Middle-Class Families Are Set To Receive Solar Panels With No Upfront Costs In The U.S.
The US is the best country in the world if you want to go solar – but only if you’re rich enough. Due to the steep upfront costs of around $32,000 in cash,…
Asian Development Bank Invests $57.7 Million To Develop Renewable Energy In Southeast Asia
(www.cleantechnica.com) The Asian Development Bank has invested $57.7 million into Thailand’s B. Grimm Power Public Company with the intent to develop renewable energy projects across Southeast Asia. Founded in the…
Richard Branson: Give Coal Miners Clean Energy Jobs
(www.fortune.com) Despite President Donald Trump’s promise to revive the coal mining industry, Sir Richard Branson, the founder of the Virgin Group, has a different idea: Give American coal miners clean…
Chinese province runs on 100% renewable energy for a week to test whether grid can cope
(www.independent.co.uk) A Chinese province with a population of 5.8 million has run entirely on renewable energy for seven days in a row as part of a test to show if…
New Solar Cells Capture Double the Amount of Energy from the Sun
(www.bigthink.com) A lot of people are excited about solar energy, and with good reason: It’s clean, renewable, and as manufacturing capabilities ramp up, an increasingly realistic way to power our…
Here’s Elon Musk’s Plan to Power the USA on Solar Energy
(www.inverse.com) Tesla CEO Elon Musk — whose company makes electric cars and has a new solar roof panel division — reminded more than thirty state governors at the National Governors…
Free Solar Installation And Unbelievably Affordable Solar: Get Your 0$ Down Solar Today
South Carolina is one of the best states in the country if you want to go solar – but only if you’re rich enough. Due to the steep upfront costs…
NIU staff member’s new children’s book explores the science of solar energy
(www.niutoday.info) On July 5, Gillian King-Cargile, director of NIU’s STEM Read program in the P-20 Center, released her new children’s book, The Toy and the Test Drive. The book is…
13-year-old Ohio girl taps traffic to generate renewable energy
(www.inhabitat.com) We may be one step closer to tackling our energy crisis if this 8th grader has anything to say about it. 13-year-old Laalitya Acharya from Ohio came up with…
New technology will enable properties to share solar energy
(www.phys.org) IN the UK alone, some 1.5 million homes are equipped with solar panels, and it has been estimated that by 2020 the figure could soar to 10 million, with…