Renewable Energy (AKA Alternative Energy) was here before any living thing on Planet Earth. Call it a gift from nature (and we should never look a gift-horse in the mouth), these free energy sources come in many flavors and are ours to use, thanks to the skyrocketing cost of fossil (carbon-based) fuels, both in economic and human terms, Renewable Energy's time has truly come. Where can we get 400 trillion watts of power, every second of every day? Why the sun, of course.  Myth Vs. Reality


Alternative Energy Types

Active Solar
Hydrogen
Bio-mass
Fusion ?
Geo-Thermal
  • Active Solar
    Active Solar

    The sun can be used directly to heat water for pools, homes and industry, to provide space heating and to generate electricity. The sun's energy can also be used to distill water and cook food.

    Read the 7 myths about solar energy by clicking on the Active Solar icon now.

  • Hydrofg=gen Fuel Cells
    Where Have You Been So Long?

    Hydrogen is the simplest element. An atom of hydrogen consists of only one proton and one electron. It’s also the most plentiful element in the universe. Despite its simplicity and abundance, hydrogen doesn’t occur naturally as a gas on the Earth – it’s always combined with other elements. Water, for example, is a combination of hydrogen and oxygen (H2O)..

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  • Biomass
    How Biomass Works:

    From the US Dept. of Energy: Not what you expected when we talk about alternate fuel cars.

    Energy is stored in organic materials such as wood, grains and peat. Wood and peat are both burned to provide heat. Grains can be fermented into ethanol and used as a liquid fuel. Pelleting, a technology that transforms wood, grass or other fibrous materials into small pellets that can easily transported, and are beginning to compete favorably with fossil based fuels. Pellets, used in Europe, have yet to catch on in America.

  • “Fusion
    From Forbes Magazine: Fusion Confusion:

    Some say it’s the ‘Energy of the Future and always will be.’.

    But lately, there is more optimism that fusion will become a reality in the not-too-distant future.

  • Biomass
    The Skinny on Geo-thermal:

    Heat from the earth's core can be used to generate electricity. It can also be used directly (with heat pumps) to heat and cool buildings.

    Click the Geothermal icon to learn
    more about this renewable source.

  • Passive Solar
    Small Hydro
    Tidal Power
    Wind Power
    Wave Power
  • Passive Solar
    Passive Solar Defined:

    Passive solar energy is incorporated into energy efficient building and landscape design, e.g. window placement to heat retaining walls and floors.

    Click now for a Wikipedia
    definition of Passive Solar

  • “Small
    What is Small Hydro?

    Small hydro projects will generate power by using falling water at an average capacity of 20 megawatts or less. A 'run-of-the-river' project also uses falling water by directing water to the turbine using pipes, rather than dams.

  • “Tidal
    Wave or Tidal:

    The movement of waves and tides, particularly in shallow water, can be harnessed and converted to electricity.

    Thank you, Moon!

  • Wind Energy
    The Energy is
    Blowing in the Wind

    The energy from the wind can be harnessed by wind turbines and windmills to generate electricity and also to pump water.

  • Wave Power” width=
    Wave Energy - It Floats!

    Wave energy is as source of power that comes from the endless march of the waves as they roll into the shore then back out again.

    Humans harness this power along the coastal regions of the United States, Canada, Scotland, and Australia. Energy that comes from the waves in the ocean sounds like a boundless, harmless supply. But is it without its drawbacks?


  • The Experts

        • Ammonia Amigos             • Biomass Bigwigs             • Geothermal Gurus

    • Hydro Hawks            • Solar Smarties                        • Wind Wonks

    Solar Tax Incentives


    Alternative Energy (Renewable Energy, aka R/E)

    Including News on Solar, Hydrogen Power,
    Energy Storage HydroElectric and Tidal and Wave
    Energy Stories (published recently)


    • • Trump May Not Be Done Overhauling Renewable Energy
      The Trump Administration Announced Moves That Could Further Hamstring Renewable Energy

      NYT

      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.

    • • Solar Tops EU Power Mix For First Time in June
      Solar Power Was the European Union's Largest Source of Electricity For the First Time in June, Overtaking Nuclear and Wind...

      REUTERS

      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,

    • • Durham Joins UK's Top Energy Storage Group
      A Pioneering Trade Body Committed to Advancing Energy Storage

      {Mirage News}

      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.

    • • A Heat Wave Hit New England’s Grid
      Clean Energy Saved the Day

      {CANARY MEDIA}

      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.

    • • The Permitting Crisis for Renewables
      A Fifth of U.S. Counties Now Restrict Renewables Development

      {HEATMAP}

      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.

    • • UK Sees 22% Surge in Solar Panel Installations
      Panel Installs Surge 22% As Eco-Conscious Brits Act to Combat Energy Prices

      {Energy Live News}

      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.

    • • Underwater Turbine Spinning for 6 Years Off
      Scotland's Coast is a Breakthrough for Tidal Energy
      Submerged in About 40 Meters (44 Yards) of Water Off Scotland's Coast, a Turbine has Been Spinning To Harness the Power of Ocean Tides For Electricity

      {abcNEWS}

      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.

    • • Renewables: There’s a Race to Power the Future
      China Is Pulling Away

      NYT

      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.

    • • Texas’ Risk of Summer Blackouts
      Reduced Thanks to Solar and Batteries
      The State’s Grid Operator Reported Less than a 1 Percent Chance of Emergency Events

      ICN

      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.

    • • Solar Farms Help Grasslands Beat the Heat
      And Significantly Boost Their Biomass

      Anthrop

      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.

    • • Massachusetts Solar Incentives Bolster Industry Facing Federal Cuts
      Massachusetts’s Revamped Solar Incentive Program Could Support the State’s Solar Industry—Federal Tax Credit Rollback or Not

      {energycentral}

      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.

    • • New Solar Cells Produce Electricity Indoors
      The Devices Efficiently Harvest Artificial Light, and Could Charge Electronics and Wearables

      Anthrop

      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.

    • • UK’s New State Energy Company Will Spend £1 Billion on Grants
      Carving Out a Significant Chunk of the Taxpayer Money It Receives

      {Bloomberg}

      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.

      Click now for the rest of the article.

    • • Brazil's Green-Energy Industry Is Falling Victim to Its Own Success
      Brazilian Wind and Solar Companies Have Been Hit By Supply-Chain Snags, High Borrowing Costs and a Dearth of Transmission Lines

      {Bloomberg Green}

      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.

    • • Nevada Is All In on Solar Power
      The Las Vegas Strip is America’s Emblem of Excess — and Extravagant Energy Use

      NYT

      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.

