla’s new Houston Megafactory, which is planned to produce up to 50 GWh of Megapack 3 and Megablock units annually once it ramps up in late 2026.

Sept. 13, 2025 -A novel solar power project just went online in California’s Central Valley, with panels that span across canals in the vast agricultural region.

The 1.6-megawatt installation, called Project Nexus, was fully completed late last month. The $20 million state-funded pilot has turned stretches of the Turlock Irrigation District’s canals into hubs of clean electricity generation in a remote area where cotton, tomatoes, almonds, and hundreds of other crops are grown.

Sept. 7, 2025 -The approach shifts up to 95% of cooling demand off-peak, easing grid strain and helping utilities avoid expensive peakers.

Ice Energy’s 25.6 MWh VPP with SCE spans 100+ sites and has already delivered 45 GWh of capacity, with customers reporting utility bill savings of up to 20%.

Sept. 10, 2025 - South Dakota is almost entirely covered in farms. Flat, open, connected by roads and linked to power grids, farmland makes a good place to site renewable energy. Wind, in particular, has muscled through the anti-renewables bias over the past decade and now accounts for more than half the state’s total energy production. It helps that wind is omnipresent on the plains and farmers can easily seed and harvest around a turbine’s small footprint. Also, the need to space windmills across a vast area requires developers to purchase leases from multiple landowners, securing local buy-in by spreading the economic benefits around. Solar, meanwhile, contributes a paltry 0.26% to the total energy generation, though not for lack of potential.

Three years ago, utility-scale solar was negligible in South Dakota. Then, new interest driven by falling prices and lucrative federal tax incentives like those in the Inflation Reduction Act, helped spur the addition of two solar parks, which bumped production to nearly 300MW, about enough to power 50,000 average US homes.

Sept. 8, 2025 -The clean hydrogen sector has reached a major milestone, with USD 110 billion in investment now committed across more than 500 projects worldwide that are past final investment decision (FID), in construction, or already operational; a USD 35 billion increase since last year. Since 2020, the sector has averaged a 50% year-over-year committed investment growth rate according to the Hydrogen Council’s inaugural Global Hydrogen Compass report, co-authored with McKinsey & Company.

This progress is accompanied by natural attrition, as projects with the strongest business cases advance and less viable ones are withdrawn, demonstrating continued maturation across the industry. Since 2020, more than 1,700 hydrogen projects have been announced globally, a 7.5-fold increase, while approximately 50 projects have been publicly cancelled in the past 18 months, representing about 3% of the total pipeline; most of them early-stage renewable hydrogen ventures. Structural challenges, including persistently high interest rates and delayed policy implementation in some regions, are adding pressure to this selection process.

Sept. 9, 2025 -The US is forecast to reach between US$55-60 billion in clean energy tax credit monetisation in 2025, according to a report from clean energy financing technology platform Crux.

This would be up from the US$52 billion registered in 2024, while tax equity investments are forecast to rise by 10-20% year-on-year in 2025 with between US$32-35 billion.

Sept. 9, 2025 -Ameren is planning to build its largest solar facility yet in mid-Missouri, in part to power data centers.

The solar field would be constructed next to the Callaway nuclear plant in Callaway County. It would be a 250-megawatt center, which could power about 44,000 homes.

That would make it Ameren's largest solar facility. Last year, the utility brought three new solar facilities online, which are producing 500MW together.

Sept. 8, 2025 -Georgia Power has certified five new solar power purchase agreements (PPAs) within its borders, for a combined capacity of just over 1GW.

The utility received approval from the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) to certify the projects last Friday, as part of its Clean and Renewable Energy Subscription (CARES) programme.

Sept. 8, 2025 -Spain’s Elmya Energy and London-based Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure launched a joint venture, “Elmantic,” to build 4 GW of wind, solar, and storage across ERCOT and the Western US. They plan to focus on greenfield projects sited on private land.

The timing is deliberate: Elmantic expects its first projects to come online near the end of the decade, when the policy climate may have shifted again. “Our industry has seen these ups and downs,” Elmya Energy USA Head of North America Colin Mott told UD.

Sept. 8, 2025 -Portland General Electric and Mitsubishi Power dropped plans for a billion-dollar hydrogen production and storage complex in Oregon, citing the loss of a potential project partner, shaky economics, and shifting federal policy.

The exit follows Fortescue’s scrapping of a plant in Centralia, WA, and First Mode’s bankruptcy, shrinking the Hub’s lineup from 8 projects to 6 in its first year of federal funding.

Sept. 8, 2025 -The tax credit transfer market grew from about $9B in the first half of 2024 to more than $20B during the same time in 2025. For context, the 2024 full-year total was about $30B. This indicates growth in some of the newly eligible, more emerging sectors like geothermal and nuclear.

Storage surged: Solar+storage and standalone storage represented 26% of credit transactions in early 2025 (vs. 9% in early 2024). Wind collapsed from 33% to 9.5%.

Advanced manufacturing credits alone supplied 21% of the market in the first half of the year, with $5–7B more expected in H2..

Sept. 8, 2025 -Michael Gillogly, manager of the Pepperwood Preserve, understands the wildfire risk that power lines pose firsthand. The 3,200-acre nature reserve in Sonoma County, California, burned in 2017 when a privately owned electrical system sparked a fire. It burned again in 2019 during a conflagration started by power lines operated by utility Pacific Gas & Electric.

So when PG&E approached Gillogly about installing a solar- and battery-powered microgrid to replace the single power line serving a guest house on the property, he was relieved. ?“We do a lot of wildfire research here,” he noted. Getting rid of ?“the line up to the Bechtel House is part of PG&E’s work on eliminating the risk of fire.”

Sept. 7, 2025 -Wright suggested solar couldn’t meaningfully scale, but X’s Community Notes flagged that covering only about 1% of global land with solar panels could power the planet. SEIA and other experts clapped back within hours, posting data to correct the record.

The clash underscores how the “renewables culture war” is playing out online as much as in policy, with industry groups increasingly fact-checking federal officials in real time.

Sept. 4, 2025 -On a spring day in 1954, Bell Labs researchers showed off the first practical solar panels at a press conference in Murray Hill, New Jersey, using sunlight to spin a toy Ferris wheel before a stunned crowd.

The solar future looked bright. But in the race to commercialize the technology it invented, the US would lose resoundingly. Last year, China exported $40 billion worth of solar panels and modules, while America shipped just $69 million, according to the New York Times. It was a stunning forfeit of a huge technological lead.

Sept. 3, 2025 -In a lab in Turku, Finland, scientists have found a surprising ally in the fight for sustainable solar energy: the papery red skin of an onion.

Researchers from the University of Turku, in collaboration with Aalto University and Wageningen University, have developed a bio-based UV protection film for solar cells that not only blocks nearly all harmful ultraviolet light but also outperforms commercial plastic films. The key ingredient is a water extract made from red onion skins.

Sept. 2, 2025 -The rapid expansion of solar capacity in recent years has made it the fastest growing source of new electricity generation. In 2024, global solar output rose by 28% (+469 TWh) compared to 2023, more than any other source.

