Via Energy Daily, an article on a new report stating that roof top solar proves to have key benefits over large solar farms: A new study shows size matters in solar energy. The first ever life-cycle analysis comparing big and small solar photovoltaic systems has concluded that small-scale solar systems are in fact better for […]
Read more »Via the Los Angeles Times, commentary on California’s solar power regime: As global leaders celebrated a hard-fought agreement to triple the world’s renewable energy production and transition away from fossil fuels, an attorney for the state of California was in a San Francisco courtroom Wednesday, defending a decision by appointees of Gov. Gavin Newsom to […]
Read more »Via The Guardian, a look at Australian efforts to scale use of solar panels quickly: For a brief period over several weekends this spring, the state of South Australia, which has a population of 1.8 million, did something no other place of a similar size can claim: generate enough energy from solar panels on the […]
Read more »Via Wired, a look at a rooftop laboratory where scientists show how growing crops under solar panels can produce both food and clean energy: Five stories off the ground at Colorado State University, a highly unlikely garden grows under a long row of rooftop solar panels. It’s late October at 9 am, when the temperature is […]
Read more »Courtesy of Inside Climate News, a look at state electricity rates, the “15-cent rule,” and what it means for solar: About 5 percent of U.S. households have rooftop solar, a share that may seem like a lot, but it looks low compared to places like Germany (about 20 percent) and Australia (about 30 percent). One of […]
Read more »Via The Washington Post, a look at why one couple went all-in on a show-stopping ‘green roof’: When their roof needed to be replaced, D.C. architects Mark and Lucia Freeman installed a green roof. (Jennifer Chase for The Washington Post) When most people offer guests a tour of their home, they give you a spin through […]
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