How to Provide Reliable and Resilient Electricity Amid Today’s Changing Climate

Credit to Author: Ed De Varona| Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 12:53:22 +0000

The United Nations has gone on record to spotlight the negative effects of climate change that have affected the world in recent years. The group stated, “destructive storms have become […]

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Want Energy Resilience? Invest Locally In Community Solar, Rooftop Solar, Heat Pumps, EVs

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2022 23:00:46 +0000

Communities looking to build resilience in the face of worsening climate disasters will soon have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to better prepare themselves via new federal funding and incentives.

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Solar Community Slammed By Hurricane Ian: “Our Lights Stayed On”

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2022 15:21:04 +0000

One RMIer recounts his experience braving Hurricane Ian and why the lights stayed on in his solar-powered sustainable community. By Ryan Foelske My family and I survived our first hurricane. Hurricane Ian passed right over our head and pummeled the west cost of Florida with high winds for 6–10 hours. The storm ravaged our local […]

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Ford F-150 Lightning Powers Florida Man’s Cooking, Lights, Fridge, Entertainment During Hurricane Ian

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2022 23:47:02 +0000

ford f-150 lightningThe Ford F-150 Lightning has just barely arrived on the market, yet I’ve already heard a few stories of the Lightning powering people’s needs in the event of power outages. The first I heard about was up in Michigan, and we’ve got a whole podcast coming on that F-150 Lightning owner’s experience as well as […]

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Tesla Model X In “Boat Mode” Escapes Hurricane Ian Floodwaters

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2022 21:47:11 +0000

Tesla Model X boat mode Hurricane Ian flooding North PortThere is no shortage of crazy stories coming out of the path of Hurricane Ian. (I’ve got my own from my area of Southwest Florida, but none of them are saucy enough or cleantech enough for an article.) One that is a definite fit for CleanTechnica comes from a Twitter friend, Jeremy Judkins. Jeremy’s house […]

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Tesla Powerwalls Survive Hours Underwater In Hurricane Ian

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2022 11:10:30 +0000

Tesla Solar Roof and PowerwallThis Tesla Solar Roof and Powerwall stood up to the challenge of Hurricane Ian in Florida last week. And how about those hot new Virtual Power Plants?

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More Than 2.5 Million Without Power in Florida Due to Hurricane Ian

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2022 13:29:00 +0000

More than 2.5 million electricity customers in Florida were without power early Sept. 29 as Hurricane Ian wreaked havoc on the state’s power grid and continued to cause damage with high winds and heavy rain, even after being downgraded to a tropical storm early Thursday. The storm, which made landfall in southwest Florida on Wednesday […]

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