What if we could bottle solar energy so it could be used to power our homes and factories even when the sun doesn’t shine? Scientists have spent decades looking for a way do just that, and now researchers in Sweden are reporting significant progress. They’ve developed a specialized fluid that absorbs a bit of sunlight’s energy, holds it for months …
reader comments 144 A total of 1.1 gigawatts (GW) of solar have been installed around the world as of September, according to a new report by the World Bank (PDF). That’s similar to the amount of traditional solar panel capacity that had been installed around the world in the year 2000, the report says. The World Bank expects that, like …
Heckrodt Wetland Reserve in Menasha recently celebrated the installation of solar panels. Eland Electric’s completion of the 19.6 kilowatt system translates to an offset of 5,000 pounds of CO2 emissions, or the equivalent of planting 126 trees. “Heckrodt Wetland Reserve is excited to include energy conservation in our environmental message,” said Tracey Koening, executive director at the nature reserve. “The …
The solar policies of more than 400 utilities in six Southern states, which can either “make” or “brake” solar growth, are now an open book, thanks to the Rates of Solar web tool published by the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC). Southern states are no exception to a national trend in which many utilities are receiving permission from regulators to …
One million: a number which through usage and hyperbole has lost the presence of its size. A number so large that the word has become synonymous with large itself. There are, according to most recent census data, 7,266,187 households in the state of New York. The Million Solar Strong Coalition, as well as a growing number of New York State Assembly …
One of humanity’s newest spacecraft faced a harrowing test late Monday night (Nov. 5), darting just 15 million miles (24 million kilometers) of the surface of our sun. That spacecraft is NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, which launched in August with a daring mission to study the star that shapes our lives. To do so, it is flying a course of …
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Illinois was one of the relatively few places that a Democratic tsunami truly played out. The statewide constitutional offices, including governor, attorney general and comptroller, were all double-digit wins by the Democrats. Jay Pritzker (D) soundly beat incumbent Governor Bruce Rauner (R), Kwame Raoul (D) did the same in the attorney general race, succeeding the office left by Lisa Madigan …
<!– //www.cnbc.com/staticContent/showads.js –> MENUSEARCH QUOTES Sustainable Energy The Enel Group has commenced construction of a 220 megawatt solar photovoltaic park in Mexico via its subsidiary, Enel Green Power Mexico. The Magdalena II facility is located in the state of Tlaxcala, the business said in a statement Tuesday. Investment in the construction of the project is expected to be around $165 …
“This site was an old quarry,” said Karl von Knobelsdorff, owner of Knobelsdorff Electric, Inc. from Goodhue. “It is a good use of the land. You don’t like to see a solar garden go onto nice farm land.” According to von Knobelsdorff, whose company is constructing the Frontenac Solar Garden, most solar gardens in Minnesota are being built on poor …