July 10, 2024 -Days after Republicans in Congress passed a wide-ranging law that slashed tax breaks for wind and solar energy, new moves from the Trump administration have added a fresh layer of uncertainty about the legislation.

Now the Trump administration is set to make crucial decisions about how the law is enforced. The administration’s next moves could claw back billions in funding for green projects and further hamstring the U.S. solar and wind industries.

July 9, 2024 -Solar generated 22.1% of the EU's electricity last month, up from 18.9%% a year earlier, as record sunshine and continued solar installations pushed output to 45.4 terawatt hours (TWh). Nuclear followed closely at 21.8% and wind contributed 15.8% of the mix.

At least 13 EU countries, including Germany, Spain and the Netherlands, recorded highest-ever monthly solar generation,

July 8, 2025 -The trade body aims to become the cornerstone of the UK's transition to a resilient, affordable, and net-zero energy system. It was established by industry pioneer Jason Howlett, with support from the DEI and its Professor in Practice, Andrew Crossland.

Our DEI is a leading research institution with a strong track record in energy innovation and Durham recognizes the critical role that storage technologies play in enabling a clean energy future.

July 8, 2025 -As temperatures across New England soared above 100 degrees Fahrenheit in recent weeks, solar panels and batteries helped keep air conditioners running while reducing fossil-fuel generation and likely saving consumers more than $20 million.

“Local solar, energy efficiency, and other clean energy resources helped make the power grid more reliable and more affordable for consumers,” said Jamie Dickerson, senior director of clean energy and climate programs at the Acadia Center, a regional nonprofit that analyzed clean energy’s financial benefits during the recent heat wave.

July 7, 2025 -A solar farm 40 minutes south of Columbus, Ohio.

A grid-scale battery near the coast of Nassau County, Long Island.

A sprawling wind farm — capable of generating enough electricity to power 100,000 homes — at the northern edge of Nebraska.

These projects — and hundreds of others — will never get built in the United States. They were blocked and ultimately killed by a regulatory sea-change that has reshaped how local governments consider and approve energy projects. One by one, counties and municipalities across the country are passing laws that heavily curtail the construction of new renewable power plants.

July 7, 2025 -Domestic solar panel installations across the UK soared in the first half of 2025, with more than 99,500 systems fitted between January and June—a 22% rise compared to the same period last year.

According to new data from renewable energy platform iChoosr, figures, drawn from the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS), underline growing public interest in sustainable energy.

July 7, 2025 -Submerged in about 40 meters (44 yards) of water off Scotland's coast, a turbine has been spinning for more than six years to harness the power of ocean tides for electricity — a durability mark that demonstrates the technology's commercial viability.

Keeping a large, or grid-scale, turbine in place in the harsh sea environment that long is a record that helps pave the way for bigger tidal energy farms and makes it far more appealing to investors, according to the trade association Ocean Energy Europe. Tidal energy projects would be prohibitively expensive if the turbines had to be taken out of the water for maintenance every couple of years.

July 2, 2025 -In China, more wind turbines and solar panels were installed last year than in the rest of the world combined. And China’s clean energy boom is going global. Chinese companies are building electric vehicle and battery factories in Brazil, Thailand, Morocco, Hungary and beyond.

At the same time, in the United States, President Trump is pressing Japan and South Korea to invest “trillions of dollars” in a project to ship natural gas to Asia. And General Motors just killed plans to make electric motors at a factory near Buffalo, N.Y., and instead will put $888 million into building V-8 gasoline engines there.

June 28, 2025 -The ever-increasing demand for power in Texas—not only from data centers, but due to industrial electrification, manufacturing and population expansion—has outpaced anything the state’s electricity grid operator has seen or managed in the past, according to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas.

Yet even with those demands—and most of what could be one of the state’s 10 hottest summers on record ahead—ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas predicts the lowest chance of power supply emergencies in years.

June 27, 2025 -Situating solar panels on grasslands can boost grass growth by 20% on average—and as much as 90% in some areas—during dry periods.

This new research from Colorado in the United States suggests that solar panels could help to protect grassland ecosystems and increase biomass for livestock grazing in times of increasing drought under climate change.