China remains the global leader of this surge. In the first half of 2025, its installations more than doubled compared with the same period last year. As a result, China added more than twice as much solar capacity as the rest of the world combined, making up 67% of the global total. In the first half of 2024, China made up 54% of global solar installations.

Sept. 2, 2025 -The new subscription lets the steelmaker—which runs a 200-ton electric arc furnace and bar mill—offset utility bills without on-site installations or upfront capital, providing cost savings and grid benefits.

The big picture: Other heavy industry players—from US Steel’s Big River Steel mill to Nucor’s renewable PPAs—are making similar moves as energy-intensive manufacturers seek insulation from volatile power prices and pressure to decarbonize.

Aug. 29, 2025 -In the late 1980s, when Switzerland was just beginning to experiment with solar power, engineers bolted a few shiny panels onto rooftops, mountain stations, and even utility-scale farms. They probably didn’t expect those panels to still be humming along more than three decades later.

But that’s exactly what a new study shows. Researchers from Switzerland, Austria, and Germany tracked six photovoltaic systems installed between 1987 and 1993 across the country’s dramatically different climates — temperate valleys, snowy mountain huts, and high-altitude research stations perched above the clouds. After more than 30 years, those panels are still reliably producing electricity.

Aug. 29, 2025 -The U.S. International Trade Commission voted on Friday to proceed with an investigation into whether solar panels from India, Laos and Indonesia are stifling domestic manufacturing, a key procedural step that could result in tariffs on those imports.

Why It's Important:The unanimous decision by the three-member panel is a victory for domestic solar manufacturers who say Chinese companies with operations in those countries receive unfair government subsidies and are selling their products below the cost of production in the United States. U.S. producers are seeking to protect billions of dollars of investment in American factories.

Aug. 29, 2025 -Fifty-three million U.S. households cannot install rooftop solar, primarily due to building and roof limitations, because they live in apartments or because of their status as renters.

But as prices plummet and technology shrinks, soon almost anyone in the United States may be able to plug in to the sun. For a few hundred dollars, portable panels that hang on any sunny surface can pump free solar electricity into your home via a wall socket.

Aug. 27, 2025 -President Trump has made no secret of wanting to quash the American solar industry.

He may well be making trouble for a nascent solar industry half a world away, in India.

India has spent the past several years trying to become a clean-energy manufacturing hub, and has succeeded to a large degree. Earlier in August, the government in New Delhi said that Indian companies had grown their solar manufacturing capacity 50-fold in the course of a decade and produced enough solar panels to generate 100 gigawatts of electricity. That would go some way, the government said, to “establish the country as a major player in the global value chain.”

Then came the Trump administration’s tariffs, which took full effect on Wednesday.

August 27, 2025 -Imports of solar panels from China to Africa rose sharply in the year to June, capable of generating 60% more electricity than imports in the previous 12 months according to a new analysis of Chinese export data by energy think-tank Ember.

The solar panels imported from July 2024-June 2025 could provide 15 gigawatts (GW) of electricity to the continent – long left out of the global solar boom – up from 9 GW during the year before. Ember called this the “first evidence of a take-off in solar in Africa”.

August 26, 2025 -By the numbers: 49% of bills aimed to restrict clean energy siting through setbacks, zoning rules, or added approvals. Just 22% tried to ease deployment, while the rest made minor procedural tweaks.

What passed: Only 39 bills became law, all in states where one party controls the House, Senate, and governor’s office. GOP-led states like Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana tightened siting rules, while Indiana, Ohio, and Oregon advanced more permissive policies.

Looking ahead: 2026 debates are expected to focus on states facing new data center demand including Pennsylvania, Virginia, Indiana, and Louisiana.

August 26, 2025 -A new report finds 1,700 GW of renewable projects are stuck in Europe’s interconnection queues—more than triple what’s needed to hit the EU’s 2030 climate targets. Last year alone, grid limits forced $8.3B worth of clean generation offline across seven countries.

Why it matters: Europe is building renewables faster than its transmission system can absorb, leaving projects stranded and climate goals at risk unless grid planning is rapidly expanded and modernized.

August 26, 2025 -Over the course of the past year, Chinese companies shipped out solar equipment to a vast range of countries on the continent, according to an analysis of Chinese export data by Ember, an energy tracking group. Those exports added up to more than 15 gigawatts of solar capacity, which nearly doubles the estimated 20 gigawatts of capacity that was installed in 2023.

“The volume of solar panels imported over the past 12 months has the potential to significantly increase power generation in many African countries,” Ember’s report said.

August 25, 2025 -In the late 1960s, an engineer named Peter Glaser floated a wild idea: what if we launched giant solar panels into orbit and beamed the power back to Earth? At the time, it sounded like something out of a pulp science magazine, up there with moon colonies and nuclear-powered cars. But then again, so did ground-based solar panels until not that long ago.

Ten years ago, solar panels provided just around 1% of the global electricity. Now, they provide over 7%, and are already the most affordable form of energy in most parts of the world. In fact, globally, solar power has gone from an outlier to the cheapest form of energy in history and shows no signs of slowing down; in fact, it’s accelerating so much that the biggest problem now isn’t energy generation, but storage.

August 24, 2025 -New data shows only 1.4 GW of utility-scale solar will come online this year, down nearly 30% from last year and 40% below the 2023 peak. Projections suggest the buildout could slide to less than 750 MW a year after 2030.

The slowdown stems from clogged grid connections, drawn-out permitting, and local resistance. At the same time, rooftop solar has flooded the market, sending wholesale prices to zero or below and eroding project economics.

August 24, 2025 -In Pakistan’s agricultural heartland, the solar energy boom is hard to miss.

Mosques have installed solar panels to keep prayer rooms lit; some factories are now powered exclusively by the sun; farmers are using the technology to transform once-barren land into lush fields.

August 24, 2025 -Japan has opened its first osmotic power plant, in the south-western city of Fukuoka.

Only the second power plant of its type in the world, it is expected to generate about 880,000 kilowatt hours of electricity each year – enough to help power a desalination plant that supplies fresh water to the city and neighbouring areas.

That’s the equivalent of powering about 220 Japanese households, according to Dr Ali Altaee from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), who specialises in the development of alternative water sources.

August 22, 2025 -The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu, long known for its serene lagoons and tight-knit communities, is becoming the world’s first country to begin a planned relocation of its entire population due to climate change. Rising seas are forcing its citizens to make impossible choices about home, identity, and even survival.

In a historic move, Tuvalu and Australia signed the Falepili Union in late 2023. The agreement not only deepens diplomatic and security ties between the nations — it also launches the world’s first “climate visa” program. Under this initiative, 280 Tuvaluans will be granted permanent residency in Australia each year.

August 20, 2025 -Taylor King Boyles has been dreaming about solar electricity ever since he watched a Reading Rainbow episode about solar powered cars as a child. Mr. King Boyles, now 35, recalls making quips about solar power in his high school graduation speech.