    • • Battery Storage System to Fit New York’s
      Wind and Solar Ambitions Has Not Been Easy
      Developers of Small- and Utility-Scale Battery Storage Find Permitting and Connecting to the Energy Grid Is an Arduous and Costly Process

      ICN

      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.

    • • Support for Solar Energy and Offshore Wind
      Falls Among Democrats and Independents
      Accordinbg to an AP-NORC Poll

      AP Logo

      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.

    • • Can Solar and Geothermal Energy Help a
      Church and Its Neighbors Wean Off Fossil Fuels?
      Spurred by Rising Utility Bills, St. Peter’s-San Pedro Episcopal Church in Salem, Mass., Looked For Alternatives

      ICN

      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...

    • • The World’s Largest Sand Battery Just Went Online in Finland
      It Could Change Renewable Energy

      ZME

      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.

    • • Do Solar Farms Make Good Neighbors?
      New Study Challenges NIMBY Assumptions

      Anthrop

      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.

    • • Solar Stocks Fall as Senate Bill Ends Key Tax Credits Early
      Senate Republicans Released a bill That Would End Clean Energy Tax Credits Earlier Than Expected

      {Bloomberg}

      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.

    • • Largest Battery Storage Project Wins Fast-Track Approval in California
      The Darden Clean Energy Project, Paired With 1.1 GW of Solar, Will Provide Enough Electricity to Power 850,000 Homes For Four Hours

      {pv magazine}

      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.

    • • Meta Bets On XGS Energy in Second Major Geothermal Deal
      The Facebook Parent Company Already Backed Fellow Houston-Area Geothermal Company Sage Geosystems

      {LATITUTE MEDIA}

      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.

    • • Can Solar Keep Up the Momentum?
      It’s Been a Big
      Week For Solar Projects

      {energycentral}

      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,

    • • Why Rooftop Solar Could Crash Under the G.O.P. Tax Bill
      Federal Tax Breaks Have Fueled a Boom. The House Bill Would End That Immediately

      NYT

      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.

    • • Illinois Hopes to Continue Solar Boom Despite Federal Headwinds
      Renewable Energy Advocates Point to a 2021 Law and State Dollars As Reasons for Optimism In a Challenging Time

      ICN

      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.

    • • Solar Developers Secure Over $1 Billion
      Project Financing Across Three Deals
      Three Major Solar Project Deals Closed This Week, Suggesting Investors Still See Solar Playing a Role in the Energy Longterm

      {energycentral}

      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.

    • • Perovskite LEDs Might Soon Replace Every Light in Your Home
      Cheaper, Brighter, and Greener, Perovskite LEDs Could Change Lighting

      ZME

      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.

    • • Heliene Opens 500-MW Solar Panel
      Assembly Facility in Minneapolis Area
      Heliene has Opened a New Panel Assembly Facility in the Twin Cities Metro, Nearly Doubling its US Capacity

      {energycentral}

      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.

    • • Puerto Rico's Solar Microgrids Beat Blackout
      When Puerto Rico Went Dark in April, One Town Kept the Lights On, Thanks to a Homegrown Network of Solar Microgrids

      {energycentral}

      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.

    • • Sinking Giant Concrete Orbs to the Bottom of the
      Ocean Could Store Massive Amounts of Renewable Energy
      These Underwater Batteries Could Potentially Store Hundreds of Thousands of Gigawatt-Hours

      ZME

      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.













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    • • Gila River Tribes Intend to Float Solar Panels on a Reservoir
      Could the Technology Help the Colorado River?

      ICN

      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.

    • • Trump’s Tariffs and Tax Bill May Derail U.S. Battery Industry
      Domestic Factories That Make Batteries to Store Power to Meet America’s Rising Energy Demand Depend on Chinese Components and Federal Subsidies

      NYT

      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.

    • • Huge Reservoirs of Clean Hydrogen
      Could Power Earth for 170,000 Years
      What Recent Breakthroughs Suggest

      {SCI AM}

      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.

    • • The Impacts of Shifting Tariff Policy
      on Solar Generation and Manufacturing
      They've Disrupted Supply Chains and Project Economics Across the U.S. Solar and Renewable Energy Sectors

      {FACTOR THIS}

      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.

      Click now to watch the webinar on demand.

    • • A Clean Energy Source May Be Lurking Beneath Mountain Ranges
      As the Search for Geologic Hydrogen - a Potential Clean Source of Energy Beneath the Ground - Continues, Some Researchers are Turning to Mountains

      {NewScientist}

      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.

    • • Youngkin Vetoes Clean Energy Bills that Garnered
      Support From Dominion, and Environmental Groups
      The Bills Would Have Increased Small-Scale Solar Projects And Energy Storage

      ICN

      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.

    • • India Sees a Future Making Solar Panels for Itself
      And Maybe the World

      NYT

      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.

    • • Australia has Backed a Rapid Shift to Renewable
      Energy – and Given Labor a Chance on Climate
      How Will it Act?

      WAPO

      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.

      Click now to for the rest of the story.

    • • Clever New Technique Turns Falling Rain into Renewable Energy
      Researchers Created an elegantly simple device that Uses the Flow of Water Through Tiny Tubes to Produce Enough Electricity to Keep the Lights On

      Anthrop

      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.

    • • Solar Panels on All New Homes as Part of Labour’s Net-Zero Push
      Sir Keir Starmer Rejects Sir Tony Blair’s Calls to Reset ‘Irrational’ Climate Policies Because they were ‘Doomed to Fail’

      {THE TIMES - UK}

      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.

    • • America’s Cornfields Could Power the Future—
      With Solar Panels, Not Ethanol
      Small Solar Farms Could Deliver Big Ecological and Energy Benefits, Researchers Find

      ZME

      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.

    • • Japan Plans to Beam Solar Power from Space to Earth
      The Sun Never Sets in Space — and Japan has Found a Way to Harness this Unlimited Energy

      ZME

      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

    • • Solar Companies Seek New U.S. Tariffs on Asian Imports
      Firms Warn that China Uses its Neighbors to Skirt Existing Levies, Depressing Prices and Threatening U.S. Investments

      NYT

      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.

    • • Shipping Solar Power at the Speed of a Freight Train
      By Charging Up Battery Cars Where Renewable Energy is Cheap and Delivering the Power to Where it’s Needed, This Startup Thinks Railroads Could Break the Clean Energy Transmission Logjam

      Anthrop

      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.

    • • Roll Away The Stone! Sunpower Rises From The Dead
      Residential Solar Company Complete Solaria has Announced it is Rebranding as SunPower

      {FACTOR THIS}

      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.