June 26, 2025 -The updated Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target (SMART) program replaces the old system of steadily declining compensation rates with a more flexible approach that resets rates and program size annually.

Enhanced incentives and requirements also 1) ensure more solar benefits reach low-income households and 2) encourage rooftop solar development.

June 26, 2025 -Most people spend a majority of their days indoors, where sunshine is not easily available. Instead, there is white light from LEDs and fluorescent bulbs. So what if you could charge your electronics and devices using that artificial light?

In a new study published in APL Energy, researchers report a new type of solar cell that can convert almost 39 percent of indoor light into electricity. The solar cells can also produce electricity from sunlight on cloudy days.

June 26, 2025 -The government announced it was setting up Great British Energy last year, saying the firm would own and run clean-energy assets. It’s part of a bet that the state needs to play a bigger role to reach UK climate goals and help bring down energy bills. But there’s been little clarity on how the company will actually operate and where it will allocate funds.

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June 25, 2025 -Brazil's wind and solar industries are struggling due to permitting delays, transmission line shortages, supply-chain issues, and high borrowing costs, despite the country's strong support for green energy.

Several companies, including 2W Ecobank SA and Rio Alto Energias Renovaveis SA, have filed for bankruptcy protection or are restructuring debt, while Aeris has cut over 3,700 jobs and renegotiated 90% of its debt.

June 24, 2025 -But while visitors may find plenty of reasons to feel remorse when their Vegas sojourn ends, absolution might be found in the city’s renewable energy boom.

Some of Vegas’ iconic casinos, convention centers and hotels — and thousands of households across the city, too — are using the sun to save money and better the planet’s odds at tackling climate change.

June 23, 2025 -When New York state passed its ambitious Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act in 2019, Brooklyn-based NineDot Energy saw an opportunity. The state needed to establish a 70 percent renewable-sourced grid over the next decade to meet a net zero-emission goal and the startup figured it was poised to be part of the solution.

NineDot was already working on fuel cells and moving toward developing small battery systems capable of storing thousands of hours of electricity, ideal for neighborhoods or single businesses.

June 23, 2025 -Americans’ support for green energy tax credits and renewable energies like wind and solar power has decreased in recent years, according to a new poll, driven by a softening in support from Democrats and independents.

The poll from em>The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that U.S. adults’ support for tax credits for electric vehicles and solar panels has weakened, as well as their enthusiasm for offshore wind farm expansion. While Democrats remain the strongest supporters of these initiatives, the poll reveals signs of growing cynicism within their ranks.

June 20, 2025 -One of the most ambitious clean energy projects under consideration in this state started after a nasty surprise.

In December 2022, utility provider National Grid informed Rev. Nathan Ives of the St. Peter’s-San Pedro Episcopal Church in Salem that they had the right to change the building’s gas meter...

June 18, 2025 -The world’s largest sand battery has just been turned on. The battery, which is simple in design, can store heat during periods of excess renewable energy. It then stores the heat and can deliver it on demand, enabling municipalities to eliminate fossil fuels from the heating network.

With this approach, Finnish company Polar Night Energy can store 1,000 megawatt-hours of heat for weeks at a time, losing only around 10% of the heat.

June 17, 2025 -The majority of people living near large solar plants wouldn’t mind if another one were built nearby, an analysis of U.S. survey data suggests. The findings challenge conventional wisdom that renewable energy inspires NIMBY-ism (that is, people think it’s a good idea in theory, but don’t want to live near wind or solar farms themselves).

But the study also sounds a note of caution regarding public support for solar development: people who were more familiar with their local solar installation were also more likely to oppose further solar projects in the area.

June 16, 2025 -The new version of the bill would end incentives for wind and solar in 2028, while tax breaks for other sources of power would be allowed to remain until being phased out in 2036.

The elimination of the credits would decimate the reeling solar industry, with uncertainty over clean energy credits already causing disruption, including triggering the bankruptcy of Solar Mosaic Inc.

June 13, 2025 -The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved the Darden Clean Energy Project, the first to be fast tracked under its Opt-In Certification program.

The CES said that this battery storage project is destined to be the largest in world. An up to 4,600 MW battery energy storage system (BESS) will be paired with a solar installation of 3 million solar modules providing 1.1 GW of solar, it will generate enough electricity to power 850,000 homes for four hours.

