Acushnet Family Sell Christmas Trees, Donate Profit To ‘Make A Wish’ Foundation
The Holiday season brings out wonderful and selfless stories of giving and good will. While driving around in Acushnet, I noticed a sign that said “Xmas Trees For Make A Wish”… I immediately pulled into the driveway where I was instantly greeted by two polite little...
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AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT TESLA & SOLARCITY’S BATTERY SOLAR FARM IN PARADISE
By Katie Fehrenbacher Photograph by Fortune/Katie Fehrenbacher NOVEMBER 17, 2016, 11:28 AM EST On the sleepy Hawaiian island of Kauai sits a first of its kind solar and battery project. The rain pauses, the clouds part, and the sun finally shines down on a sprawling...
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Wind and solar keep getting cheaper and cheaper
A new analysis suggests that we continue to move into a world in which it makes more economic sense to draw electricity from the sun or the winds, rather than from fossil fuels. The report, from Bloomberg New Energy Finance, examined the “levelized cost of...
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Bill Nye the Science Guy backs revolutionary solar company
by Lacy Cooke One of the coolest guys in science, Bill Nye is turning his attention to new solar technology that could cut the cost of panels by 60 percent. Rayton Solar has devised a system that cuts Float Zone Silicon, a crucial component of solar panels, with a...
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Graphene-Based Solar Cells Could Yield 60% Efficiency
While silicon has long been the standard for commercial solar cells, new research from the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) in Spain has shown that graphene could prove far more efficient when it comes to transforming light into energy. The study found that...
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National laboratory scales up quantum-dot solar windows that can power entire buildings
Imagine a future where a building’s energy comes from its windows. Many scientists have worked towards that future in the lab, but now five scientists from Los Alamos National Laboratory have demonstrated solar window technology can indeed be scaled up. Instead of...
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San Diego to become largest U.S. city to run on 100% renewable energy
by Josh Marks VIEW SLIDESHOW San Diego is not waiting for Washington to get its act together on climate change. The southern California city is moving forward with an ambitious plan to run on 100% renewable energy and cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2035 – and...
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New Solar Device Removes Carbon Dioxide From the Atmosphere
If the experimental technology can be commercialized, it can become an important tool for reducing the impact of climate change. A new type of solar-powered technology has the potential to play a big role in the fight against climate change if its inventors can take...
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Flexible solar panels recycle indoor light
Integrating solar panels into windows and walls seems to be the obvious next step for the technology, but what about all of the light indoors? What if there could be a way to harness, or recycle, that light energy along with the light from the sun? Researchers at...
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