So last year, when he and his wife, Hannah, 34, were ready to install solar panels on their rooftop in Columbus, Ohio, it was appropriate that their journey would fit in the plot of an educational television show: The couple got involved with a group of fellow Ohioans who joined forces to navigate the process and purchase equipment in bulk.

August 19, 2025 -USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins says the move stops “market-distorting incentives.”

Keep in mind: A recent nonpartisan study found that solar facilities aren’t likely to be the “primary driver” of development on farmland for decades.

August 19, 2025 -The who’s who: Independent renewables developer Silicon Ranch will develop, own, and operate the project in coordination with state-owned utility Santee Cooper.

Central Electric Power Cooperative will purchase the power from Silicon Ranch, then supply it to Aiken Electric Cooperative, which will directly serve Meta’s data center.

August 19, 2025 -Picture a forested hillside stripped bare, replaced by row after row of black solar panels. That’s the tradeoff many communities face: renewable power at the cost of ecosystems. But a growing body of research suggests it doesn’t have to be that way. The solution may look less like an industrial solar farm and more like a forest — solar trees.

Researcher Dan-Bi Um at the Korea Maritime Institute compared conventional flat-panel arrays with solar trees — structures designed to mimic real trees, with panels branching upward like leaves. Their results were startling. “Linear arrangements of these structures achieve superior power capacity compared to conventional fixed panels while preserving existing forest cover,” the team reports.

August 17, 2025 -Solar stocks jumped Friday afternoon following reports of leaked Treasury Department guidance for clean energy tax credits suggesting the Trump administration could keep solar and wind projects’ access to the funding intact.

While the rules would tighten the definition of “started construction,” they preserve offsite work eligibility and a four-year safe harbor. The draft also eliminates the old “5% spend” threshold, though regulations could change before the final draft is released.

August 16, 2025 -Last week, the Northern Arapaho tribe learned that it was losing about $10 million in federal grants that would have helped members of the tribe lower their electrical bills.

“For us, it’s really a kick in the balls,” said Patrick Goggles, a member of the tribe who led the implementation of the federal Solar for All program in its Natural Resources Office.

August 15, 2025 -U.S. solar company T1 Energy (TE.N), and specialty glass maker Corning (GLW.N) have reached a deal that will establish a fully domestic solar supply chain, connecting polysilicon, wafers, cells, and panels manufactured in the United States, they said on Friday.

The deal will help T1 satisfy growing U.S. demand for panels produced with American-made components. Under President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act, solar companies will be restricted from claiming federal clean energy tax credits if projects contain meaningful amounts of equipment produced by "foreign entities of concern," including China.

August 14, 2025 -In the sterile, LED-lit gloom of an office, a solar panel is about as useful as a sundial. Traditional silicon cells are built for the unfiltered fire of the Sun but work miserably with artificial light. Yet billions of small devices — remote controls, alarms, wireless sensors — live their entire lives under ceilings. They have to be powered by disposable batteries, each a tiny packet of mined metals destined for the landfill.

Now, researchers at University College London and their collaborators have engineered a new class of indoor solar cell that doesn’t just work under artificial light — it thrives. Their device turns 37.6% of the light in a well-lit room into usable electricity, a world record for this type of technology

August 13, 2025 -The pace of new capacity of U.S. solar, wind and battery systems has slowed nationally and in key states this year, hurting clean energy sector sentiment. But climate trackers can take heart from the continued growth outside Texas and California.

Combined installations of solar, wind and battery storage systems are on track to climb by around 7% in 2025 from the year before, according to data compiled by energy data platform Cleanview as of mid-2025.

August 13, 2025 -Blackouts are routine in Puerto Rico, where an aging and storm-battered fleet of oil, gas and coal plants teeter constantly on the edge of collapse. By the time this summer ends, the power will go out 93 times, according to a forecast from the island’s grid operator, LUMA.

But a solution is rising to alleviate the sticky, summer misery. Roughly 1 in 10 Puerto Rican homes now have a battery and solar array for backup power. The batteries don’t just protect the homeowners who purchased and installed them: They’ve also become a crucial source of backup power for the entire island grid.

August 10, 2025 -The cost of solar panels has dropped by more than 99 percent since the 1970s, enabling widespread adoption of photovoltaic systems that convert sunlight into electricity.

A new MIT study drills down on specific innovations that enabled such dramatic cost reductions, revealing that technical advances across a web of diverse research efforts and industries played a pivotal role.

The findings could help renewable energy companies make more effective R&D investment decisions and aid policymakers in identifying areas to prioritize to spur growth in manufacturing and deployment.

August 14, 2025 -Over two decades China has leapt ahead of other countries, churning out innovative designs for the energy mix of the future: solar and wind power, batteries and electric cars.

Accused for years of copying the technologies of other countries, China now dominates the renewable energy landscape not just in terms of patent filings and research papers, but in what analysts say are major contributions that will help to move the world away from fossil fuels.

August 12, 2025 -Across Germany, more than a million people had installed solar panels on their balconies as of last month. But those are just the officially registered systems. The actual figures could be three times as high, according to government estimates.

Though each installation is small, the aggregate electricity generated from these plug-in solar panels is helping Germany reach its renewable energy targets.

Is the U.S. next?

August 11, 2025 -The agreement stipulates that the development of the Santa Maria Galeria site will preserve the agricultural use of the land and minimize the environmental impact on the territory, according to a Vatican statement.

Details weren’t released, but the Vatican will be exempt from paying Italian taxes to import the solar panels, but won’t benefit from the financial incentives that Italians enjoy when they go solar

August 11, 2025 -The final tally on the state’s record-setting VPP test last week? It pulled in 535 MW from 100,000+ home batteries in a single peak event—comparable to half the power of a nuclear reactor.

More solar is on tap. Arevon Energy completed its $2B Eland solar-plus-storage complex, which can power 7% of Los Angeles with its 1.36M solar panels and nearly 200 batteries.

August 7, 2025 -Five years ago electrical engineer Sun Hongbin was given what many would consider an impossible task: build a full-fledged clean-energy system amid some of the coldest temperatures on Earth, screaming winds and half-year darkness.

China was then building its fifth Antarctic research station, called Qinling, on Inexpressible Island in Terra Nova Bay. And the nation’s government was pushing the concept of “green expeditions” to protect Antarctica’s uniquely fragile environment while studying and surveying the continent.

August 7, 2025 -Woodside Energy’s original plan called for a 290 MW facility producing up to 90 tons of liquid hydrogen.

The cancellation highlights the difficulties facing green hydrogen commercialization amid uncertain policy landscapes and fluctuating market demand, particularly in regions betting on hydrogen as a new economic driver

August 7, 2025 -China installed 268 GW of new solar and wind power in just the first half of 2025, nearly matching all the wind and solar the US has ever built.

But here’s the catch: A growing chunk of that clean energy isn’t being used—curtailment rose sharply last year (for example, Tibet had to curtail over 30% of its wind and solar generation in early 2025).

August 6, 2025 -A $7 billion program designed to reduce electricity bills while increasing the use of rooftop solar is facing potential cuts from the Trump administration.