June 12, 2025 -Meta is getting even hotter on next-generation geothermal energy.

The Facebook parent company inked a deal Thursday to buy 150 megawatts of power from Houston-based startup XGS Energy.

It’s the second deal of that size that Meta has signed with a geothermal company. Last year, the social media giant agreed to buy 150 MW of electricity from Sage Geosystems, a fellow Houston-headquartered startup looking to harness the Earth’s molten heat for electricity.

June 12, 2025 -The US doubled its solar cell manufacturing capacity and added 8.6 GW of solar module manufacturing capacity in Q1—the third-largest quarter for new solar manufacturing capacity on record—per Wood Mackenzie and the Solar Energy Industries Association.

In Maryland, a residential solar pilot program has booked more than $3 million in loans since November, even amidst a residential solar market downturn and tax credit question marks. It aimed to book 40–50 loans during its first year…and it closed May with 83,

June 11, 2025 -Over the past two decades, more than 5 million U.S. households from California to Georgia to Maine have put solar panels on their roofs, drawing energy from the sun and reducing their electric bills.

But that could soon come to a crashing halt.

The big domestic policy bill passed by House Republicans last month would, by the end of this year, eliminate tax credits for homeowners and solar leasing companies that have fueled the popularity of rooftop solar. If it becomes law, it would lead to an immediate plunge in installations, analysts and companies say.

June 9, 2025 -Illinois saw unprecedented solar growth in 2024, adding 2.5 gigawatts of capacity to nearly double its total generation potential from the year before. But this year, the state faces some big speed bumps.

A budget reconciliation bill passed by Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives in late May, now under consideration in the Senate, would gut nearly all the clean-energy incentives laid out in former President Joe Biden’s 2022 climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act.

June 9, 2025 -Soltage secured $260 million in construction and term debt financing led by National Bank of Canada. The New Jersey IPP now has flexible capital to keep growing its 2 GW pipeline of distributed utility-scale solar across the US.

Origis Energy locked down $530 million in portfolio financing for its 150 MW Wheatland (IN) and 200 MW Optimist (MS) solar-plus-storage projects.

rPlus Energies closed over $500 million in tax equity for the Green River Energy Center, a 400 MW solar and 1.6 GWh storage project in Utah. It will serve PacifiCorp under a long-term PPA and deliver $55 million in economic impact.

June 5, 2025 -There’s a new type of LED in town. These light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are made from a material called perovskite, a calcium titanium oxide mineral that is more closely associated with cheap solar panels. The perovskite LEDs are not only highly efficient and cheap to make but could also be more environmentally friendly than their predecessors.

“Perovskite LEDs are cheaper and easier to manufacture than traditional LEDs, and they can also produce vibrant and intense colours if used in screens. I’d say that this is the next generation of LED technology,” says Feng Gao, professor of optoelectronics at Linköping University.

June 3, 2025 -Heliene’s all about supply chain sovereignty. It’s producing bifacial silicon modules with high domestic content, including US-sourced steel frames (Origami Solar), recycled glass (SolarCycle), and polysilicon and wafers from Corning, Hemlock, and Suniva.

With $2.3M in Minnesota state grants and more than 220 new hires, the site reflects a broader push to localize clean energy supply chains—and gives the Midwest a stronger foothold in solar reshoring.

June 3, 2025 -Locals’ “grid orchestration” tech powered homes and businesses through the blackout.

Keep in mind: DOE plans to redirect $365 million previously meant for rooftop solar toward infrastructure on Puerto Rico’s mostly fossil-fuel powered grid.

June 3, 2025 -About 2,000 feet beneath the ocean’s surface, in the dark stillness off the coast of California, a concrete sphere the size of a small house will soon have its moment. Its walls must resist pressures 77 times greater than what we feel at sea level. Yet it has no living inhabitants. Its cargo is not oil or gas. It’s electricity (sort of).

This is StEnSea — Stored Energy in the Sea — a bold new venture that seeks to solve one of the greatest challenges of the clean energy age: how to store renewable energy when the wind stops blowing and the sun disappears.