    • • In Indiana, Putting Up Solar Panels Is Doing God’s Work
      A Cluster of Evangelical Groups in the State Is Pushing For Environmental Action

      NYT

      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.

    • • Ann Arbor Wants to Build Its Own Renewable-Energy Grid
      The City Moved Forward With an Ambitious Plan to Build Its Own Utility Aiming to Provide Clean Power Outside the Grid

      NYT

      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.

    • • India Overtakes Germany to Become
      3Rd-Largest Generator of Wind, Solar Power
      In India, Clean Sources Accounted for 22%t of the Electricity Generation. Hydropower Contributed the Most at 8 %, While Wind and Solar Together Accounted for 10%

      {Deccan Herald}

      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.

    • • Researchers Turn ‘Moon Dust’ Into Solar Panels
      "Moonglass" Could
      One Day Keep the Lights On

      ZME

      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.”

    • • What the Rise of Clean Energy Looks Like From Space
      A Constellation of Satellites Orbiting 250 Miles Above Earth’s Surface Shows How Solar and Wind have Taken Off in Recent Years

      NYT

      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.

    • • Want Cheap Power, Fast?
      Solar and Wind Firms Have a Suggestion

      NYT

      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.

    • • Focus: ‘Utilities For Net Zero’ Set Out A Plan Of Action
      The Plan: Building Out Clean Power

      {FACTOR THIS}

      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.

    • • Designing Effective Thermal Management
      Systems for Battery Energy Storage Systems?
      The Implementation of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) is Growing Substantially Around the World

      {FACTOR THIS}

      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.?

    • • ‘States are Not Powerless’ Against Federal Clean Energy Pushback
      It’s Community Solar’s Time to Shine

      {FACTOR THIS}

      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.

    • • Solar Energy, Criticized by Trump, Claims Big U.S. Gain in 2024
      The Added Capacity For the Year was the Most From Any Single Source in more than Two Decades

      NYT

      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.

    • • How One of the Largest Utilities is Integrating
      Renewables and Implementing New Grid Tech
      In Florida and Beyond

      ZME

      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.

    • • China Dominates the World in Renewable Energy
      China Now Eclipses Every Other Country In the World — Including the U.S.

      WAPO

      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.

    • • Vietnam Plans Energy Shift Toward Building More Solar
      less Reliance On Gas and Coal

      AP Logo

      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.

    • • Well-Managed Solar Panels are Actually Good For Wildlife
      Researchers Were Concerned that Solar Panels Could End Up Competing with Wildlife Havens...

      ZME

      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.



    Geothermal (GTh) News Stories in the Past Year




    • • Taiwan Is On the Cusp of an Energy Revolution
      Could Taiwan Leverage Geothermal to Stave Off Blackout Risks as it Retires Its Nuclear Fleet?

      {energycentral}

      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.

    • • At a Novel Austin-Area Neighborhood,
      Geothermal Energy Keeps Utility Bills Low
      The Development in Manor Taps Into the Natural Heat Deep Underground to Run Heating and Cooling Systems for the Planned 7,500 Homes and Commercial Buildings

      {THE TEXAS TRIBUNE}

      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.

    • • Fervo Energy Lands $206M in Financing
      to Build Massive Geothermal Power Plant
      Geothermal Frontrunner Fervo Energy Said Wednesday That It Had Secured $206 Million in Financing to Continue Work On a New Power Plant in Utah

      {TechCrunch}

      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.

    • • Schools are Digging Underground for Their heat — and Saving Money
      Clean Energy Tax Credits have Spurred a Surge of Geothermal Projects in K-12 Schools Across the Nation — Which May Be Under Threat

      WAPO

      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.

    • • They’re in Hot Water in Idaho. Why That’s a Good Thing
      Nearly 500 Buildings in the State Capital Get Their Heat from a Clean, Renewable Source Located Deep in the Ground

      NYT

      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.

    • • A Third Generation Driller Transitions
      from Oil and Gas to Geothermal
      The Geothermal Drillers Association: The Industry Needs More Drillers for Geothermal Heating and Cooling to Take Off

      ICN

      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.

    • • MIT Aims to Decarbonize
      Competing Ideas Focus on Thermal Energy Systems

      ICN

      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.

    • • Are We Using Enough Geothermal Energy?
      Probably Not, According to the DOE

      REW

      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.

    • • Superhot Rock Energy
      Could Provide Enough Power to Fuel the U.S. Thousands of Times Over

      ZME

      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.

    • • The Geretsried Project:Geothermal Power Anywhere
      Heat Percolates Upward From the Earth’s Core Everywhere in the World. So Why Can’t it be Tapped Everywhere, Too?

      Anthrop

      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?

      Click now for more of the rest of the story.

    • • Facebook Looks to a New Type of Geothermal
      It Grows Hungrier For Clean Energy

      NYT

      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.

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    Of Interest

    • • Wind and Solar Were EU’s Top Electricity Source in 2022
      2022 Was the First Time

      BCL Logo

      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 .

    • • The USDA’s Rural Energy for America Program
      Baker Hughes, Avports Reach Agreement

      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.

    • • What Solar Panels Are Made Of
      It's Not a Simple Question

      GI

      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.

    • • Electrify Everything! - Part 1
      It’s Time Progressives Learned to Love the Green Building Boom

      MJN

      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.

    • • Electrify Everything - Part 2
      What if Walmart Turned Its Parking Lots Into Solar Farms?

      MJN

      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.

    • • Electrify Everything - Part 3
      What if Walmart Turned Its
      Parking Lots Into Solar Farms?

      MJN

      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.

    • • Electrify Everything - Part 4
      Across America, Microgrids are Changing the Power Dynamic

      MJN

      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.”

    • • Reshoring Solar Panel Production
      Could Help the U.S. Meet its Climate Goals
      Domestically Produced Panels
      Have a Smaller Carbon Footprint
      Than Imported Ones

      Anthrop

      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.

    • • Discreet Solar Power For Your Roof
      Traditional Solar Panels Can Be a bit of an Eyesore, But...

      The Conversation

      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.

    • • Debunking the Top 8 Solar Myths
      There are Many Misconceptions About Solar Power

      Greener Ideal

      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

    • • Agrivoltaics
      Combining Agriculture
      With Solar Power

      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.

    • • A Solar Power Station in Space?
      Here’s How it Would Work

      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?

    • • Solar's Latest Breakthroughs
      See the List

      Greener Ideal

      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.

