Dormant plants at Jack’s Solar Farm near Longmont grow in microclimates created by shading solar panels that also direct rain toward plants that need more moisture. (Tyler Hickman, Special to The Colorado Sun) At sites around the country, fields, farms and green forests are reduced to gravel lots to make way for utility-scale solar plants. […]
The head of the IMF warned Friday that Western subsidies to combat climate change and encourage the transition to clean energy sources risked hitting the economies of the developing world. The United States under President Joe Biden has passed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) which contains sweeping subsidies and tax cuts worth around […]
A trio of environmental groups want the California Public Utilities Commission to overturn a decision last month that overhauled the rules for Californians who install rooftop solar on their homes and businesses, reducing payments to new solar customers for the electricity they generate. produce it. The Foundation for Protecting Our Communities, the Environmental Working Group […]
Renewable energy is poised to hit a milestone as a new government report suggests that wind, solar and other renewable sources will outpace one quarter of the country’s electricity for the first time, by 2024. This is one of many details from the federal government’s Short Term Energy Outlook, a monthly report whose latest edition […]
Perovskite solar cells have drawn a significant amount of research attention as a promising alternative to conventional silicon-based solar cells, due to their efficiency in converting sunlight into electricity. Perovskite solar cells are a hybrid of organic and inorganic materials and consist of a light-harvesting layer and a charge-transporting layer. However, stability […]
Electric car batteries could be used to boost power storage in the future, injecting electricity into the grid during times of scarcity or storing electricity during periods of excess, a new study found Tuesday. Renewable energy is essential for the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to well below two degrees Celsius, but the […]