The Solar for All program survived previous waves of cancellations of other renewable energy initiatives this year, but grant recipients have said they expect to receive notice as soon as this week that the funding will end.

August 12, 2025 -As the demand for data centres grows, sufficient land to site them and electricity to power them is becoming a growing issue and encouraging developers, following in the steps of renewables developers, to look to site facilities offshore.

The concept isn’t new. For example, since 2021, Nautilus Data Technologies has been operating its Stockton 1 data centre on a repurposed 90m freight barge on the San Joaquin river in California – the concept developed to take advantage of the river for water cooling.

August 5, 2025 -US companies are rushing to buy solar panels ahead of the Trump administration’s early phaseout of tax credits in a frenzy that could stretch into mid-2026, the head of a top solar hardware marketplace told Semafor. Ultimately, the phaseout could end up helping the same Chinese manufacturers the White House wants to combat.

Driving the rush is a desire to get ahead of new rules on construction deadlines and foreign supply chains that will drastically raise the cost to build and operate new solar projects.

August 5, 2025 -The Trump administration is preparing to terminate $7 billion in federal grants intended to help low- and moderate-income families install solar panels on their homes, according to two people briefed on the matter.

The Environmental Protection Agency is drafting termination letters to the 60 state agencies, nonprofit groups and Native American tribes that received the grants under the “Solar for All” program, with the goal of sending the letters by the end of this week.

August 2, 2025 -Solar energy is booming across the U.S. and, for the first time, Florida is catching up to industry powerhouses Texas and California.

Despite removing climate change from its official state policy in 2024, Florida added more utility-scale solar than California last year, with over 3 gigawatts of new capacity coming online.

July 30, 2025 -East of San Antonio in Bexar County, 500 electric vehicle batteries at the end of their automotive lives will soon be repurposed to provide energy storage for Texas’ electric grid, a California company, B2U Storage Solutions, announced on Tuesday.

The batteries, housed in 21 cabinets the size of shipping containers, create a second life for the technology made from critical minerals, including lithium, nickel and cobalt, for another eight years, said Freeman Hall, co-founder and CEO.

July 29, 2025 -Open-pit mines around the world have enough room for solar panels to generate more than 4,700 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity per year, according to a new study. The findings represent the first global analysis of an efficient new approach to renewable energy siting.

Solar power is growing fast in many countries, and that’s stimulating increasing land-use conflicts. The locations that are good for generating this renewable form of energy also tend to be valuable for agriculture, or host important natural ecosystems.

July 24, 2025 -UK Power Networks (UKPN) is harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) to reveal hidden solar energy generation, helping grid operators manage energy flows more effectively and supporting the UK’s journey to net zero.

Thousands of homes and businesses generate solar power daily, but because this happens behind smart meters, much of it goes unmeasured.

July 23, 2025 -For years, we’ve been told some version of renewable energy being clean and cute, but not practical or cheap. Well, according to a recent and very thorough report, the vast majority of renewable projects are way cheaper than their fossil fuel counterparts.

The report, published by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) showed that “91% of newly commissioned utility-scale renewable capacity delivered power at a lower cost than the cheapest new fossil fuel-based alternative.”

July 22, 2025 -The world is on the brink of a breakthrough in the climate fight and fossil fuels are running out of road, the UN chief said on Tuesday, as he urged countries to funnel support into low-carbon energy.

More than nine in 10 renewable power projects globally are now cheaper than fossil fuel alternatives. Solar power is about 41% cheaper than the lowest-cost fossil fuel alternative, and onshore wind generation is less than half the price of fossil fuels, according to a report from the International Renewable Energy Agency.

July 22, 2025 -Developer Enbridge is investing in a 600 MW solar project that will help power Meta’s data center operations in Texas.

Located near San Antonio, Enbridge estimated the Clear Fork project will cost $900 million and said it is expected to be accretive to cash flow and earnings per share starting in 2027.

Enbridge said the project’s construction is underway and is expected to become operational during the summer of 2027. Meta signed a long-term contract for 100% of the power generated by the project.

July 21, 2025 -The US solar industry faces an increasingly complex web of tariffs and policy restrictions that are fundamentally reshaping global supply chains. New anti-dumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD) on Southeast Asian cells and modules, ranging from 41.08% for Malaysia to 660.04% for Cambodia, and the threat of several new tariffs are likely to create genuine supply bottlenecks and unprecedented challenges for renewable energy deployment.

Wood Mackenzie's latest analysis reveals how these tariffs and policy shifts are reshaping the US solar supply chain. The AD/CVD investigation finalized in June on Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam have pushed tariff rates on these countries above Chinese levels.

July 22, 2025 -Big U.S. EV battery makers are stepping back from the market that got them started and betting on a new set of customers in an entirely different business.

Instead of carmakers, these companies have started making batteries for utilities, wind- and solar-power developers, and massive data centers that train artificial intelligence.

July 21, 2025 -The report outlines five ways to relieve grid strain: smarter transmission upgrades, co-locating big loads like data centers with generation, expanding energy efficiency, reforming interconnection, and improving cross-state power flow.

Big picture: It’s a rebuttal to DOE’s recent report, which leans on keeping coal plants alive. CATF says the feds are underestimating the role batteries, renewables, and modern grid tech can play in the short term and overestimating how fast fossil projects can come online.

July 22, 2025 - The new dam promises 300B kWh of annual output—triple the capacity of the current largest hydropower plant, Three Gorges (also in China).

Yes, but: Beijing has offered few details on environmental or human impacts. The dam sits just upstream from India and Bangladesh, which fear disruption to water supplies and regional stability. Environmental groups warn the project could irreversibly alter fragile ecosystems on the Tibetan plateau

Sept. 20, 2025 -From the billboard on the edge of town to the limestone monument on Vine Street, the signs are hard to miss: “West Union, Deeply Connected.” It’s a motto that could apply to many tight-knit farm towns across the Midwest where families date back generations.

But in this town of 2,500, the words have additional meaning.

Buried beneath the front lawn of the county courthouse and town square are 132 boreholes, each 300 feet deep. Pipes connected to the bores run below the surrounding blocks, providing downtown businesses with year-round geothermal energy. The high-efficiency, fossil-fuel-free heating and cooling system owned by the town was one of the first municipal thermal networks in the country when it began operating in 2014.

July 29, 2025 -Geothermal is one of the most promising clean energy sources in the US, providing 24/7 renewable power that could meet rising energy demand from AI datacentres. But former Department of Energy officials are alarmed that Donald Trump is fumbling its potential.

Compared with other clean energy sources such as solar and wind, geothermal enjoys rare bipartisan support. The US energy secretary, Chris Wright, has praised the technology, calling it “an awesome resource that’s under our feet”.

July 6, 2025 -The “where” matters: Taiwan straddles two tectonic plates, making it rich in geothermal potential—a fact increasingly recognized by both the Taiwanese government and Big Tech.

President Lai Ching-te has supported growing Taiwan’s geothermal footprint to produce more clean power and shore up its grid, and Google announced plans to build a pilot geothermal facility to power its Taiwanese data centers earlier this year.

