Battery Technology Advances
The Li-ion batteries that are commonplace today in EVs, home storage systems, laptops and other consumer electronics are impressive, but not without their problems. The […]
Energy
California’s Rooftop Solar Initiative
Came across an article in the Sacramento Bee last week that was somewhat critical of California’s moves to require all new build houses to include […]
Corporate Solar Installations
The Solar Energy Industries Association have released their 2017 report on solar energy usage in corporate America. Once again, Target is sitting in first place […]
Palm Springs Wind Power
We arrived in Palm Springs after sunset, but as we approached the ghostly outlines of wind turbines appeared around us. We had seen them early […]
Perovskite Solar Cells
While photo-voltaic technology is widely available now, and an excellent source of renewable electricity in many places where there is plenty of sunlight, the actual […]
Number of Renewably Powered Cities Growing
The not-for-profit research outfit CDP (formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project) reports that of the 570 worldwide cities now reporting to them, 100 now […]
Energy Storage Using Gravity
Something that almost everybody seems to agree on is that renewable sources like solar and wind are great in many ways, but they do all […]
Splitting Water
One of the problems with renewable energy sources like solar and wind is that they are not always available when the power is needed. To […]
Renewable Power Growing Fast in US
The Office of Energy Projects Energy Infrastructure Update for December 2017 [pdf] shows that solar and wind generation are growing fast in the US. Comparing […]
Commercial Solar Installations
Residential solar is something that we can see growing. The number of houses in our neighborhoods with solar panels on their roof is growing steadily. […]