June 1, 2025 -About 33 miles south of Phoenix, Interstate 10 bisects a line of solar panels traversing the desert like an iridescent snake. The solar farm’s shape follows the path of a canal, with panels serving as awnings to shade the gently flowing water from the unforgiving heat and wind of the Sonoran Desert.

The panels began generating power last November for the Akimel O’otham and Pee Posh tribes—known together as the Gila River Indian Community, or GRIC—on their reservation in south-central Arizona, and they are the first of their kind in the U.S.

May 23, 2025 -It was the day before production was set to begin, and every few seconds, machines folded a stack of paper-thin battery cells into a metallic sheath. Then they sealed the pouch around the edges.

This tightly choreographed assembly line is the result of yearslong American efforts to match China’s industrial policy in areas like battery manufacturing. Ultimately, the batteries produced at this Michigan factory by LG Energy Solution, a South Korean company, will help balance the supply and demand for power on U.S. electric grids.

May 20, 2025 -Recent breakthroughs suggest that hydrogen reservoirs are buried in countless regions of the world, including at least 30 U.S. states.

Finding such reservoirs could help accelerate a global energy transition, but until now, geologists only had a piecemeal understanding of how large hydrogen accumulations form — and where to find them.

May 16, 2025 -In this recorded webinar discussion, executives from North American manufacturer Heliene, utility-scale independent power producer (IPP) Arevon, and distributed IPP GS Power Partners discuss managing uncertainty, cost volatility, and sourcing challenges. They share how back-and-forth tariff policies impact their supply chains, financing, and ability to push projects along while focusing on solutions, including robust domestic procurement.

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May 15, 2025 -Mountain ranges could be a potential source of clean energy in the form of as-yet untapped hydrogen. While previous research has suggested this “geologic” hydrogen could be found underground, researchers have only recently turned to mountains as a possible store.

“Certain minerals react with water and can generate hydrogen like a free green energy source,” says Frank Zwaan at the Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences in Germany.

May 9, 2025 -Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed two bills for the development of small solar projects and energy storage that had won bipartisan votes and support from Dominion Energy, environmental groups and farm and forestry representatives.

The bills would have encouraged private homes and companies to initiate solar projects and bolstered the existing utility’s efforts to capture electricity from renewable sources for later use.

May 5, 2025 -Global wariness of Chinese solar and E.V. domination offers India an opening. The government is spending money to try to catch up, but it has a long way to go

India, a big buyer of Chinese solar panels and electric vehicle batteries, is using a raft of government incentives to make more green gear at home. It is driven not just by the need to satisfy the galloping energy demands of its 1.4 billion people, but also to cash in on other countries that want to China-proof their energy supply chains, not least the United States.

May 5, 2025 -Analysis of the election result has barely begun, but this much is clear – the country has backed a rapid acceleration towards renewable energy. Labor didn’t say much about the climate crisis during the campaign, announcing only one new policy. But Anthony Albanese and his climate change and energy minister, Chris Bowen, emerged with their ambitious goal of the country getting 82% of electricity from solar, wind and hydro by 2030 not just intact, but emphatically endorsed.

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May 1, 2025 -Solar panels don’t generate electricity when it is raining. But that doesn’t mean you have to give up on renewable electricity. Researchers have now found a way to generate clean power from rain drops.

The new device, reported in the journal ACS Central Science, generates electricity by harnessing the energy of rain water as it moves through tiny tubes. The method could power up 12 LED lights in tests. One day, by converting it into a rooftop device, it could lead to a way to keep your lights on in a rainstorm.

Apr. 30, 2025 -Almost every new home in England will be fitted with solar panels as standard within two years, ministers are set to announce, as Sir Keir Starmer rejected Sir Tony Blair’s criticism of Labour’s net-zero policies.

Housebuilders would be mandated by law to install solar roof panels on new properties by 2027 under new rules, seen by The Times, which ministers have claimed would slash energy bills and reduce emissions.

Apr. 29, 2025 -For decades, the American corn monocultures have fueled an industry—corn ethanol—that promised to make gasoline cleaner. That promise has failed. But a new study suggests these sprawling fields could still play a powerful (though very different) role in America’s energy future.