June 26, 2025 -The sweeping community in the Austin suburb of Manor is filled with modern homes, small manicured lawns, quiet streets and rooftops outfitted with solar panels. Hidden beneath it is a network of pipes and man-made reservoirs that heat and cool hundreds of households via geothermal technology — a source that currently provides less than 1% of the U.S. electrical demand.

When completed, Whisper Valley will consist of approximately 7,500 owner-occupied and rental homes and multi-family units ranging in price from $350,000 to $750,000; three schools; 2 million square feet of commercial space; and 700 acres of park and outdoor community spaces. Habitat for Humanity is set to build affordable housing, which will hook up to the geothermal network.

June 11, 2025 -The startup is developing what promises to be the largest enhanced geothermal power plant in the world. The initial phase of Cape Station is expected to come online next year and produce 100 megawatts of electricity, and a subsequent expansion set to open in 2028 will add another 400 megawatts.

Enhanced geothermal, which runs deeper and hotter than traditional geothermal, has become a favored technology in the quest to find new power sources for AI data centers. By tapping the Earth’s heat, geothermal promises to provide 24/7 power without emissions. It doesn’t hurt that it relies on skills pioneered by the oil and gas industry, something that likely helps its standing within the Trump administration.

May 12, 2025 -Like much of New England, the public schools in New Bedford, Massachusetts, have burned heating oil and natural gas for decades to keep their buildings warm through long, cold winters.

But that is beginning to change.

Mar. 25, 2025 -It’s pretty easy to get into hot water in Boise. After all, it’s in Idaho, a state filled with hundreds of hot springs.

The city has tapped into that naturally hot water to create the largest municipally run geothermal system in the country.

Feb. 17, 2025 -Air source heat pumps are the darlings of the clean energy world, a high efficiency, all-electric heating and cooling device that allows homeowners to ditch fossil fuels. But there’s a catch. When temperatures plummet, their efficiency can also tank, causing electric bills to soar as the devices’ compressors and fans have to work harder to pull what little heat remains in outdoor air.

Jan. 29, 2025 - Ditch fossil fuels in less than half the time and save half a billion dollars or more on what you would otherwise spend to decarbonize. That’s the pitch a group of students, alumni and faculty will make to administrators at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at a campus decarbonization forum today.

The proposal, officially known as the MIT Thermal Energy Network (MITTEN), calls for an advanced heating and cooling system that uses low-temperature thermal energy from pipes connecting campus buildings.

Jan. 16, 2025 -The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has announced $30 million to increase geothermal power production by unlocking “superhot” reservoirs deep within the Earth.

Currently, geothermal baseload production in the U.S. is limited to 4 gigawatts (GW). ARPA-E’s Stimulate Utilization of Plentiful Energy in Rocks through High-temperature Original Technologies (SUPERHOT) program aims to provide access to superhot reservoirs capable of producing 10-20 GW of reliable baseload power at a “competitive cost” of less than $30 per megawatt hour (MWh) by 2040. As the demand for power increases in the U.S., driven primarily by data centers and manufacturing, DOE argues that expanding geothermal power production could play an important role.

Dec. 11, 2024 -For decades, geothermal energy has been the shy cousin of the renewable energy family. While solar and wind power scaled up dramatically, geothermal has remained niche, delivering only a fraction of the world’s electricity. Its Achilles’ heel has always been geography — those pockets of underground heat are mostly found near volcanic regions.

But what if we could tap into Earth’s heat nearly anywhere? A new study out of Cornell University suggests we can. The answer may lie in something called superhot rock energy.

Sep. 25, 2024 -The Geretsried Project is among a new generation of “geothermal anywhere” efforts. This rests on the simple observation that heat percolates upward from the Earth’s 5,000°C molten iron core every-where around the world. The crust is somewhat thinner and hotter beneath the Western U.S. than it is under the East Coast or Western Europe, but on average the temperature rises around 30°C for every kilometer down you dig. So why can’t it be tapped everywhere, too?

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Jan 31, 2023 -Wind and solar supplied more of the EU’s electricity than any other power source for the first time ever in 2022, new analysis finds.

They together provided a record one-fifth of the EU’s electricity in 2022 – a larger share than gas or nuclear, according to a report by the climate thinktank .

SOLAR UNITED NEIGHBORS], Aug. 21, 2023 -The Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) offers federal grants and loans to help farmers and rural small business owners go solar. REAP grants have helped thousands of these business owners across the country reduce their energy costs and improve their energy security with solar. Download our guide, Your Rural Business Can Go Solar: A Guide to Applying for a Rural Energy for America Program Grant, to learn more about how your business can go solar with REAP today.

July 3, 2023 -Most individuals are fine with just knowing that the panels are made of a special material that’s able to absorb and use the power of the sun, even storing it for use during periods when the sun isn’t shining, such as cloudy days and, of course, at night.

But if you really want to know more about solar panels and the materials that are used to construct them, click now to learn more.

May-June 2023 Issue *by Bill McKibben- The United States is on the brink of its most consequential transformation since the New Deal. Read more about what it takes to decarbonize the economy, and what stands in the way, here.

Click now to learn more about these Microgrids.

May-June 2023 Issue *by Michael Mechanic- The transition to clean power will require massive solar expansion—not just home rooftop arrays but photovoltaic installations near population centers. Where to mount all the panels? One answer seems obvious: over parking lots, which also bake during the summer, contributing to dangerous “heat island” effects. Shading Walmart Supercenter lots with PV canopies, for instance, would generate loads of power and allow stores to entice shoppers with free EV charging and cooler lots. And a cool customer is a happy customer.

May-June 2023 Issue *by Michael Mechanic- The transition to clean power will require massive solar expansion—not just home rooftop arrays but photovoltaic installations near population centers.

Where to mount all the panels? One answer seems obvious: over parking lots, which also bake during the summer, contributing to dangerous “heat island” effects. Shading Walmart Supercenter lots with PV canopies, for instance, would generate loads of power and allow stores to entice shoppers with free EV charging and cooler lots. And a cool customer is a happy customer.

May-June 2023 Issue *by Michael Mechanic- Microgrids are poised to take off. If you’ve never heard of them, you will soon. “A microgrid,” as journalist Lois Parshley explains in her accompanying story for our Electrify Everything package, “is basically a relatively small, local system that can generate, store, and/or distribute electricity, and can function off of the main grid if need be.

They can be public or private, and consist of anything from a couple of neighbors sharing a solar panel to a bitcoin mine powered by its own wind farm.”

Mar. 21, 2023 -Manufacturing all silicon solar panels to be deployed in the United States domestically would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 23% and energy use by 4% compared to outsourced manufacturing, according to a new analysis. The findings suggest that “reshoring” solar panel production could help the country decarbonize faster.

Sep. 27, 2022 -You can still have all the benefits of solar power in your home without disfiguring it. Thanks to advances in solar technology over the last decade or so, there are now alternatives to traditional solar panels.

Specifically, building-applied photovoltaics (BAPVs) are a discreet way of installing solar technology in your home – no one will even be able to detect them.

