“Sustainability is a continuous journey,” Don Kom, director of the Ames Electric Department said to the Tribune on Wednesday. After the Ames City …
A good first step toward nontoxic solar cells
Solar panel installations are on the rise in the U.S., with more than 2 million new installations in early 2019, the most ever recorded in a first quarter, …
Electricity marketplace WattBuy is the latest Seattle-area energy startup to raise funding
“WattBuy bridges the gap between [renewable energy providers] and retail customers by building meaningful relationships with end-users as a trusted …
States Producing the Most Renewable Energy
As a result, the use of cleaner, renewable energy sources like hydro, wind, and solar, is becoming more common. Renewable energy accounted for …
Growing Solar in SW Virginia
A group of Communities in southwestern Virginia created a plan a couple of years ago to bring more solar energy to the region. And it appears to be …
Solar Energy Firm Completes Largest Installation To Date
As for full completions, in Canada, the energy firm finished all 15 sites of the total 9 megawatt (9 MW) Peterborough contract, the company’s largest.
Unico Solar to develop 19 commercial-scale solar projects in Colorado
Unico Solar will lease a total of 2.6 million square feet between six sites across the Front Range for the community solar gardens with Xcel Energy.
Nature Shows a U-Turn Path to Better Solar Cells
When a molecule (in a leaf or solar cell) is hit by an energetic photon of light, it first absorbs the little meteor’s energy, generating what chemists call an …
RPU Plans to Use 100% Renewable Energy
RPU is moving toward 100% renewable energy. On Tuesday, the board looked at different ways to make that happen and in the end, settled on two of …
Axing of renewable energy office head a major setback, say energy experts
“She was excellent at her job and was absolutely incorruptible, and was driving one of the best renewable energy programmes in the world. Business …