Solar photovoltaic technology is getting cheaper, more efficient and more resilient all the time. But it still doesn’t make a good replacement for asphalt. After years of trial projects, a handful of “solar roadway” projects around the world are revealing just how expensive it is to use roads, rather than rooftops and empty fields, as the world’s future solar surface. …
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 …
Solar Power International has entered a whole new world of smart energy devices. The trade show has been growing its tent for some years now. But the trend was particularly clear in 2018, with the event in Anaheim, California branded as part of North America Smart Energy Week. As adults dressed like Disney characters shuffled by on their way to a …
You have memories that will be with you forever. A birthday party when you got sick from eating too much chocolate. The day you met your spouse. I vividly remember a day that changed my life. At the WERU fair, Charlie Ewing convinced me that I could easily build my own solar electrical and water heating systems. It is easy …
Photos:Solarponics rooftop installer Roberto Garcia and crew lead Nick King, handle several 385-watt panels, expected to last at least 25 years or longer, on a rooftop in west Atascadero. The job will be finished in a matter of hours after the engineering and structural layouts. Solarponics It’s an interesting time to be in the energy business, says local contractor, Solarponics, …