Oct. 29, 2022 -Table of Contents:
Solar Myth #1: Solar panels are too expensive.
Solar Myth #2: Solar panels are not reliable.
Solar Myth #3: Solar panels require a lot of maintenance.
Solar Myth #4: Solar power doesn’t work in cold climates.
Solar Myth #5: Solar panels take up too much space.
Solar Myth #6: Solar power is unreliable because it depends on the weather.
Solar Myth #7: Going solar will cause my energy bills to go up.
Solar Myth #8: Solar energy is not safe

Pager Power, Oct. 6, 2021 -Agrivoltaics is the practice of using the same area of land for both solar photovoltaic power as well as for agriculture, which implies that solar panels and crops will share sunlight.

This type of co-development is not new to the industry. Often terrain used for agriculture purposes is also used by wind developers to harness the power of wind, or animals grazing in farms help controlling the height of the grass in solar photovoltaic fields.

Mar. 17, 2022, (The Conversation) -The UK government is reportedly considering a £16 billion proposal to build a solar power station in space.

Yes, you read that right. Space-based solar power is one of the technologies to feature in the government’s Net Zero Innovation Portfolio. It has been identified as a potential solution, alongside others, to enable the UK to achieve net zero by 2050.

But how would a solar power station in space work? What are the advantages and drawbacks to this technology?

March 26, 2022 - The solar industry has come a long way in just the last few years. The latest developments and breakthroughs in solar technology include longer-lasting solar cells, solar cells that you can print onto flexible surfaces, solar panels that track the sun from east to west throughout the day, and solar power plants that work at night.

Mar. 28, 2022, (gtm)-Policymakers looking to speed up renewable energy deployment have a best-practice case study to look to: Australia is rolling out renewables 10 times faster than the global average, offering lessons as to what factors can improve the uptake of clean energy.

Mar. 21, 2022, (orbitalmarine.com)-Manufactured and launched in Dundee earlier in the year before being towed up to Orkney, the O2 is Orbital’s first commercial turbine and represents the culmination of more than 15 years of world leading product development in the UK.

The 74m long turbine is expected to operate in the waters off Orkney for the next 15 years with the capacity to meet the annual electricity demand of around 2,000 UK homes with clean, predictable power from the fast-flowing waters. In a further ground-breaking element of the project, the O2 is to provide power to EMEC’s onshore electrolyzer to generate green hydrogen that will be used to demonstrate decarbonization of wider energy requirements.

Dec. 1, 2021, (POWER)- The vision sounds far-fetched: If a kilometer-scale satellite could be outfitted with a hybrid array of photovoltaic (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP) panels and launched into orbit 22,400 miles above Earth, it could continuously harvest 3.4 GW of solar power and beam it down to Earth via microwave radiation for grid consumption, potentially delivering 2 GW of dispatchable and baseload power.

But according to a “whole systems” set of detailed engineering and economic feasibility studies conducted by systems, engineering, and technology-oriented Frazer-Nash Consultancy for the UK government, this concept of a typical space-based solar power (SBSP) system is both technically and economically feasible—and it can be achieved within the next 18 years.

October, 2017, (THE VERGE)The wings of a butterfly have inspired a new type of solar cell that can harvest light twice as efficiently as before and could one day improve our solar panels.

Solar panels are usually made of thick solar cells, and are positioned at an angle to get the most amount of light from the sun as it moves throughout the day. Thin film solar cells, which can be only nanometers thick, have a lot of potential.

June 18, 2021 (Scientific American) -Restrictions on land use for greenfield solar projects, roof orientation, and inherent technical advantages, may prove floating solar, or floatovoltaic to be a viable energy alternative.

When it comes to large-scale solar projects, the most common alternatives to rooftop solar panel systems include ground mounts or solar canopies. There’s a newer alternative that’s making quite the splash in the solar industry: floating solar.

Floatovoltaic is defined as solar panels arrayed to float on the top of a lake or reservoir, placed on a buoyant sub-structure, and anchored with a measure of flexible movement. The technology is relatively-new starting in 2008 with China, Japan, and the U.K. as the early adopters.

-Studio Solarix makes coloured solar panels and facade systems by doing this we can make buildings more sustainable, both in new construction and redevelopment. To this end, it designs, researches and develops aesthetic, sustainable and energy-generating facade elements.

It originated from a joint ambition of Reinier Bosch (product designer, artist) and Marloes van Heteren (architect). With a great deal of substantive knowledge, they are the initiators of Solarix in the market of architecture, product development, design and sustainability; a beautiful facade panel that provides energy to people.

July 27, 2021 (CleanTechnica) -A hydrogen fuel cell is an electrochemical power generator that combines hydrogen and oxygen to produce electricity, with water and heat as by-products. Simply put, hydrogen fuel cells form energy that can be used to power anything from commercial vehicles to drones.

Hydrogen fuel cell technology offers the advantages of a clean and reliable alternative energy source to customers in a growing number of applications – electric vehicles, including forklifts, delivery vans, drones, and cars – primary and backup power for a variety of commercial, industrial, and residential buildings; and more futuristic-sounding applications like air taxis.

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1. Is your location’s climate suitable for solar?

2. Is your home suitable for solar panels?

3. Do you have access to solar financial incentives?

4. How much do you pay for electricity?

5. Have you found a solar installer?

Chris Lord’s FREE Site Lease vs. Buy Modeling Calculator allows users to compare a lease rate against a potential purchase of a solar PV site where the lease rate (including escalator) is known.

Mar. 31, 2021(INHABITATs), -France keeps making green headlines lately… the Eiffel Tower’s wind turbines, the tree-shaped wind turbines being installed in Paris, and now an exciting new law that is sure to have a huge environmental impact in urban centers.

Every new commercial building in France must meet a new building requirement; the roof must be at least partially covered in either solar panels or plants.

Environmental activists had originally called for all for all rooftops to be 100% green, but the Government limited the scope of the law to include commercial buildings only. In an effort to make it less onerous for businesses, the rooftops will also only have to be partially green.

(AE News), Apr. 13, 2020 -German Architect Andre Broessel believes he has a solution that can “squeeze more juice out of the sun”, even during the night hours and in low-light regions. His company Rawlemon has created a spherical sun power generator prototype called the beta.ray. His technology will combine spherical geometry principles with a dual axis tracking system, allowing twice the yield of a conventional solar panel in a much smaller surface area. The futuristic design is fully rotational and is suitable for inclined surfaces, walls of buildings, and anywhere with access to the sky. It can even be used as an electric car charging station.

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(The Guardian), Dec. 8, 2020 -The race is on to find a steady source of lithium, a key component in rechargeable electric car batteries. But while the EU focuses on emissions, the lithium gold rush threatens environmental damage on an industrial scale

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(greener ideal), Oct. 19, 2017 -After solar power, solar water heating is often the next step that homeowners take to make their home more sustainable.

A solar water heating system works by converting sunlight into heat using a solar thermal collector. This heat is then used to heat water in homes and swimming pools.

