Energy & Green Tech
There's a hidden scourge making homes more harmful to the climate and less comfortable: leaky heating and cooling systems. Plugging those leaks may be the dull stepchild of the energy transition, but that doesn't make it ...
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Lower-income communities across the United States have long been much slower to adopt solar power than their affluent neighbors, even when local and federal agencies offer tax breaks and other financial incentives.
Mar 28, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
As societies look for ways to cut greenhouse gas emissions and slow climate change, large-scale solar power is playing a central role. Climate scientists view it as the tool with the greatest potential to reduce carbon dioxide ...
Mar 12, 2024
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Solar power is expected to dominate global electricity markets in the next few decades, and already accounts for three-quarters of renewable energy capacity, according to the International Energy Agency. This year, BloombergNEF ...
Mar 11, 2024
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Michigan residents overwhelmingly want more solar power.
Mar 8, 2024
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Engineering
Researchers from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have developed a sensor array design technology inspired by the human auditory system. By mimicking the human ear's ability to distinguish sounds ...
Jan 12, 2024
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Consumer & Gadgets
You're inside on a scorching 40°C day, running your air conditioner on full for extended hours. Normally, you might worry about cost—or even the impact on the grid or the environment. But you've got solar on your roof, ...
Dec 21, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
A decade ago, the state's largest electric utility—Georgia Power—took its first, major step toward a future powered by the sun when it installed thousands of solar panels on 150 acres outside the town of Social Circle.
Dec 2, 2023
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It's viable to produce low-cost, lightweight solar panels that can generate energy in space, according to new research from the Universities of Surrey and Swansea.
Oct 24, 2023
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While conventional silicon-based solar cells have had an unmistakable impact on the buildout of renewable energy resources around the world, additional performance improvements have become increasingly difficult to make as ...
Sep 5, 2023
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