As shown in the photo here, this is a genuinely good idea. Building PV canopies over the aqueducts stems evaporation and keeps debris out of the water as it makes its way from the rivers in the central-eastern part of …
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There’s a Market for Almost Anything
Here’s a micro-hydrokinetic device, sold to campers who wish to charge their cell phones. Problem: it’s heavier, more cumbersome to set up, far more expensive than the equivalent piece of solar PV or a hand crank, and requires running water …
Solar Energy Sets New Record
This summer’s hot and sunny days enabled Europe to set a new record for the output of solar PV. In particular, the spike in output in the UK allowed solar to take over from gas as the number-one energy source …
In All Things, There Comes a Time When the Winner Wins and the Loser Loses
Those of us who subscribe to Dictionary.com’s “Word of the Day” know that some words seem to call out to us to make them part of our working vocabularies, while others are of passing interest, at best. Today, for instance, …
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Top 10 Modes of Dealing with Climate Change
Who doesn’t love a good “Top 10” list? Here’s a video that presents the 10 best ways to deal with climate change and other forms of environmental degradation.
The Cost of Utility Scale Solar and Batteries Coming Into Parity with Natural Gas Peaker Plants
In the wake of a recent and fairly significant blackout in Southern Australia, grid operators made two immediate investments, both focused on meeting future peak electricity demands: an 250 MW open-cycle natural gas plant and a 100-megawatt/129-megawatt-hour battery from Tesla, …
Solar Energy: A Thing of Beauty Is a Joy Forever
Here’s a reminder that it’s only a matter of a short period of time before this civilization derives the power it needs from its nearest star. Solar PV, which is only one of the means of harnessing the sun’s energy, …
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Good Things Happening All at Once in Clean Energy, Transportation
One of the points I like to make when I’m speaking in public about clean energy and sustainability is that there are dozens of moving parts to the energy equation–all of which, fortunately, are headed in a positive direction.
Portable, Environmentally-Friendly Housing
Have you ever opened up a file that you needed read, just knowing that you were going to find it asinine, and then learn to your shock that it’s actually pretty cool? That’s what just happened to me.
Solar Saves Lives
My old school chum Craig McManus, now a noted professional in the solar PV space, sent me this article, explaining how solar saves lives by polluting less. He points out: the article says nothing about the coal ash management issues, ground- and …