If you plan to install a solar water heating system in your home, make sure to include domestic hot water as well. There’s little point in installing a solar water heating system if you can’t benefit from domestic hot water which is a necessity all year round.

Jan. 31, 2020,(SAGE journals) -Over recent years, few areas of international development research have seen as much transformation as those relating to energy access and low carbon transitions. Ghana, amongst other African economies, has seen an increase in energy demand surpassing the supply of energy in the last decade. The incorporation of the incorporation of renewable energy into the mix is, therefore, seen as a significant role in addressing the energy needs by replacing conventional fuels with clean and reliable domestic electricity with the advantage of local economic opportunities.

The country has adopted the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG); SDG goal 7 targets ensuring universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services. This target presents a formidable challenge to Ghana because the country still relies mainly on non-renewable energy sources. The country has a huge potential for renewable energy that remains underexploited. This study, therefore, seeks to assess the current renewable energy resource situation, examine the trend in Ghana’s energy consumption and undertake a comprehensive review and critical evaluation of Ghana’s renewable energy drive and policies.

April 1, 2020 (AENews)-Since 2011, French Company Ciel & Terre has been developing large-scale floating solar solutions. Their innovative Hydrelio Floating PV system allows standard PV panels to be installed on large bodies of water such as: drinking water reservoirs, quarry lakes, irrigation canals, remediation and tailing ponds, and hydro electric dam reservoirs. This simple and affordable alternative to ground-mounted systems is particularly suitable for water-intensive industries who cannot afford to waste either land or water.

The main float is constructed of high-density thermoplastic (HDPE) and is set at a 12 degree angle to support a standard 60 Cell PV solar module. A secondary non-slip HDPE float is then used to link the main floats together and provide a platform for maintenance and added buoyancy as illustrated when you click on the link to the story.

Dec. 16, 2019  (ScienceDaily)- Artificial Intelligence may be just the thing to accelerate spray-on solar cell technology, which could revolutionize how consumers use energy.

It's a stunning example of how 3D printing is not only a viable and affordable construction method of the future but also a revolutionary system that can help reduce plastic waste.

A research team at the University of Central Florida used Machine Learning, aka Artificial Intelligence to optimize the materials used to make perovskite solar cells (PSC). The Organic-Inorganic halide perovskites material used in PSC converts photovoltaic power into consumable energy.

Sept. 18, 2019 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)-In 2018, about 4,178 billion kilowatthours (kWh) (or 4.18 trillion kWh) of electricity were generated at utility-scale electricity generation facilities in the United States.1 About 63% of this electricity generation was from fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, petroleum, and other gases). About 20% was from nuclear energy, and about 17% was from renewable energy sources. The U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates that an additional 30 billion kWh of electricity generation was from small-scale solar photovoltaic systems in 2018

Bright Hub -One of the most beneficial ways of increasing the efficiency of a wind turbine is to modify the design of the turbine blades. Although there are already many types of blade designs already in the market, only a few designs have turned out to be useful.

Whalepower, a Canadian company that uses bio-mimicry, a concept of adapting the designs of nature into developing mechanical machine, has changed the design of the conventional turbine blades from flat smooth blades to a ridged design similar to that of whale fins. The blades of whale power turbine features a series of ridges just like the tubercles or bumps found on the humpback whale fins.

Apr. 4, 2019 (Power Technology) —How are modern stadiums using renewables as a source of energy and which are the best stadiums for renewable energy in the world?

Sports stadiums require a huge amount of power, in particular on match-days when lighting, air-conditioning and video screens all electricity, along with a vast multitude of other energy-intensive demands. Even when not in use, stadiums and other sporting arenas need large amounts of power for maintenance.

The possibilities for incorporating renewable energy technology into stadiums and the surrounding areas provide a huge opportunity for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This can include placing solar panels on roofs and on the roads leading towards the arenas.

In the U.S. several landfills have already been converted into solar farms. The project also provides the opportunity to convert an unusable land and turn it into something that can become the asset of the community.

Water is a finite resource, as water wars in California can attest. Reducing our water footprint is essential to conserving this life-giving substance.

Solar Thermal Magazine Feb.10, 2019 -You would think that a state that refers to itself as the sunshine state would be rushing to install solar power technology. I mean with all that sunshine ( not to mention wind, wave and tidal energy) available why buy electricity from out of state.

Florida Power & Light Company (FPL), already a self proclaimed leader in solar energy, has announced a groundbreaking “30-by-30” plan to install more than 30 million solar panels by 2030 and make the state of Florida a world leader in the production of solar energy.

Jan. 7, 2020 (Arcadia Blog) -One of the most popular clean energy sources in North America, solar power, has skyrocketed in use in the U.S. over the last decade. Current estimates show that the volume of solar energy generated across installations nationally is enough to power 12-million American homes, and that number is only expected to grow.

They’re limited to generating energy during the day — but function less efficiently the cloudier it is outside, collecting an estimated 10 to 25 percent of their typical output on cloudy days.

But recent research from Soochow University in Suzhou, China, stands to change this. In 2018, a research team from the Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials crafted a solar cell that simultaneously generates electricity from sunlight and rainfall — allowing solar panels to continue to collect energy at full capacity during storms and subsequently expanding the duration of time at which a panel can function in any given day. Unlike typical solar panels, these panels would continue working on cloudy days and crucially, could even work at night.

January, 2019 Arcadia Power Blog -The fight against climate change is a fight for everyone, from individuals to businesses, national and local governments.

Among many leaders driving change towards a 100% renewable energy future, find these 156 major global companies—each of whom have pledged to go 100% renewable in the near future.

Look for your trusted bank, service, or a favorite brand, and see when and how each of them are working to meet their goals. Click to read on.

Around the world, cities, states, countries, and companies (and people just like you!) are making the switch to clean, renewable energy to help confront climate change – and because it just makes good economic sense.

Renewable energy is both a clean alternative to the fossil fuels driving the climate crisis and an engine for job creation. What’s not to love? But like any new technology, as it starts to take hold, there are bound to be questions.

While it’s hard to miss a massive solar array or a field full of wind turbines, so much of the action with geothermal energy happens out-of-sight that it tends to not generate as much love as its buzzier brothers in the renewable energy landscape.

And that’s too bad, because geothermal energy is pretty awesome. It takes the natural functions of the Earth and puts them to great use heating homes, creating electricity, and helping to propel the global shift from the dirty fossil fuels driving climate change to renewables.

Dec. 22, 2022 -Dec. 23, 2022 -No matter how sustainable, eco-friendly, and clean sources of energy they are, conventional solar panels require a large setup area and heavy initial investment. Due to these limitations, it’s hard to introduce them in urban areas (especially neighborhoods with lots of apartment blocks or shops). But thanks to the work of ingenious engineers at the University of Michigan, that may soon no longer be the case.

The researchers have created transparent solar panels which they claim could be used as power-generating windows in our homes, buildings, and even rented apartments.

Mar. 21, 2022, (Echo Wave Power)-Eco Wave Power (EWP) (Nasdaq US Stock Symbol: WAVE) developed an innovative technology for production of clean electricity from ocean and sea waves.

