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Effective January 1, California will become the first state in the US requiring that new homes must be equipped with solar panels. In recent years, thousands of homes have been destroyed or damaged by wildfires or other such disasters. The solar panels will increase the cost of a new home by $9,500, according to the […]
Solar panels and plants seem to be in direct competition for the sun. Plants are after the sun for photosynthesis, while solar panels want to turn electrons into electricity. Is there enough sunlight for both? Will the rise in solar power have an effect on agriculture? There’s really no loser in this battle for energy […]
According to a recent report on energy usage, it was determined that during the past 10 years, solar energy has produced the most energy capacity worldwide. Commissioned by the United Nations Environment’s economy division, the “Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2019” points out that solar energy has increased capacity from 414 gigawatts to 1,650 gigawatts […]
A pilot project that was recently approved that could have solar panels popping up on the rooftops of homes in South Los Angeles and Wilmington. Los Angeles Department of Water and Power approved a measure that would allow the power created from home rooftop panels to flow directly to the Los Angeles power grid. Homeowners […]
Recent surveys have shown that younger people are showing a keen interest in electric vehicles. In the UK 50% say they would like to purchase an EV. In the USA it is about 30%. None of this is a big surprise. Young people tend to be interested in new technology, and promotion of EV’s is […]
Yesterday California lawmakers passed an historic bill mandating 100% clean power generation by 2045. This makes California (the 5th largest economy in the world) the biggest economy on Earth to commit to 100% carbon-free electrical power generation. This is not only an important symbolic achievement, but a key to slowing global warming and climate change. […]
There has been so much news coverage this summer regarding heat waves and climate change that I have not felt the need to reiterate it. But a recent study by a group of European universities deserves special consideration. We’ve all seen the news about the effects of hotter temperatures – all over the earth. Here […]
Most headline news related to clean energy has been focused on glamorous things like highperformance electric sports cars, large utility-scale solar projects and exotic new battery technologies. But de-carbonizing means electrification of almost everything – including our homes. While heating and cooling of buildings accounts for only about 10% of greenhouse gas emissions in the […]
A recent article on the US electrical grid has compared the transition to the new smart grid to the emergence of cell phones and wireless communications in general. Back in the 1970’s, when I was a young electrical engineering student, telephones were still “land lines.” Every home had copper wires coming into the house (or […]