By replacing just a sliver of the land used to grow corn for ethanol with solar panels, scientists say, the United States could dramatically boost its renewable energy production while restoring critical ecosystems and providing new income streams for farmers. This would offer clean energy, reduce pollution, and make way more money for farmers than current practices.

Apr. 25, 2025 -The energy beamed from space won’t be enough to run more than a coffee maker—but if all goes to plan, Japan will soon make history by transmitting solar power wirelessly from orbit to Earth.

This year, a 400-pound satellite will launch into low Earth orbit and attempt something that once seemed confined to science fiction. Using solar panels and microwave transmission, the satellite will send about one kilowatt of power—roughly enough to run a dishwasher for an hour—down to a ground antenna

Apr. 24, 2025 -A group of seven leading solar manufacturers filed trade complaints on Wednesday formally requesting that the Biden administration impose tariffs on solar products being exported from Southeast Asia into the United States.

The petitions were filed with the Department of Commerceand the U.S. International Trade Commission. They come amid growing alarm within the U.S. solar industry that a flood of cheap Chinese green energy technology exports are pushing down prices of solar panels and threatening efforts by the Biden administration to develop a domestic solar supply chain.

Apr. 24, 2025 -Electricity moves down a wire at close to the speed of light. In March, a tiny tech firm in San Francisco drew a crowd to witness power moving 100 million times slower, at the very modest pace of a freight train bumping around a rail yard. And I mean literally at freight speed, because the aptly-named startup, SunTrain, convened us to watch a diesel locomotive hauling solar energy.

The star of this demonstration at the Port of San Francisco’s Pier 96 rail yard was a freight container that SunTrain had crammed full of lithium ion batteries and mounted on a standard 27-meter railcar.

Apr. 21, 2025 -That moniker should sound familiar to veterans of the photovoltaics space; founded in 1985, SunPower grew into a billion-dollar kingpin of rooftop solar before a series of mistakes and misfortunes doomed the company to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy in August of last year. Complete Solaria emerged as the Stalking Horse Buyer (the first to make an offer on the assets of a company filing for bankruptcy) for the stuff associated with SunPower’s Blue Raven solar business, new homes business, and non-installing dealer network. Under the terms of the asset purchase agreement (APA), Complete Solaria agreed to acquire the assets and assume certain related liabilities for $45 million in cash.

Apr. 21, 2025 -The solar panels on the churches were inspired by Scripture.

So were the LED lights throughout the buildings, the electric-vehicle charging stations, the native pollinator gardens and organic food plots, the composting, the focus on consuming less and reusing more.

The evangelical Christians behind these efforts in Indiana say that by taking on this planet-healing work, they are following the biblical mandate to care for God’s creation.

Apr. 11, 2025 -Ann Arbor, Mich., has an aggressive goal of net-zero emissions by 2030, and it is taking its desire for clean power into its own hands.

The City Council this week approved plans to create a sustainable energy utility, or S.E.U., which is an organization that helps local residents use less energy.

Apr. 7, 2025 -Solar was the largest source of new electricity for the third straight year, adding 474 TWh in 2024. It was also the fastest-growing power source for the 20th year in a row.

New Delhi: India became the world's third-largest producer of electricity from wind and solar energy in 2024, overtaking Germany, to according to a new report published on Tuesday.

Apr. 4, 2025 -A team of researchers has unveiled a creative solution to one of space exploration’s biggest hurdles—how to generate power on the Moon. Now, a new study shows that “moonglass” can be fabricated from lunar dust and used to make solar panels more efficiently and cheaply than transporting them from Earth.

“The solar cells used in space now are amazing, reaching efficiencies of 30% to even 40%, but that efficiency comes with a price,” says lead researcher Felix Lang of the University of Potsdam, Germany. “They are very expensive and are relatively heavy because they use glass or a thick foil as cover. It’s hard to justify lifting all these cells into space.”

Mar. 20, 2025 -China has built more than 120,000 wind turbines, nearly a third of the world total, and 1.5 million acres of utility-scale solar.

And emerging economies like Turkey are starting to tap their vast solar potential.

Mar. 17, 2025 -As President Trump works to blunt the growth of wind and solar power and expand fossil fuel production in the United States, the renewable energy industry is making a new pitch: You need us.