    • • Australia’s Roaring Rooftop Solar Market
      What Other Countries
      Can Learn From It

      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.

    • • Tidal Power To the Max
      The O2, Starts
      Exporting Clean Power

      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.

    • • Space-Based Solar Power
      It May Be Closer Than We Think

      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.

    • • Some Butterflies Can Make Solar Panels Smarter
      Their Wings Inspire a
      Better Way to Absorb Light

      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.

    • • The Case For Floating Solar
      It's Not Limited to Just Rooftops

      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 Photovoltaics
      Designs Contributing
      to a Solar Future

      -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.

    • • 5 Things You Should Know About Fuel Cells
      Just What is a Fuel Cell?

      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.

      Click now to learn the 5 things.
    • • 5 Things To Know About Installing Solar
      These Must Be Considered
      Before Going Forward

      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?

    • • Calculate Solar (Lease Vs. Buy)
      Free Tool:
      Lease vs.Buy Modeling Calculator

      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.

    • • France Passes Green Rooftop Law
      Shouldn't All
      Countries Demand This?

      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.

    • • The Spherical Sun Power Generator
      Here's How It Works

      (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.


      Click now for the story
      with photos and videos.
    • • Curse of "White Oil": EV's Dirty Secret
      The Lithium Gold Rush
      Threatens Massive Environmental Damage

      (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


      Click now for more.
    • • Solar Water Heating for Your Home
      How to Get Started

      (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.


      Click now to learn more.
    • • Renewable Energy Deployment in Ghana:
      The Hype, Hope and Reality

      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.

    • • The Ivory Soap of Solar
      It Floats! Here's How

      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.

    • • Spray on That Solar Panel!
      AI May Help Scientists
      Make Spray-On Solar Cells

      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.

    • • U.S. Electricity Generation By Energy Source
      What Is U.S. Electricity
      Generation By Energy Source?

      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

      Click now to see the source distribution.

    • • Wind Turbines - A Whale of An Idea
      Whale Power Wind Turbine
      Blades – an Introduction

      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.

      Click now for the story
      and a free PDF download.

    • • Renewable Energy Stadiums: a Focus on the Future
      Renewable Energy
      Stadiums of the Future

      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.

    • • The Case for Solar Farms
      The Case For Solar Farms on
      Landfills or Unusable Lands

      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.

    • • H2O Consumption: Shocking Facts
      Water Consumption: Shocking Facts

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

    • • Will the Sunshine State Adopt Solar Energy
      Will We Have Have
      a Solar-Powered Florida?

      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.

      Interested? Click now to learn more.

    • • Bright News for Solar Panels - They Could Work at Night
      Your Solar Panels
      Could Soon Work at Night

      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.

    • • 156 Major Brands Going 100% Renewable
      156 Major Brands
      Going 100% Renewable

      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.

    • • Free E-Book - How Renewables Work
      A Practical Guide To Solar,
      Wind, and Geothermal

      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.

      Click to download the e-book
      from The Climate Reality Project.

    • • Geothermal - What It Is/How it Works
      How Exactly Does
      Geothermal Energy Work?

      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.

      Click now to learn more
      from The Climate Reality Project.

    • • What Transparent Solar Cells Could Mean
      They Could Replace
      Windows in the Near Future

      ZME Science

      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.

    • • Changing the World - One Wave at a Time
      Grid Connected Wave Energy Array

      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.

    • • Al Gore Explains Renewable Energy
      Climate 101:
      What is Renewable Energy?

      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.

      Click now read the
      PDF from The Climate Reality Project.

    • • Harnessing the Ocean’s Energy to Power
      Homes, Planes and Whisky Distilleries
      And Why Stop There?

      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.

    • • What Smart Grids Can Do for You, and Puerto Rico, Too
      Could the Next Disaster
      in Puerto Rico Be Prevented?

      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.

      Click to learn more from
      PBS News. A video is included.

    • • Green Jobs - They’re Booming
      Career Pathways and
      Possibilities in Renewable Energy

      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.

      Click now for the good news
      from Renewable Energy World.

    • • The Hydrogen Fuel Cell Is Here
      Breakthrough in Green Transportation

      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.

      Click now for the full
      report from Outsider Club.

    • • Renewable Energy in Your Home
      Arcadia Power

      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.

    • • Floating Solar PVs Could Make a Big Splash in the US
      FPV Systems Gain Traction
      Across the World

      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.

    • • Hydrogen & Solar: Together At Last
      Like Two Lost Souls,
      Hydrogen and Concentrating
      Solar Power Find Each Other

      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.

    • • Alt. Energy Videos
      There's Much to Learn - Get Educated

      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

    • • Solar Women
      Eight Great Women in
      the Science of Solar

      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.

    • • 50Hertz, Is Banking on Renewables
      50Hertz Sets 100% Renewables Goal

      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.

    • • Plants Can Create Energy
      Experiments Are Proving It

      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.

    • • Information on Buying From a Green Power Source
      Buying From a Green Power Source

      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.

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    • • The Top U.S. Cities for Solar Energy
      Which Are the Shining Cities in 2019

      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.

      Interested? Click now for the story and a map

    • • North American 100% R.E. Projects
      Renewable Energy for the New World

      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.

    • • Take the Fossil Fuel Bypass
      The Fossil Fuels Bypass
      is Not Science Fiction

      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.

    • • Net-zero Solar Farmhouse
      The Net-zero Solar
      Farmhouse from Deltic

      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.

      Click now to learn more
      and to view a slideshow.

    • • EU Renewable Energy Stats
      Renewable Energy Records
      for the European Union

      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.

    • • Supertree-Sprouting Gardens
      Singapore's Supertree-
      Sprouting Gardens

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

      Click now for the story and a slideshow.

    • • Solar Tax Incentives
      Solar Tax Incentives:

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


      Click now to learn how
      to take advantage of them.
    • • Breakthrough Energy Coalition
      Breakthrough Energy
      Coalition Explained

      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.

