MAGNOLIA, Texas – You’ve heard the phrase “selling like hotcakes.” Well right now in Texas, new companies and vendors are getting a lot of sales of solar panel power systems to homeowners. All of this creates the perfect environment for solar panel scam artists and shady business people. That’s something 92-year-old Tommy Ellis, a Navy […]
Dropping $30,000 on a solar power system and forking out for an electric vehicle while the cost of living continues to soar might seem counterintuitive. But those who have made the switch, including Christchurch technical consultant Mike Walker, say the investment is worth it in the long run. When petrol prices began to rise last […]
Amazon shut down solar power systems at all of its US facilities in 2021 after a series of fires and explosions, including one at its Fresno warehouse in 2020. On the afternoon of April 14, 2020, dozens of firefighters arrived at an Amazon warehouse in Fresno, California, as thick plumes of smoke billowed from the […]
Photo: istockphoto.com Many homeowners are intrigued by the idea of installing solar panels on their property. Not only can solar panels help lower utility bills by using solar energy in addition to—or instead of—the electrical grid, but homeowners who pivot to solar energy may also be able to shrink their environmental footprint. Although solar panels […]
Clean water is essential for human survival. However, less than 3% of fresh water can be used as drinking water. According to a report published by the World Meteorological Organization, there is scarcity of drinking water for approximately 1 billion people worldwide, which is expected to rise to 1.4 billion by 2050. […]
Creating and storing solar power is increasingly important as the United States moves toward its goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Erin Ratcliff, a University of Arizona associate professor of chemical and environmental engineering and chemistry and biochemistry, is leading one of the Department of Energy’s Energy Frontier Research Centers, to […]
