$2.4 Million to Accelerate Equitable, Affordable, & Simple Solutions for Home Electrification

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2022 03:21:48 +0000

The American-Made Equitable and Affordable Solutions to Electrification Prize (EAS-E Prize) is offering $2.4 million in cash prizes and technical assistance vouchers to innovators who can help simplify the electrification processes for contractors and implementers. The prize aims to make the process faster and more affordable for homeowners across diverse communities and all housing types. “Electrification is essential to […]

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SolarBotanic Trees — Charging Stations Of The Future?

Credit to Author: Tim Tyler| Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2022 06:00:07 +0000

SolarBotanic Trees has reached two milestones in the development of its solar trees. It’s still at the prototype stage, but it is moving closer towards full-scale commercial production. An agreement has been made with experts at the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) to develop a field prototype for the integrated, scalable, and […]

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Field Testing Printed Solar Panels

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2022 01:51:31 +0000

Printed Solar PanelsWhat is the best way to field test printed solar panels? After 20 years in development in the lab at the University of Newcastle, it was decided to invite Stuart McBain to drive 18,000 km around the coast of Australia for 3 months and really put them to the test. Stuart was the obvious choice […]

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Reminder: You Can Donate Solar Panels To Ukraine

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2022 07:34:14 +0000

CleanTechnica-Solar-Panel-Farm-1-scaled watermarkThere’s news week after week, or day after day, lately regarding Ukrainians not having electricity due to Russia bombing the country’s power infrastructure. To be technical about it, this is terrorism. It is outside the bounds of war. Imagine going into winter without power or heat. If you want to help more Ukrainians get power […]

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Tesla Updates Solar Referral Program: Earn Points to Get Tesla Merch

Credit to Author: Chris Boylan| Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2022 22:57:40 +0000

Today, Tesla updated its referral program once again. Instead of the previous cash bonus for buyers and referrers of Tesla solar panels and Solar Roof, now both the Tesla customer who makes the referral and the new customer who signs up for a Tesla solar power system get credits. These credits can then be redeemed […]

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How to Donate Solar Panels & Wind Turbines to Ukraine

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2022 00:06:55 +0000

I wrote recently that one thing Ukraine really needs as soon as possible is more solar panels. A reader reached out to let us know how you can go about donating solar panels, and small wind turbines, to Ukraine. The World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) and the Global 100% Renewable Energy Platform Global100RE, with the […]

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