    • • Storage Advance
      New Foam Batteries Promise
      Fast Charging, Higher Capacity

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


    Resource Listing

    (Click on a link below to learn about this resource)

  • 8-Miniute Energy
  • 1366
  • A123 Systems
  • Adara Power
  • All Earth Renewables
  • All Sun Trackers
  • American Energy Tech
  • American Wind Energy
  • AMYRUS
  • Aquion Energy
  • Arcadia Power
  • Array Technologies
  • Borrego Solar
  • Bright Source Energy
  • Carnegie Wave Energy
  • Clarion Energy
  • Clean Energy States
  • Center for Alt. Technologies
  • d.Light
  • Envision Solar
  • EarthSpark
  • Florida Power & Light
  • Fl. Solar Power Direcrtory
  • General Fusion
  • Glass Point
  • Go Green Solar
  • GoldWind Sciemce & Tech
  • Green Lancer
  • Halotechnics Solar Thermal
  • Hello Sage
  • Hydorgen Kick Start
  • Imergy Power Systems
  • Infinty PV
  • Joule Unlimited
  • Ocean Renewable Power
  • Oregon Wave Energy Trust
  • Power Parasol
  • Plugless Wireless RP
  • PV Crops
  • Renewable Energy LI
  • The Rite Project
  • Romania Renewables Haven
  • Semprius Solar Cells
  • SEPA Solar Power Assoc
  • Seimans
  • Silverspring Infrastructure
  • Solar Gardens
  • Solar Shade Parking
  • Solar United Neighbors
  • Solarmer Energy
  • Solar Roadways
  • Solar Shade Parking
  • Sunpower Oasis Solar Tracker
  • Suntech Solar Cells
  • TESLA
  • Vernon Electric
  • WikiHow Generator Setup
  • Water Furnace
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    Resources

    (An Alphabetical Listing)
    Click the associated image for more information.
    SRW
    The primary purpose of Solar Roadways is to generate clean renewable energy on roadways and any other surface that can be walked or driven upon. That would include: parking lots, sidewalks, driveways, tarmacs, plazas, bike paths, playgrounds, garden paths, pool surrounds, courtyards and the like.

    8 Minute Renewables Logo

    Why is it called 8 Minutes Renewable Energy? Because it takes about that time for the sun to reach the earth. Click the image for this commercial (yet informative website).

     


    Conventional solar power is still too expensive to compete with fossil fuels, in part because of the cost of manufacturing silicon-based solar cells.
    Key innovation: Developed a cheaper method for making silicon wafers, the most expensive component of a solar module.
    Technology: The process that 1366 has developed makes it possible to mold solar wafers—the thin sheets of silicon that serve as the core of a solar cell—directly from molten silicon rather than cutting them from larger ingots or crystals, which can waste up to half the material. The company has also developed a method for manufacturing solar cells that increases the amount of light the cell can absorb by reducing the area that’s shaded by electron-conducting wires and by decreasing the amount of light reflected off the surface. Increasing the light absorption helps increase the power output of the cell, effectively decreasing the cost per watt.
     



    Lithium-ion batteries make electric cars possible at mass-market prices.Key innovation: Nanostructured electrodes result in lithium batteries more durable and safer than those in cell phones and laptops.
    Technology: A123 develops and manufactures lithium-ion batteries that are safer than those in mobile phones and laptops and use less expensive elements. The materials are structured at the nanoscale in a way that enables them to charge and discharge quickly, making them well suited for use in electric vehicles and in electrical-grid storage.


    (Formerly Juicebox Energy)

    AllEarth Logo

    Interest in residential energy storage technology has grown dramatically worldwide as consumers search for a method of capturing self-produced solar energy, reducing their carbon footprint, and reducing their reliance on utilities.
    These sentiments combined with the need to be positioned on a global scale have led JuiceBox Energy, a privately-held Silicon Valley company committed to providing safe, reliable, intelligent, and connected energy storage, to rebrand as Adara Power. Formed in 2013, the company has successfully installed its advanced 8.6kWh and 17.2kWh Energy Storage Systems across the U.S. with growing domestic and international demand for renewable energy sources.

    AllEarth Logo

    They've designed and manufactures the dual-axis AllSun Trackers - affordable, complete grid-connected solar electric systems that produce up to 45% more energy than fixed rooftop systems. AllSun Trackers vastly simplify system design, supply chain management, installation and maintenance for systems large and small and was named a Top-10 green product of the year by BuildingGreen. AllEarth Renewables was named the fastest growing company in Vermont in 2010 and 2011. Click on the header for more.


    Allsun Trackers Logo

    An AllSun Tracker is just as the name implies: an array of solar panels (either 20 or 24) mounted on a ground mounted steel pole that moves with the sun as it crosses the sky. It is a dual-axis, active solar tracker that uses a motor and GPS (Global Positioning System) to turn the solar PV panels east to west and up and down. This movement keeps the solar panels perpendicular to the sun’s rays, steadily in-line with the sun’s position on the horizon every day, any time of the year. As a result, the amount of sunlight reaching the panels is maximized and electricity generation is greatly increased.
     

    American Energy Technologies


    A full service design/build renewable energy installation company serving owners and operators of professional businesses or multi-family residential buildings throughout the Northeast. AET works closely with their customers to help them understand their renewable energy options, state and federal requirements, and the financial benefits they can achieve. They are actively engaged in solar array projects in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut.

     

    American Wind
    Energy Association


    The mission of the American Wind Energy Association is to promote wind power growth through advocacy, communication, and education.
     


    Advanced biofuels could help reduce the use of gasoline and diesel.
    Key innovation: Its genetically engineered yeast turns sugars into a building block of diesel fuel, which is usable in the existing transportation infrastructure.
    Technology: Amyris has engineered yeasts that convert sugars into a hydrocarbon molecule called farnesene, which can be processed into fuels for transport or products for the chemical industry. If hydrogenated, the hydrocarbon can be turned into a diesel fuel that burns cleaner than conventional diesel, reducing emissions of sulfur, nitrogen oxides, and particulates.

     

    Aquinon Logo

    The developer and manufacturer of Aqueous Hybrid Ion (AHI™) batteries and energy storage systems, today announced that it has completed the closing of a $55 million Series D financing round. Due to strong investor interest, the total amount of funding for this round was increased from the $35 million level previously announced by the company in April of 2013.
    They are completing $55M financing round to bring transformative energy storage systems to market.
    The Series D financing includes participation from new investors Bill Gates, Yung’s Enterprise, Nick and Joby Pritzker through their family’s firm Tao Invest, Bright Capital, and Gentry Venture Partners. Previous investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Foundation Capital, and Advanced Technology Ventures also participated in the round.


    Array Tech Logo

    Arcadia Power is a nationwide renewable energy company. They were founded with one simple mission in mind: to make our world better by changing the way we power our homes and businesses from fossil fuels to clean, renewable energy.

    Array Tech Logo

    Array Technologies, Inc. is a leading U.S.-based solar manufacturer of solar tracking and solar racking systems for utilities, corporations, small businesses and homeowners. They provide solar tracking and racking solutions for any project, whatever its scale, location or requirements.
    Click on the logo for more information and a video.
     

