Solar panels at Kibbutz Ketura’s Arava Power Company. {Originally posted to the Tower Magazine website} America is undergoing a quiet clean-energy revolution. Renewable resources such as solar, wind, hydro- and nuclear power produce more than a third of the country’s energy, and this sector is growing at a rate several times faster than the national economy. Many would be surprised …
Photo: Gabriel Rivera When I first met Gabriel Rivera last year in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the engineer was driving around with solar panels in his car. Hurricane Maria had ravaged the island on 20 September 2017 and knocked out the entire grid. Rivera was building household emergency kits, consisting of a solar panel hooked to a battery, to help …
<!– //www.cnbc.com/staticContent/showads.js –> MENUSEARCH QUOTES Sustainable Energy German energy business Innogy has commenced preparation works on Australia’s biggest solar project to date. Construction works on the Limondale facility — located near the town of Balranald, New South Wales — are set to begin in October, with full commercial operation expected by the middle of 2020, Innogy said in a statement …
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Sept. 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Finally, homes can have abundant natural daylight, while the sun’s radiant heat goes to meet hot water needs, for big energy savings. This helps keep the interior space much cooler – so the savings are twofold. And, as the sun sets, the ZLUZ built-in LED lighting can be varied from soft to bright …
While sunlight has increasingly gained appeal as a clean and abundant energy source, it has one obvious limitation — there is only so much sunlight per day, and some days are a lot sunnier than others. In order to keep solar energy practical, this means that after sunlight is converted to electrical energy, it must be stored. Normally this takes …
Solar energy is becoming more and more popular as prices drop, yet a home powered by the Sun isn’t free from the grid because solar panels don’t store energy for later. Now, researchers have refined a device that can both harvest and store solar energy, and they hope it will one day bring electricity to rural and underdeveloped areas. The …
To help increase awareness of renewable energy, free tours of homes and businesses using renewable energy systems will be held Oct. 6. This annual event hosted by the Midwest Renewable Energy Association is to showcase the renewable energy systems and energy efficient aspects of sites around the state. Last year 250 people visited one of 46 host sites across Wisconsin. …
Solar Expert Ted Bavin and Frank Thompson of Gateway Apartments explain how low-income housing facilities benefit from a SoCalGas rebate for solar water heating. Learn more at socalgas.com/solar. Sponsored by SoCalGas.
Yorkville is poised to review a proposal for a 7.4-acre solar farm designed to supply power to the Kendall County Courthouse. The project has been touted by the Kendall County Board as an energy- and cost-saving move. Lincoln, Nebraska-based GRNE Solar is seeking special use permit approval from Yorkville to install and operate a solar farm consisting of about 6,400 …