Wind and solar developers are increasingly pointing out that America’s demand for electricity is soaring, driven by a boom in data centers, and it’s proving difficult to build enough new gas plants to supply all the extra power that the nation needs.

Apr. 15, 2025 -UNEZA members and partners have committed to supporting the tripling of renewable energy capacity by 2030 agenda, with annual tracking of their joint progress.

The latest progress indicators reveal that there are commitments of more than $57 billion per annum to the grids and more than $60 billion per annum to renewables in the coming years with the aim to reach an installed renewables capacity of 850GW by 2030 – 2.6x the 329GW capacity in 2023.

Apr. 10, 2025 -This growth is anticipated for a few reasons: BESS can store excess clean energy (Figure 1), such as solar energy, for future use. They also provide reliable backup power for hospitals and other critical-needs facilities during outages.?BESS can also be used in virtual power plants (VPPs), the aggregated power systems that are gaining traction as efficient and flexible alternatives to traditional power plants. Another important application of BESS is their use in AI data centers. AI is currently reshaping all industries, resulting in the production of more AI data centers and thus a higher demand for energy production.?

Apr. 9, 2025 -Electricity demand is surging in the United States to satisfy the growth of data centers supporting high-intensity computing applications like artificial intelligence (AI), onshoring of manufacturing, and electrification en masse. The U.S. needs to get more electrons onto the grid as fast as possible, not only to stave off rolling blackouts in some particularly prone places but to put a lid on rising electricity rates.

Perhaps overlooked in the debates over transmission line right-of-ways and lengthening lead times for critical power equipment (turbines, transformers, switchgears, etc.), a quicker-to-implement solution is quickly gaining traction across the country: community solar.

Mar. 11, 2025 -The U.S. power grid added more capacity from solar energy in 2024 than from any other source in a single year in more than two decades, according to a new industry report released on Tuesday.

The data was released a day after the new U.S. energy secretary, Chris Wright, strongly criticized solar and wind energy on two fronts.

Mar. 6, 2025 -The people who work for utilities have a lot on their minds these days. It’s not exactly a cakewalk to simultaneously integrate a slew of new renewable generation sources, harden an aging grid against digital and weather-related threats, and address unprecedented load growth while maintaining reliability.

Duke Energy, one of the largest utilities in the United States, serves more than 7 million customers across six states: North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky. The actions the utility takes to modernize during this time of transition will likely serve as examples for its peers across the country, so it’s pretty important to get stuff right.

Mar. 3, 2025 -China’s takeover of nearly every technology needed for the green energy revolution happened gradually — then all at once.

China now eclipses every other country when it comes to installations of wind and solar power, a striking transformation from 15 years ago. It was fueled by a gold rush of entrepreneurship and unwavering government support, including through hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies.

Feb. 27, 2025 -Vietnam is revising its energy plans to focus more on large solar farms and less on reliance on coal and natural gas. The fast-growing economy now aims to get 16% of its energy from the sun — more than triple its earlier target of just 5%.

A draft of the new policy outline, likely to be finalized in coming weeks, scraps plans to build offshore wind turbines, instead building more onshore wind capacity, rooftop solar and energy storage.

Feb. 17, 2025 -Most countries are ramping up their renewable energy sector. More and more solar panels are popping up, often covering land that was used for farming purposes. As solar panels stretch across former farmland, questions arise about their impact on biodiversity. Are these energy hubs disrupting wildlife habitats or, with the right management, could they serve as sanctuaries for declining populations?

A recent study published by researchers from the RSPB Centre for Conservation Science and the University of Cambridge has found that solar farms, particularly those designed with nature in mind, can enhance bird diversity and abundance — offering a surprising win-win for both renewable energy and wildlife conservation.

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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Aug. 26 2024 -Big tech companies across the United States are struggling to find enough clean energy to power all the data centers they plan to build.

Now, some firms are betting on a novel solution: harvesting the heat deep beneath the Earth’s surface to create emissions-free electricity, using drilling techniques from the oil and gas fracking boom.

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.

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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.

Arcadia's Solar Energy Is available to both renters & homeowners - without solar panels. Get renewable energy at home without switching providers or installing any equipment •easy to use dashboard •wind sources •experts on hand.

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.