    Borrego Solar Logo

    Designs and installs commercial solar power systems, providing a complete range of solar energy solutions including turnkey solar installation, integrated financing and solar consulting services.
    Click the image to see the arrays that they have installed.


      Bright Source

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    It efficiently produces solar thermal power, which focuses sunlight to heat water into steam.
    Key innovation:  A boiler is heated directly with sunlight that bounces off mirrors.
     

    Carnegie Wave Logo

    Wave energy possesses unique characteristics that offer an advantage over other renewables such as wind and solar energy:
    Less variable and with the variability being more gradual and with notice
    More predictable. Australia’s preeminent research organization, the CSIRO, estimates wave energy is at least three times more predictable than wind energy
    The proximity of favorable wave energy sites to ultimate end users, so it minimizes transmission issues. Notably, approximately 60% of the world’s population lives within 60 kilometres of a coast.
     

    Center for Alternative Technology (CAT)


    CAT is concerned with the search for globally sustainable, whole and ecologically sound technologies and ways of life.
    Within this search CAT' explores and demonstrates a wide range of alternatives, communicating to other people the options for them to achieve positive change in their own lives.

     


    Carnegie Wave Logo

    In early 2018 Clarion Energy acquired PennWell, putting us in an unrivalled position globally in the Energy sector. The acquisition has brought together two of the industry’s most well-respected names to create one of the largest events companies in the world. We have taken a number of PennWell’s leading events including DISTRIBUTECH, POWERGEN and HydroVision International and added them to our leading Utility Week and Future Energy events to form the Power & Energy Series from Clarion Energy, a World Leading Portfolio of Events.

     

    Clean Energy States Alliance


    Eighteen states across the U.S. with established clean energy funds or programs have banded together to promote clean energy technologies. The Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA) is a nonprofit organization comprised of members from 16 clean energy funds and two state agencies; it provides information and technical services to its members and works with them to build and expand clean energy markets in the United States.

    d.Light Solar Logo

    d.light is a for-profit social enterprise whose purpose is to create new freedoms for customers without access to reliable power so they can enjoy a brighter future. We design, manufacture and distribute solar light and power products throughout the developing world. We aim to empower the lives of at least 100 million people by 2020. d.light serves over 40 countries, through over 10,000 retail outlets, 10 field offices, and four regional hubs. The company employs over 100 people directly, and indirectly employs hundreds more worldwide.


    EarthSpark is honored to have been featured in Solar Frontiers, a recent short film by The Economist. Watch to see a family in the Haitian community of Les Anglais getting electricity for the first time and meet some of the men and women working on solar innovation in some unexpected places from Haiti to Alabama and beyond.

    Green Lancer

    GreenLancer’s online platform is providing the next generation of solar energy design services and significantly reducing the time and costs associated with developing solar energy projects. GreenLancer.com is a web-based company that designs solar energy systems, in the CLOUD. Our unique business model leverages the use of cutting edge technology, the internet, and powerful collaboration strategies. The results have made solar energy design support easy, affordable, very reliable and accessible to anyone, anywhere.

    Helio Sage Logo
     
    HelioSage is a leading national developer of commercial and utility scale solar projects, with a development pipeline totaling more than 900 megawatts across 20 states. The Company was founded by several of the principals of Greenlight Energy, Inc., one of the country’s largest independent wind energy companies at the time of its 2006 sale to BP Alternative Energy. With experience gained across more than 500 megawatts of completed renewable energy transactions, representing over $1 billion in invested capital, HelioSage is a recognized leader in large-scale solar energy development.

    Infinity PV

    infintyPV

    infinityPV’s CEO: Printed solar cells need to happen. I’m all in!
    For decades scientists have been pursuing an exceedingly ambitious goal: They hope to provide clean energy for the entire world. Solutions including fusion, wind, solar, and more are all in the works, each with their own sets of promises and costs. Frederik C. Krebs, CEO of infinityPV, sees one clear path to a renewable energy future: “Printed solar cells hold the promises of solving our energy needs - we have the technology, all needed materials are abundant, and we spend extremely limited energy producing them.”

    Earth Ministry


    Through outreach and organizing within faith communities, Earth Ministry mobilizes Christians to live their faith by caring for the places they inhabit and working in their communities, churches, and government to promote justice for Earth and all its inhabitants.

    Envision Solar


    In the U.S., Envision Solar, headquarted in San Diego, California, has developed the unique EV ARC (Electric Vehicle Autonomous Renewable Charger), which is the world’s first fully autonomous, mobile, and 100 percent solar charged EV station. While in the U.S., the average, grid-tied EV charging system supplies electricity, which mostly comes from fossil fueled power plants, the EV ARC provides 100 percent clean, renewable electricity for EVs in public areas. Click image for more information.




    Reducing the cost of constructing solar thermal plants will make them more competitive with fossil-fuel plants.
    Key innovation:Software controls the mirrors that focus rays from the sun, eliminating the need to position them by hand.
    Technology: The company uses arrays of tens of thousands of mirrors to focus sunlight on a central tower, producing intense heat that turns water into steam to generate electricity. The mirrors are installed on prefabricated metal frames that allow them to pivot and tilt to track the sun throughout the day and from season to season. Proprietary software ensures that all the mirrors are aimed properly.

     



    New types of photovoltaics are reducing the cost of solar power.
    Key innovation: "Thin-film" solar panels based on cadmium telluride, which are cheaper than:conventional silicon panels, have made the company one of the world's largest photovoltaic manufacturers.
    Technology: The leading producer of thin-film solar panels, First Solar has established an alternative to conventional silicon-­based technology. The key is a material called cadmium telluride, which absorbs light better than silicon does; as a result, extremely thin films of the material are all that’s needed.



    Florida Power & Light
    Solar Facility


    FPL
    At 25 megawatts, the DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center is the largest solar photovoltaic plant in the country. Now if they only would stop trying to kill solar roofs in the "Sunshine State," it might make them look mich better to true environmentalists.

    Florida Solar Power Directory


    Solar Power

    A directory of Solar Power providers and training facilities in South Florida
     
     

     

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    General Fusion’s Magnetized Target Fusion system uses a sphere, filled with molten lead-lithium that is pumped to form a vortex.  On each pulse, magnetically-confined plasma is injected into the vortex. Around the sphere, an array of pistons impact and drive a pressure wave into the centre of the sphere, compressing the plasma to fusion conditions. Visit their website to see a case made for this unlimited energy source.


