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Azuri Technologies, a leader in pay-as-you-go solar home solutions for off-grid Africa, is helping to off-grid children across Kenya to continue education while schools remain closed. Kenyan schools have been shut down as a measure to contain spread of the Coronavirus. With more than 15 million primary and secondary students at home, the Ministry of Education announced it would broadcast …

2020 is an exciting time for travelling around in your RV. You’ll need some RV solar panels and this is where we come in. We’re going to look at the different types that you can buy and we will provide related info. Solar panels are brilliant for sustainability. They capture ultraviolet radiation and passes through to a charge controller which …

We’ve all heard the stories. The global temperature is rising. The polar ice caps are melting. Storms are worsening. And we’ve seen the casualties. Fourteen lives lost in Tennessee. Nearly 90 dead in California. More than 1 billion animals taken in Australia. All the victims of voracious wildfires fed by an increasingly parched earth. It seems that no one and …

Boxborough, Massachusetts (February 19, 2020) – KiloVault, a provider of innovative and affordable residential and commercial renewable energy solutions, this week unveiled the new HAB series of wall-mount energy storage systems. Designed for trouble-free mounting, the HAB provides a 7.5kWh battery in a single unit. Up to 14 units can be wired in parallel to provide up to 3.3mWh of …

Going green comes with a lot to think about, and there are several options to keep in mind as a homeowner. It’s also a lifestyle change that you can make by adding things to your home, such as a garden that conserves water, or solar panels that will utilize and produce natural energy. Whether it’s for your current home or …

We need those lights, air conditioners and heaters all day long. This obviously demands a good usage of electricity. And electrical power doesn’t come free. It taxes us much more than just our money. Natural resources are used for it, the pollution from it impacts our environment, and also lots of water and man power goes in order to get …

SCE Helps Farm Industry Drive Electric at World Ag Expo Agricultural customers can add EV charging for industrial vehicles through the utility’s Charge Ready Transport program. Paul Griffo – Energized by Edison Writer @SCE_PaulG CONTRIBUTORS PHOTO CREDIT: PAUL GRIFFO AND SOLECTRAC If Steve Heckeroth had his way, every tractor in America would be electric. Heckeroth, CEO and founder of Solectrac, …

Climate change activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Greta Thunberg has made headlines for eschewing flying in jets to help reduce her carbon footprint. In 2019, she sailed across the Atlantic from New York rather than fly home to Sweden. Like many forms of transportation, airplanes emit the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide as they wing overhead. Airplanes emitted nearly 1 …

When you replace a 175-foot-long wind turbine blade, what do you do with the old one?   Until recently, the only thing you could do was bury it, using close to 45 cubic yards of landfill space for each retired turbine blade.  Typically made out of a composite fiberglass material to withstand hurricane-force winds, the blades don’t break down in the …

By: Jon Seibert, CEO of Vision Solar  A solar photovoltaic (PV) system, also known as a solar power system, supplies solar power through photovoltaics – the conversion of sunlight into electricity using semiconducting materials.  Solar photovoltaic installers, also known as PV installers, assemble, install, and maintain solar photovoltaic systems on rooftops or other structures. PV installers use drills, wrenches, saws, …

Few of us can deny the negative environmental impact of single-use plastics and disposable products in general. After all, an estimated 8 million tons of plastic waste ends up in our oceans every year, to say nothing for the myriad plastics sitting in landfills. Consumers are increasingly prompted to do our part to reduce the effects of climate change, and …

Rensselaer team develops effective solar power plant using affordable, accessible resources  TROY, N.Y. — Partha Dutta, a professor of electrical, computer, and systems engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, envisions a not-so-distant future where even the most remote parts of the world would have access to clean and renewable energy. His vision wouldn’t require a large power grid or expensive technology. …

GivePower Takes Home Top Honor on Global Stage for its Innovative, Solar-Powered Water Farm Technology Solar-powered desalination technology earns 1st Place award at Dubai ceremony focused on global water crisis solutions  DUBAI, February 5, 2020 – GivePower took home top honor on the global stage, receiving the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Water Award for its Solar Water Farm technology. The award …

In an effort to do their part to help mitigate climate change with clean energy and lower their electric bills, more and more Americans are opting to add solar panels to their roofs. The number of installations, both residential and commercial, of solar panels doubled from 1 million to 2 million between 2015 and 2019, according to the Solar Energy …

by Lacey Shaver – January 23, 2020 At the start of this new decade, American cities, states and businesses have already come a long way on the road to cutting greenhouse gas emissions to help tackle the climate crisis: 155 cities have committed to 100% community-wide renewable energy; 15 states plus Washington, DC and Puerto Rico have official targets to get over 50% of their …

Are you committed to living a greener, more sustainable lifestyle? Reducing your use of chemicals, recycling whenever possible, and only buying what you need can get you off to a good start. Also, technology can help you reduce your energy consumption and adhere to more environmentally friendly habits. Here we will explore some of the various types of technology that …

In both the real world and in popular culture, renewable energy gets a lot of press. From solar energy to hydropower and beyond, so-called “alternative” energy sources are increasingly seen as a viable solution towards combating the negative effects of climate change.  A prime cultural example of renewable energy in the spotlight was seen on 1998’s “That ‘70s Show.” During …

A string of billion-dollar deals off coasts of mainland China and Taiwan, and in British, French and Dutch waters, made 2019 an all-time high for offshore wind    London and New York, January 16, 2020 – Investment in renewable energy capacity worldwide was $282.2 billion last year, up 1% from 2018’s $280.2 billion, with the world’s biggest market (China) slipping back, …

When most of us think about geothermal energy, we probably conjure images of Old Faithful and bubbling geysers, creating the heat necessary to create energy. But geothermal energy is now a reliable and growing source of renewable energy as the U.S. weans itself off fossil fuels.  According to the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), “In 2016, there were 3,567 Megawatts (MW) …

It doesn’t take too much following tech news to know that electric vehicles are starting to make some major waves in the marketplace. Even though electric car sales comprise only about 1 percent of U.S. sales annually, more and more car companies are putting greater effort into developing new electric models. It may take a few years and a couple …