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THIS WEEK IN SOLAR, RENEWABLE AND SUSTAINABLE NEWS In this week’s solar news: Bidirectional charging is ready to change the way you think about your home energy system and your electric bill is too dang high. Bidirectional Charging U.S. Braces For Electrical Discontent This Week’s Sunsong Bidirectional charging is suddenly a thing If you already…
THIS WEEK IN SOLAR, RENEWABLE AND SUSTAINABLE NEWS In this week’s solar news: Iron/air batteries take a big step toward commercialization, a Florida community built with hurricanes in mind, and waiting for the worms to fix our plastic problem Iron batteries get financial vote of confidence Florida community built for hurricanes Worms fix plastic problem…
THIS WEEK IN SOLAR, RENEWABLE AND SUSTAINABLE NEWS. In this week’s solar news: Getting power to customers is the next challenge, and going green could save trillions of dollars Electric Grid Needs Upgrading Renewable Energy to Save Trillions This Week’s Sunsong The electric grid needs to upgrade First, Bob Dylan went electric and changed rock…
THIS WEEK IN SOLAR, RENEWABLE AND SUSTAINABLE NEWS. In this week’s solar news: Texas bets on crypto mining even as many countries move to ban trading, and sheep are making a comeback on American (solar) farms Crypto Mining & The Environment Solar Sheep Sun Song of the Week Crypto mining and the environment To power…
September 7, 2022 THIS WEEK IN SOLAR, RENEWABLE AND SUSTAINABLE NEWS. In this week’s solar news, major investments across the country in renewables, A Green Bank for smaller projects, and Floatovoltaics. Renewable Energy Investments Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Swiss Floating Panels Investments flooding into renewables in the U.S. In the days before the Inflation Reduction…
August 30, 2022 THIS WEEK IN SOLAR, RENEWABLE AND SUSTAINABLE NEWS. In this week’s solar news, using solar panels for more than electricity, California goes all in on EV’s, and Spain flips the switch on Europe’s biggest solar array. California Gas Car Ban Solar Used As Shade U.S. Renewable Energy Consumption Spain’s Enormous Solar Array…
August 23, 2022 THIS WEEK IN SOLAR, RENEWABLE AND SUSTAINABLE NEWS. In this week’s solar news, we look at climate-friendly ways to cool cities, store energy and re-use ash pits. Persuading the heat “We do not fight summer,” the great southern writer Eudora Welty once said. “We persuade it.” She lived her entire life in…
THIS WEEK IN SOLAR, RENEWABLE AND SUSTAINABLE NEWS. In this week’s solar news, we look at how the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 is going to affect many different sectors of the economy. Today, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law. It has been dubbed the most important climate legislation in the history…
This week in solar, renewable and sustainable news. In this week’s solar news, what the Inflation Reduction Act means for the climate, a lithium shortage on the horizon, and transparent solar cells come into focus The monumental climate bill weaving its way through Congress has gotten a lot of attention for supporting renewable energy and…
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, currently moving through Capitol Hill, has been called the most ambitious climate bill in U.S. history by The New York Times. But with all that fanfare, many Americans are asking, “What does the solar tax credit extension mean for me?” If you are interested in clean energy, these potential…
This week in solar, renewable and sustainable news. In this week’s solar news, climate change response gets a boost on Capitol Hill, Saudi Arabia imagines and invests in the city of the future, and a model for self-reliance in Germany Meaningful climate legislation in the U.S looked very unlikely just a few weeks ago when…
Understanding the heatwaves across the Northern Hemisphere You’re not imagining it–this summer is brutally hot. Runways and railways buckle in England, wildfires sweep Europe, Texas, and the Midwest, and thousands perish from the heat in Portugal. Midway through the summer of 2022, weather reports from around the globe leave little doubt that our weather is…