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    GoGreenSolar.com is a leading solar and wind power internet retailer and online community. The company has passionately helped customers all over the world deploy renewable energy systems for their homes, businesses and non-profit agendas. GoGreenSolar.com carries the highest quality products from reputable manufacturers:Kaco Solar, Sanyo Solar, EarthLED, Xantrex, Kaneka, Southwest WindPower, Fronius, Enphase Energy, SMA, Heliodyne, Morningstar, Outback.

     

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    GlassPoint designs, manufactures and installs solar steam generators for the oil and gas industry worldwide. When used for thermal Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) GlassPoint solar steam generators significantly reduce both gas consumption and CO2 emissions by up to 80%.

     

    Goldwind Science and Technology


    Increasing the time that turbines are operational will lower the cost of wind power.
    Key innovation: Co-developed a direct-drive wind turbine that eliminates the need for a gearbox. Having fewer moving parts reduces the chance of costly mechanical failure.
    Note: Revenue $1.6 billion

     

    Halotechnics Solar
    Thermal Storage

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    Breakthrough Molten Salts with Game-changing Properties -In our combinatorial chemistry labs we have screened thousands of novel mixtures and developed materials with the best combination of melting point, maximum operating temperature, and cost. Our research has resulted in our Saltstream patent-pending formulas. Saltstream materials utilize eutectic mixtures with drastically reduced melting points, reducing the risk of freezing and expanding the operating range of the fluid.

     

    Hydrogen's Forty-Fold
    Kick Start



    It might be useful to look at key points from last week’s announc-ements regarding the European hydrogen strategy and tease out what that might mean for the supply chain.
    The strategy from the EU Commission recognises hydrogen a key pillar of our energy system. Hydrogen is expected to provide at least 13% of the final energy demand by 2050 in Europe.

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    "The world needs radical new energy solutions. Imergy is supplying them now. Our paradigm-shifting Energy Storage Platform (ESP) fits as seamlessly into a remote village as it does into a large-scale commercial application. Cost savings and ROI are deep and fast. Scaling up is simple and inexpensive. Smart technology ensures efficient consumption. And the sustainable design meets today’s highest standards for responsible energy systems."-from the Imergy Website

    Joule Unlimited


    Biofuels could be far cheaper if they weren't made from corn, sugarcane, and other forms of biomass.
    Key innovation: Designed microbes that convert carbon dioxide and water directly into fuels.
    Technology: Joule has engineered microbes that harness the sun’s energy to convert carbon dioxide and water directly into ethanol or hydrocarbon fuels. When housed in bioreactors in sunny areas and at full-scale production, the company says, these photosynthetic organisms can produce 15,000 gallons of diesel or 25,000 gallons of ethanol per acre per year. The process offers an advantage over making biofuels from corn or cellulose, because growing those materials requires large amounts of arable land. It’s also an improvement over using photosynthetic algae to make biofuel precursors, as some other companies do, because those chemicals must then be processed to make fuel.

    Ocean Renewaable Power

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    The Bay of Fundy, located on the border between eastern Maine and Canada, is one of the most robust tidal energy resources in the world.
    Each day, 100 billion tons of water flow in and out of this bay, with the force of 8,000 locomotives and tidal ranges of up to 50 feet or more. At its mouth, off of Eastport and Lubec, Maine, ORPC is operating the first commercial, grid-connected tidal power system in the country, also the first ocean energy project to be delivering power to the public grid anywhere in the U.S. and all of the Americas.

    Oregon Wave Enery Trust

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    A nonprofit, public-private partnership that is helping to responsibly develop ocean energy by connecting stakeholders, supporting research and development, and engaging in public outreach and policy work.
    OWET works with a wide range of stakeholders including: fishing and environmental groups, utilities, industry, government and interested citizens.
    With 300 miles of coastline characterized by powerful waves and steady and constant winds, a robust electrical transmission system close to coastal communities, transportation and port infrastructure, experienced and established manufacturing and supply chain, supportive policies and leading research institutions, Oregon is uniquely positioned to be North America’s leader in ocean energy.
    With the growing need for new clean sources of energy and sustainable family-wage jobs, OWET’s goal is to attract and build the ocean energy industry and to maximize the benefits for the environment and economy.


    Plugless, Wireless
    Vehicle Electric Charging

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    Transfer energy without the cord!
    Plugless uses inductive charging technology to eliminate the need to plug in your EV. Two aligned magnetic coils send power to your EV over an air gap between your vehicle and the included Wireless Charging Station.

    (Out of the Desert.
    Off the Rooftops.
    Into the Community)

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    PowerParasol® is a transformative tool that produces immediate results for customers who make the investment in changing their environment.
    Used to cover parks, pedestrian malls, parking lots, playgrounds community open space, or business and storage areas, the patent pending Power Parasol provides shade, security, lighting, and solar energy. All of this, while creating an environment of dappled light that allows grass, flowers, bushes and trees to flourish underneath the structure resulting in comfortable, inviting outdoor areas.

     

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    (PhotoVoltaic Post reduction, ReliabilityOperational performance, Prediction and Simulation) is a €6 million funded pan-European, three year project involving 12 organisations across 7 EU member states. PVCROPS aims to improve Solar Photovoltaic (PV) penetration within electricity networks throughout each of the life stages of Building Integrated PV (BIPV) systems and Ground-Based PV plants.

     

    The Rite Project

    RITE Project

    The RITE Project by Verdant Power is a world’s first initiative that will test, demonstrate and deliver commercial electricity from their Free Flow Kinetic Hydropower System. The project is located in the East Channel of the East River in New York, NY, and generates clean renewable energy from the river's tidal currents.

     


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    delivers a unique high concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) module design that begins with its proprietary micro-transfer printing process. This process enables Semprius to use the world's smallest solar cell - approximately the size of a pencil point - to create solar modules with unmatched costs and performance advantages. In September 2013, Semprius set a new record for commercial solar module efficiency, reaching 35.5%.

     


    Increasing the time that turbines are operational will lower the cost of wind power.
    Key innovation: Co-developed a direct-drive wind turbine that eliminates the need for a gearbox. Having fewer moving parts reduces the chance of costly mechanical failure. Note: Revenues $103.7 billion.

    Google Gives
    Solar Energy
    a New Lease on Life
    Solar City

    June 15, 2011 - Google announced that it’s investing $280 million in SolarCity, a company that installs and maintains residential-scale solar panels. Customers pay a fee for this service, either up-front or at a monthly rate—and end up saving more money on electricity than they would if they were to buy and install the panels themselves—but they avoid the risk and long-term commitment of ownership. In this system, SolarCity and, by extension, Google take on that risk and the government tax credits that go along with installing solar panels. Why not let Google help you save a little on your electricity bill ?
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    Leading in Solar Power
    with Storage.
    (And it's delivered
    day and night - Today.


