Researchers are helping develop a new generation of photovoltaic cells that produce more power and cost less to manufacture than what’s available today. Continue reading
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May 1, 2013
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SoloPower plant closing, mere months after opening
Mere months after the maker of cutting-edge solar panels opened a manufacturing plant in Portland, OR, backed at all levels of government, it is suspending operations. Continue reading
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Global solar photovoltaic industry is likely now a net energy producer
The construction of the photovoltaic power industry since 2000 has required an enormous amount of energy, mostly from fossil fuels. The good news is that the clean electricity from all the installed solar panels has likely just surpassed the energy goi… Continue reading
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Online solar marketplace startup lets investors Milk the Sun
A new online market platform is connecting existing solar projects and people that have solar panels (or space to install them) with investors who want to fund them. It’s eBay for solar. Continue reading
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Online solar marketplace is like an eBay for solar
A new online market platform is connecting existing solar projects and people that have solar panels (or space to install them) with investors who want to fund them. Continue reading
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The Month In Design, from Googlelandia to Usonia
Megaprojects from Facebook, Google and Apple are covered in solar panels and trees, but are they really green? Continue reading
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Robots could keep solar panels clean in arid regions, without using water
Self-propelled robots could be deployed to clean solar panels in arid regions, keeping them at top efficiency, without using any water. Continue reading
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Solar cells ‘hairy’ with nanowires could push back efficiency limits
Nanowires – cylindrical structure with a diameter of about a 10,000th of a human hair – have some very interesting properties that could help create solar panels that are more efficient than was previously thought possible. Continue reading
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Catalysts that produce ‘green’ fuel
The energy produced by solar panels, be it heat or electricity, has to be used right away. It is hard to store and preserve and also its transportation can be rather complicated. Creating solar cells capable of producing energy in an easily storable an… Continue reading
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Different name, same liquid metal batteries!
Few technologies excite me more than grid-scale liquid metal batteries. They’re not as fully developed as other green technologies such as plug-in vehicles, wind turbines and solar panels, but they have the potential to have a gigantic impact. Continue reading
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Using Darwin to Develop More Efficient Solar Panels
Use of “artificial” natural selection can be used to trap light (photons) longer so that energy can be harvested more efficiently in organic solar cells. Continue reading
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Nanomaterials that Split Sunlight Into Separate Colors Could Bring Solar Panels to 50% Efficiency
The processes to make these panels are still expensive, but with economies of scale, they should come down in price dramatically over time. Continue reading
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How Barcelona is becoming a leader in solar energy
Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
I’m not writing much this week, because I’m traveling, very glad to be away from US presidential politics but concerned for all my colleagues and frien… Continue reading
June 25, 2012
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When values collide: balancing green technology and historic buildings
Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
I believe that historic preservation in the right context – a healthy neighborhood – can be intrinsically green. Most historic buildings, at leas… Continue reading
January 17, 2012
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WESCO, a Fortune 500 Company, Sees Serious Growth Opportunities in Energy Efficiency
Dylan Sullivan, Energy Advocate, Chicago
Energy efficiency sometimes has an image problem.
Despite incredible innovation in the field in the last 15 years, in some people’s minds, it’s still associated with ugly plastic wind… Continue reading
September 22, 2011
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LA’s Transportation Agency Adopts Another Great Environmental Policy, Implementing Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Morgan Wyenn, Project Attorney, Santa Monica
This morning the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) adopted a Renewable Energy Policy; they are now officially on a roll adopting strong environmental policies. L… Continue reading
February 15, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaidslist: the trendy Ins and Outs of smart growth & sustainability
As I mentioned last post, I just returned from a strategic planning retreat with my NRDC colleagues. Intense, but amiable and very productive. Somehow, to top it off, my first day back at work in DC – yesterday – was spent in pa… Continue reading
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Solar Power Unearths Surprising E-waste Enigma
What comes to mind when you think of electronic waste? Computers, televisions, cell phones…solar panels?
Commonly viewed as one of our most obvious links to clean, renewable power, solar power is becoming rapidly more popular in the U.S. and Europe. However, a question has popped up in the eco-sphere related to the proper disposal of PV [...] Continue reading
August 9, 2010
by Kaid Benfield
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‘Peace Gardens’ bring needy communities together, ‘saving our own neighborhood’
(Photo by Jonathan Welch as originally featured in Mountain Xpress)
This is a great story: grassroots-driven gardening in western North Carolina is bringing diverse, underserved communities together around the cause of local sustainabili… Continue reading
July 13, 2010
by Leon Kaye
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Intuit Partners with Freecycle for Office Recycling Programs
As more of us try to concoct ways to become more “green” or “sustainable,” one of the most tried and true methods to reduce one’s carbon output is to just not buy new items in the first place. It’s easy to focus on solar panels, composting bins, double… Continue reading
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