GUY, Texas (KTRK) — A hailstorm hammered thousands of solar panels at a Fort Bend County farm with emergency crews investigating, and neighbors worried whether any chemicals were leaking. An unimaginable storm’s unforgettable damage Last Saturday was a night Nick Kaminski will never forget. After the wind tore off his roof, golf ball-sized hail rained […]
New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you buy through our links. Is 2024 finally the year you go green? It’s no secret that global warming is wreaking havoc on communities, families, towns, and cities across the U.S. Floods, droughts, wildfires (and less pressingly, a significant decrease in snowfall) have […]
Uncovering nature’s blueprint for invisibility and enhanced solar harvesting by Clarence Oxford Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 21, 2024 Researchers at Penn State have unlocked the secrets of leafhoppers’ natural armor, revealing potential applications in optical technology and invisibility devices. The study, led by Tak-Sing Wong, a professor of mechanical engineering and biomedical […]
Photo: Mortensen The US battery storage market shattered deployment records across all segments in Q4 2023 – a 101% increase from the previous quarter. The US battery storage sector saw 4,235 megawatts (MW) installed in Q4 2023, according to Wood Mackenzie and the American Clean Power Association’s (ACP) latest “US Energy Storage Monitor” report. For the […]
Lithuanian chemists innovate durable material for next-gen solar cells by Robert Schreiber Berlin, Germany (SPX) Mar 20, 2024 A team from Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) in Lithuania has developed an innovative material poised to enhance the stability and efficiency of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). This breakthrough, involving a novel 9,9′-spirobifluorene derivative, promises […]
The Independent System Operator-New England (ISO-NE) is warning that the batteries pushed by blue states in the region to prepare the grid for increased solar and wind generation may have significant trouble recharging in low temperatures. The grid operator could end up spending about $1 billion each year on transmission until 2050 to prepare the […]
