A common refrain from people who oppose renewable energy sources such as solar and wind is that they are unreliable, because they only generate energy when the sun shines or the wind blows. It is a persistent complaint. I’ve been reporting on energy issues for years now, and I remember one utility executive in Florida […]
Energy retail upstart Amber Electric says customers using the company’s SmartShift home battery management platform have earned a combined total of $60,000 over the past quarter, simply from exporting their stored solar energy. Amber rolled out the beta version of its SmartShift app to customers across the National Electricity Market in February, offering a service […]
Students in a hands-on infrastructure class at the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy are pushing government officials in Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C. to promote rooftop solar energy and have developed a policy proposal that promotes the use of solar energy in the most vulnerable communities. Puerto Ricans have suffered constant and […]
The cost of turning sunlight into electricity has fallen more than 90% over the last decade. Solar is now the cheapest form of newly built energy generation. Job done? Not quite. Right now, solar works well at cost-competitive prices and can help us cut emissions significantly. But with less than 5% of the world’s electricity […]
Swinburne University of Technology researchers are designing and implementing solar initiatives on campus and beyond to reduce the university’s carbon footprint and save solar households thousands of dollars. In a project that could have implications for energy grids across Australia and the world, the ATC building on Swinburne’s Hawthorn campus has been converted into a […]
Gadvi Kailashben, a 42-year-old widow, lives in Modhera, home to the age-old Sun Temple and now the first village in India to run on solar energy. He earns a little income from farming which he uses to take care of his family. The Government installed solar panels on his house which gave him much needed […]