Echo's aim to generate clean & affordable electricity, using a simple but smart design, allowing our floaters to be attached to existing man-made structures, and thereby simplifying installation and maintenance as well as accessibility.

EWP’s innovative technology has been recognized as a “Pioneering Technology” by the Chief Scientist of the Energy Ministry of Israel and received an Efficient Solution label from Solar Impulse Foundation.

Renewable energy is energy generated from ongoing natural processes like wind or sunlight that are not depleted when used. Unlike fossil fuels, these types of energy are theoretically unlimited. In contrast, fossil fuels like oil and gas are finite resources formed in the earth ove hundreds of millions of years from the remains of plants and animals.

Importantly, and unlike fossil fuels, renewable energy is clean and doesn’t release carbon pollution into the atmosphere (which drives climate change). Burning fossil fuels does.

Nov. 9, 2021, (Washington Post)-Ocean boosters like to compare the kinetic energy stored in the sea to a ginormous oil reserve that’s never going to run dry.

It doesn’t matter if the sun shines or the wind blows. The tides turn. You can set your watch to them. The trick is how to generate cost-effective, renewable electricity from that limitless, ceaseless motion. They’re working on the problem here on Scotland’s Orkney Islands.

Mar. 20, 2018 -Months after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico is still struggling to become fully energized. A number of grassroots efforts think solar energy can speed the recovery and prevent a total blackout when the next storm hits.

Feb. 27, 2018 -Are you passionate about green energy and protecting our planet? Are you looking for a career you can be proud of that offers possibilities we aren’t even aware of yet? Look no further than the renewable energy industry.

You could be working in wind or solar power in no time with the right education and tools to get you set on this exciting path. Here are some of the best degrees to pursue and the career choices that may come your way.

Here’s a quick primer on what a hydrogen fuel cell is…
Simply put, it’s an electromagnetic cell that converts the chemical energy of a fuel (for our purposes, hydrogen) and an oxidizing agent (oxygen) into electricity through a chemical reaction.

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July, 2020 (NREL)-A floating solar photovoltaic (FPV) system is an emerging technology in which a solar photovoltaic (PV) system is placed directly on top of a body of water, as opposed to on land or on building rooftops. An NREL blog post from Jan. 24, 2017 discussed FPV and was based on forward-thinking state energy offices inquiring about the technology through NREL’s state technical assistance programs. The blog post introduced the technology and discussed the benefits of FPVs, as well as different examples of pilot FPVs in the United States.

Jan. 2, 2018 - From Clean Technica : Not too long ago, the mention of hydrogen, or concentrating solar power, or both at the same time, would be met by a roll of the eye from alternative energy insiders. Hydrogen is an abundant and clean-burning fuel, but the primary source of hydrogen is natural gas. Concentrating solar power has a built-in energy storage element, but it is more complicated and expensive than other solar technologies. Et cetera, et cetera, and so on and so forth.

From Natiional Geographic: There are many benefits to using renewable energy resources, but what is it exactly? From solar to wind, find out more about alternative energy, the fastest-growing source of energy in the world, and how we can use it to combat climate change

Dec. 15, 2017 - From Renewable Energy World: It is easier to believe in the future of solar today than it was decades ago. This article honors eight of the women who believed and persevered and pioneered the PV industry of today and without who it might be a very different industry indeed.

Each woman has in her own way championed the cause of climate change as well as the cause of the solar industry and has worked tirelessly educating, conducting research and deploying solar technologies to ensure the future of the industry.

July 6, 2020,(4C Offshore) -Transmission System Operator (TSO) 50Hertz has launched an economic and climate initiative for the grid area the company is responsible for: the eastern German states as well as the city states of Berlin and Hamburg. With the slogan “From 60 to 100 by 2032: for an economy with prospects”, 50Hertz has set itself the specific goal of getting the electricity demand in its grid area covered – and securely integrated – with 100 percent renewable energies by 2032. In 2019, the annual average share of renewables attained about 60%.

0Hertz stated it will align its entire corporate strategy with this new objective and use all its know-how to that end in the scope of its statutory duty to operate the grid securely and reliably. This involves new approaches to system operation, a consistent digitization of the integration of an increasingly volatile electricity supply as well as the participation in innovative models of sector coupling to generate heat and produce hydrogen from “green” power.

From Wageningen University: Experiments have proven that plants can serve as a source of clean and renewable energy.

As part of the European project PlantPower, researchers are studying whether this technology is suitable for large-scale applications.They are also examining the technical feasibility and the economic profitability.

Scientists all over the world are looking for alternatives to fossil fuels. Plant materials are already used as an energy source through bio-fermentation. Now it appears that living plants can also contribute to energy production. In a plant microbial fuel cell, living plants work together with micro-organisms to create electricity.

This results in clean and renewable energy, while the plant remains alive. The first practical tests have been very promising. In projects supported by the EU and Agentschap NL (an agency of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs), European and Dutch institutes, universities, and businesses are cooperating to gain more knowledge about this technology and its applications.

Sept. 1, 2019 (Union of Concerned Scientists)-Innovative programs around the country now make it possible for all environmentally conscious energy consumers to support renewable energy directly by participating in the "green" power market. The willingness to pay for the benefits of increasing our renewable energy supplies can be tapped within any market structure and by any size or type of energy consumer.

Environment Florida, May 31, 2019  - Solar power is expanding rapidly. The United States now has over 60 gigawatts (GW) of solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity installed — enough to power nearly one in every 11 homes in America. Hundreds of thousands of Americans have invested in solar energy and millions more are ready to join them.

America’s major cities have played a key role in the clean energy revolution and stand to reap tremendous benefits from solar energy. As population centers, they are major sources of electricity demand and, with millions of rooftops suitable for solar panels, they have the potential to be major sources of clean energy production as well.

View a chart showing all of the reported projects in North and Central America that have 100% renewable energy goals, including some you would not have expected.

Feb. 14, 2017 - Here is a vision of the future in a warming world without fossil fuels.

No switching on the air conditioning because your roof re-radiates the sun’s heat back into space.

You don’t have to worry that the current from solar energy will turn off at night, because the same sunlight that powered the refrigerator has also turned two greenhouse gases into hydrocarbon fuel that serves as battery back-up.

The new Solar Farmhouse contains everything the quintessential home possesses -- the quaint front porch, the white wood siding, the gabled roof, and the simple lines -- updated with a slew of net-zero features, including a passive solar design, air-tight building envelope, and open plan.

In 2017 renewable energy represented 17.5 % of energy consumed in the EU, on a path to the 2020 target of 20 %.

The share of energy from renewable sources used in transport activities reached 7.6 % in 2017.

These stats will be updated in Feb. 2020. Stay tuned.

Gardens by the Bay will be Singapore's largest garden project and is central to their continued development of Marina Bay.

There are various incentives being offered. The article explains it in detail.

The world needs widely available reliable, affordable, carbon-free energy. New tools are needed to power the world.

Bill Gates, George Soros and others are behind this.

Affordable, lightweight, and versatile, batteries made of porous materials could soon transform energy storage.