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Can The Sun Become A Form of Universal Basic Income?

November 13, 2024 admin 0 Comments clean power, energy democratization, Solar energy, solar energy advantages, solar energy benefits, solar power benefits

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 14:14:54 +0000

I recently came across a social media post that puts solar energy in an interesting perspective: energy that everyone can possibly harness. This not only applies to most of the planet, but provides a very simple way to visualize a way forward to providing everyone with needed energy. Sunlight is … [continued]

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Renewables Gallop Ahead Down Under — A Queensland Sample

November 13, 2024 admin 0 Comments Australia, australia wind energy, australia wind farms, clean power, Queensland, Solar energy, Uncategorized, wind energy

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2024 22:58:54 +0000

As I sit at my computer tapping out this article, the sun is shining in beautiful Brisbane, capital of Queensland, Australia. We are moving into summer and the sun is up long before I am. When I awake, the house battery is filling up and charging the car. Soon, the … [continued]

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A 30-Megawatt Space Solar Power Plant Is Scheduled For 2030

November 12, 2024 admin 0 Comments clean power, Energy, renewable energy, Solar energy, solar power plants, space based solar, space based solar energy, space solar, space solar energy, startups, uk, united kingdom (uk), usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2024 17:00:05 +0000

Innovators in the field of space solar power are outperforming expectations for commercial application, motivated by the potential for harvesting solar energy on a 24/7 basis, unimpeded by weather or climate.

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Solx Will Manufacture Solar Panels In Puerto Rico

November 12, 2024 admin 0 Comments clean power, green economy, Manufacturing, Puerto Rico, Solar energy, solar panel factory, solar panels, solx

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2024 16:48:57 +0000

Puerto Rico has been in the news lately after a so-called comedian at a Republican campaign event referred to it as cesspit of human garbage floating in the Atlantic Ocean. Nearly a decade ago, after Hurricane Maria devastated the island, a US president gave Puerto Rico the back of his … [continued]

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Massive 1-Gigawatt Virtual Power Plant Created From Thin Air

November 11, 2024 admin 0 Comments alphabet, clean power, consumer technology, Energy, google cloud, grid, home energy management, Nest, NRG Energy, renewable energy, smartphone apps, Solar energy, texas, virtual power plants, vivent, vpp, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 16:13:47 +0000

The virtual power plant movement is scaling up, powered by smart thermostats that enable utilities and ratepayers to collaborate on grid resiliency and affordability.

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Fossil Gas Shortage Tells Us Alaska Should Turn to Renewable Energy

November 11, 2024 admin 0 Comments alaska, clean power, Fossil Fuels, natural gas, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 04:30:02 +0000

This is an interesting story, and I have to say I knew nothing about this region’s electricity grid before today. The US Department of Energy has the full, long story, but I’m going to summarize it and cut to the chase in parts. The focus is Alaska’s Railbelt electric grid, … [continued]

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Drought Causes Renewable Energy Generation to Drop Again

November 11, 2024 admin 0 Comments clean power, climate change, energy information administration (eia), hydroelectric, us hydropower

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 03:26:04 +0000

Climate change grows year after year. Climate disruption becomes the norm, and then more disruption comes. We’re in a race against time, and time is winning. The good news is that renewable energy dominates new power capacity installations and new electricity generation. However, sometimes, renewable energy generation goes down, because … [continued]

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Hydrogen Fuel Cell Aircraft Attracts US Army, Navy, & Air Force, Too

November 10, 2024 admin 0 Comments Aviation, clean power, clean transport, electric aircraft, fuel cell airplanes, fuel cells, green hydrogen, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, hydrogen fuel cells, renewable energy, us air force, US Army, US Marine Corps, US military, US Navy, usa, Water

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 20:54:29 +0000

The US military is supporting new drop-in hydrogen fuel propulsion systems for quiet-running zero emission aircraft and stationary energy generation.

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How Is China’s Relationship With USA (& Tesla) Going To Change On Cleantech?

November 10, 2024 admin 0 Comments China, clean power, clean transport, Donald Trump, Electric vehicles, elon musk, green economy, investment, Manufacturing, policy & politics, Solar energy, tesla, Xi Jinping

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 18:05:46 +0000

Let’s just start this off by saying that Donald Trump doesn’t have a lot of deep longstanding beliefs on topics that don’t directly concern him. And he’s one of the most transactional politicians I’ve ever seen, in a world of course where politicians are exceptionally transactional. We assume many things … [continued]

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