    Solar Reserve Logo


    SolarReserve is a leading global developer of utility-scale solar power projects, which include electricity generation by solar thermal energy and photovoltaic panels. In addition, SolarReserve has commercialized a proprietary advanced solar thermal technology with integrated energy storage that solves the intermittency issues experienced with other renewable energy sources. This proven US-developed technology generates renewable baseload and dispatchable power and can compete with traditional fossil-fired and nuclear electricity generation. The company currently has more than $1.8 billion of projects in operation worldwide, with development and long-term power contracts for 775 megawatts (MW) of solar projects representing $3.4 billion of project capital.

     


    Solar Shade Parking Structures
    (Puts Parking Lots to Work)

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    Alpha Energy’s Photovoltaic Solar Shade Structures are parking canopies with a roof specifically designed to provide low-cost support for a solar power system. Solar shade structures offer a dual benefit: shading for cars and solar production. A visible display of a company’s commitment to renewable energy, the solar shade structures can be used throughout the day to generate electricity and can be complimented with lighting and security cameras for safe usage at night as well.

     


    Join Solar United Neighbors, the national association of solar owners and supporters.
    Together, we'll help you go solar and protect your solar rights!

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    Solarmer Energy Inc



    A developer of transparent, flexible plastic solar panels, the next wave in generating renewable energy from the sun. These solar panels are opening the door for a wide range of new application areas in renewable energy, which are not currently addressable with conventional silicon solar panel technology. Our company's solar panels have the potential to reduce the cost of renewable energy down to 12-15 cents/kWh and less than $1/Watt, which means plastic solar panels will be the first in solar capable of generating electricity on par with conventional fuel costs.
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    SunPower Oasis
    Solar Tracker

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    SunPower partnered with EPCs to engineer the high-performance Oasis for faster, easier installation. Features include fewer parts and piles; above-ground, plug-and-play DC wiring; and wider distance between rows to easily accommodate construction and O&M equipment.


    Extremely large-scale production of solar panels is reducing the technology's cost.
    Key innovation: Developed its own solar cells and equipment for manufacturing them cheaply.
    Technology: Suntech is the world’s largest producer of crystalline-silicon solar panels, the most common type. It specializes in multicrystalline cells, which produce somewhat less power per square meter than single-­crystal cells but yield a competitive price per watt because the materials cost less.
    The company’s current generation of solar cells has broken an efficiency record for multicrystalline cells that had stood for 15 years; one key to the accomplishment was to increase the amount of light the cells absorb by texturing their surface and decreasing the thickness of electron-conducting wires.
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    Tesla Solar Roof
    and Power Wall
    (For the best looking
    solar roof ever!)


    The sun provides more than enough energy in just one hour to supply our planet’s energy needs for an entire year. Your home can capture this free, abundant energy source through rooftop solar tiles, turning sunlight into electricity for immediate use or storage in a Powerwall battery.
    Click here to shine a light.
     
     

     

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    Vernon Electric provides Community Solar, whose name speaks for itself, makes it possible to use solar energy without actually installing it on your roof.Click the image to learn more about this innovative answer to fossil fuel addiction.
     

     

    Water Furnace


    Makers of GeoThermal comfort systems for homes, businesses and institutions.
     

     

    WikiHow
    Setting Up Your
    Own PV Generator

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    While there are a lot of decisions you can make, this particular how-to focuses on small-scale solar generation (<1kWh/day), and simplifies it so that just about anyone can set up a functioning system. However, beware that compromises in efficiency, safety, and code adherence may be made for the sake of simplicity.
    Where can I get these solar panels? -
    Glad you asked.

    Renewable Energy - LI


    RELI is a membership-based, not-for-profit organization promoting clean, sustainable energy use and generation for Long Island. RELI seeks public participation in energy policy decisions to encourage energy efficiency, use of renewable energy sources, and to protect our environment, economy, and public health.
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    Romania:
    Eastern Europe’s
    Renewables Haven

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    Developers, manufacturers, investors and other renewable energy industry stakeholders need to know where the next big market is going to be so that they can adjust their business decisions accordingly.
    Since 2003, global consultancy Ernst & Young has released its Country Attractiveness Indices, which gives a numerical ranking to 30 global renewable energy markets by scoring renewable energy investment strategies and resource availability. The indices are updated on a quarterly basis and the most recent report can be found by clicking the banner above:


    SEPA - Solar Electric Power Association
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    SEPA's mission is to support utility integration of solar to the benefit of the utility, its customers and the public good. We envision a future where solar represents a significant portion of the U.S. electricity portfolio while maintaining healthy and vibrant utility and solar industries.

    Silver Spring

    Computer intelligence in the electric grid will make energy distribution more efficient.
    Key innovation: Developed hardware and software that standardize the way disparate parts of the grid communicate.
    Technology: The company builds secure, adaptable network infrastructure that helps utilities and their customers manage their energy use more efficiently. Silver Spring Networks' software allows utilities to automatically manage their distribution of electricity by quickly responding to spikes and lulls in electricity generation and demand, as well as failures in the grid. The company also builds its communication chips into smart electric and gas meters that relay data to a centralized software system. Consumers can access the data to monitor their own energy use through a Web portal that Silver Spring maintains.

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    A Solar Garden is a community shared solar array with grid-connected subscribers.
    Homes and businesses, even if shaded by trees, receive a bill credit as if the panels were on their own roof using “virtual net metering”. The Solar Gardens Institute (SGI) provides tools and training to co-develop community solar arrays. Land owners, community groups, local governments, utilities and solar integrators.
    Click on the image to learn more and to locate installations throughout the U.S.A.

     

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    Debating 4 Dirty
    Myths on Clean Energy


    Debate 1: How is the Problem Defined?

    Myth:   Climate change is not real, thus “clean” energy is not needed
    Reality:  This is the wrong response to the wrong question; a broader framework is needed

    Debate 2: How to Involve Government?

    Myth:  The government should stop subsidizing clean energy and let the ”free market” work
    Reality:  The government is deeply involved in all forms of energy; there is no free market in energy

    Debate 3: Where To Focus Innovation?

    Myth:  We need new technology, period
    Reality:  We need innovation in technology, policy, business models, and financing

    Debate 4: Can Alternative Forms of
    Energy Make a Difference?

    Myth:  Some new technologies, such as solar and wind, will never make a dent in our energy mix
    Reality: It will take time, yes, but the signs are already clear they are having an impact

    Read the entire article by clicking Here

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