Green Energy

Several homeowners are now keen on going green and saving energy for their homes, and what better way to do this than to shift to solar energy use. Currently, there are two popular ways the world of technology is offering homeowners the ability to switch from traditional energy sources to the power of the sun. […]

Expected to begin on April 1, the Department of Energy is working with NV Energy, the University of Nevada, Reno and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to optimize excess solar and storage capacity for grid services. The project will maximize the potential of distributed energy resources or DERs, examples of which include rooftop solar […]

A Minnesota couple’s idea for keeping solar panels clear of snow is gaining traction after winning a $50,000 federal innovation prize. Solar panels work well in cold weather, but not as well if they are covered even partially by snow. The tilt of panels helps snow slide off, but that doesn’t always clean them. Rakes […]

There appears to be no shortage of reasons to hate on wind farms. That’s especially the case if you live close by one, and as studies have shown, their general acceptance indeed grows with their distance. Whatever your favorite flavor of renewable energy might be, that’s at least something it has in common with nuclear or […]

Experts at consultancy Apricum examine with some simple “reverse engineering” how recent low solar-plus-storage PPAs in the USA were achieved, yet another example of the competitiveness of energy storage and new market opportunities emerging via storage-plus-renewables projects. By Florian Mayr, partner and head of the energy storage and green mobility practices, Hannes Beushausen, principal, and […]

Interconnected healthcare and many other future applications will require internet connectivity between billions of sensors. The devices that will enable these applications must be small, flexible, reliable, and environmentally sustainable. Researchers must develop new tools beyond batteries to power these devices, because continually replacing batteries is difficult and expensive. In a study published in Advanced […]

Norwegian oil giant Equinor is partnering with Saipem, an Italian oil and gas contractor which is 30% owned by Italian energy company Eni. Together, they will jointly develop “floating solar panel park technological solution for near-coastal applications,” according to PV Magazine. Saipem has a subsidiary called Moss Maritime that provides engineering services to the offshore […]

LONDON–The Global Wind Energy Council released data indicating an increase of 894 megawatts of wind power in the Middle East and Africa regions in 2019. While this was a 7% decrease in growth from 2018, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) Market Intelligence predicted rapid acceleration in the coming years. By 2024, GWEC said MENA […]

The global energy industry is no stranger to headlines shouting about environmental damage. Usually these stories talk about problems caused by fossil fuels, but last month saw a flurry of headlines about the surprisingly high environmental cost of wind turbines. Reports surfaced that the decommissioning of over 8,000 turbines in the US and 3,800 in […]

SHOSHONE — A massive wind farm, Idaho’s largest, could break ground in the Magic Valley in 2022. The final size and cost for the Lava Ridge Wind Project isn’t yet known, but the wind farm could be up to 1,000 megawatts with a price tag in the $1 billion range. At 1,000 MW and with […]