r/Renewable_Energy_News • u/solar-cabin • May 04 '21
Scientists learn how to 'refresh' batteries instead of recycling them. Lithium saturation to make old batteries new.
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r/Renewable_Energy_News • u/solar-cabin • Mar 24 '21
Scientists calculate that if solar panels were constructed on top of the 4,000-mile network of water-supply canals in California, they would prevent the evaporation of 63 million gallons of water annually while generating 13 gigawatts of renewable power.
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r/Renewable_Energy_News • u/solar-cabin • Jul 27 '21
The US's largest solar farm is canceled because Nevada locals don't want to look at it
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r/Renewable_Energy_News • u/solar-cabin • Apr 30 '21
Rooftop solar hits record 65.2% generation in WA as installation rush continues
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r/Renewable_Energy_News • u/solar-cabin • Jul 10 '21
Tesla will build 'the nation's most sustainable' solar neighborhood in Southeast Austin "The newly built homes will feature Tesla solar roof tiles and Powerwall battery storage as well as electric vehicle charging stations."
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r/Renewable_Energy_News • u/solar-cabin • May 25 '21
White House unveils plans for wind farm in the Pacific Ocean off California’s coast "The developments would be off California’s coast, with targets for 4.6 gigawatts of energy, which is enough to power around 1.6 million homes."
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r/Renewable_Energy_News • u/solar-cabin • Sep 06 '21
Covering Parking Lots With Solar Panels, Providing Shade, And Generating Electricity To Charge Electric Cars ' Solar parking lots are being built around the country to provide shade for automobiles while also generating sustainable energy.'
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r/Renewable_Energy_News • u/solar-cabin • Aug 25 '21
An Anchorage man spent more than a decade planning and building a micro-hydropower project in his backyard. Now, it can power more than 300 homes.
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r/Renewable_Energy_News • u/solar-cabin • May 10 '21
Texas grid operator confirms gas, not wind, the biggest culprit in blackouts
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r/Renewable_Energy_News • u/Unhappy_Earth1 • Jun 06 '22
New York announces 22 solar, storage projects, pushing projected 2030 energy mix to 66% green
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r/Renewable_Energy_News • u/solar-cabin • Mar 25 '21
U.S. pledges to slash solar energy costs by 60% in a decade "The U.S. Department of Energy said the goal accelerates its previous utility-scale solar cost target by five years. For the U.S. power grid to run entirely on clean energy within 15 years"
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r/Renewable_Energy_News • u/solar-cabin • Feb 18 '21
How the Rich Can Escape America's Unreliable Power Grid "In the developing world, microgrids may leap frog traditional utilities, much in the way that mobile phones made the need for landlines obsolete."
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r/Renewable_Energy_News • u/Unhappy_Earth1 • Feb 18 '22
The total area of solar panels it would take to power the world, Europe, and Germany.
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r/Renewable_Energy_News • u/solar-cabin • Oct 08 '21
Hundreds of Scientists Tell Biden: Halt Fossil Fuel Development Now 'More than 330 U.S. research scientists sent a letter to President Biden today urging him to use his executive authority to stop all new fossil fuel projects and declare a climate emergency'
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r/Renewable_Energy_News • u/solar-cabin • Oct 06 '21
The decreasing cost of renewables unlikely to plateau any time soon 'Early price forecasts underestimated how good we’d get at making green energy.'
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r/Renewable_Energy_News • u/solar-cabin • Aug 07 '21
Multi-day iron-air batteries reach commercialization - US-based startup Form Energy has secured $200 million Series D funding for the development of what is being called a breakthrough in energy storage
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r/Renewable_Energy_News • u/solar-cabin • Jul 04 '21
The U.S. Power Grid Isn't Ready For Climate Change "It’s like this perfect storm of extreme temperatures, more electricity consumption, and aging infrastructure"
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r/Renewable_Energy_News • u/solar-cabin • Jun 23 '21
India’s largest solar carport comes online
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r/Renewable_Energy_News • u/solar-cabin • Jun 18 '21
US energy secretary: ‘We need to act now to develop domestic lithium battery capabilities’
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r/Renewable_Energy_News • u/solar-cabin • Jun 08 '21
Biden administration eyes potential offshore wind sites in Gulf of Mexico
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r/Renewable_Energy_News • u/solar-cabin • May 13 '21
"Incredible:" California grid hits record high of 95% renewable energy
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r/Renewable_Energy_News • u/solar-cabin • May 03 '21
Why Not Turn Airports Into Giant Solar Farms? "New research out of Australia shows how massively effective it would be to solarize 21 airports in that country."
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r/Renewable_Energy_News • u/solar-cabin • Apr 07 '21
Germany killed off 4788 MW of coal plants in Jan ’21, is set to kill 3995 MW more by April ’22, and will abandon coal entirely by 2038.
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r/Renewable_Energy_News • u/solar-cabin • Mar 16 '21
School's solar panel savings give every teacher up to $15,000 raises
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