Many of us are familiar with developments of big solar farms in rural and regional areas. These are often welcomed as a positive sign of our transition towards a low-carbon economy. But do large-scale solar installations ...
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 01, 2018
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Lance Li clicks through an endless, uniform sea of purple, pink, and yellow rectangles. He stops and zooms in on a narrow section that's glowing white.
Engineering
Mar 28, 2018
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Any resident of the Great Plains can attest to the massive scale of wind farms that increasingly dot the countryside. In the Midwest and elsewhere, wind energy accounts for an ever-bigger slice of U.S. energy production: ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 14, 2018
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Falling costs for solar power have led to an explosive growth in residential, commercial and utility-scale solar use over the past decade. The levelized cost of solar electricity using imported solar panels – that is, ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 26, 2018
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With a farm-to-table restaurant, driverless shuttles, homes built with the latest green techniques and a massive solar farm to offset energy use, Florida's first sustainable town is now open for business.
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 22, 2017
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With deep pockets and an environmentalist's zeal, retired American football player Syd Kitson dreamed up a plan to build the United States' first solar-powered town on a vast swath of rural land in southwest Florida.
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 27, 2016
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Solar panels are the beacon of renewable energy, yet they are not getting as much light as they could be. Joshua Pearce from Michigan Technological University and a team from Queen's University in Canada have found a way ...
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 22, 2015
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Germany's wind power generation by September surpassed last year's total, thanks to favourable weather conditions and an expansion of wind farms, industry bodies said Thursday.
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 01, 2015
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The food tech startup Freight Farms is giving new life to old shipping containers, and at the same time giving impetus to locally grown food.
Energy & Green Tech
May 07, 2015
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A mathmatical framework for rating transmission lines aims to help relieve power grid congestion to make more efficient use of renewable energy.
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 06, 2015
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