rooftop solar power Articles
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Imagine a podcast from a federal agency. Then listen to this.
The U.S. Department of Energy just jumped on the podcast train — and what it’s bringing on board just might surprise you. Far from a dry, self-promoting description of government-funded research or admonishment to buy energy-efficient appliances and drive less, the first installment of “Direct Current” offers an informative — and entertaining — dive into an ...
By Ensia
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Schneider Electric Case Study
Schneider Electric is the global specialist in energy management and automation. At their North American headquarters in Boston, the company wanted to create a visible example of their microgrid technology in action, while offsetting energy costs and creating a backup power source during outages. REC Solar built and will operate the canopy and rooftop solar arrays that power the microgrid, which ...
By REC Solar
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The Swedish Connection
IKEA Group is fully committed to renewable energy, waste reduction, and more. Stefan Sjöstrand, the company’s Canadian president, walks us through the instructions. IKEA is more than just a household name, it is a world leader in sustainable business practice, with a commitment to be energy independent in its operations worldwide by 2020. In Canada, it’s already reached that ...
By GLOBE Series
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Avoiding the Power Grid with Renewable Energy
For approximately one hundred years, thriving countries have been dependent on only one form of distributing power; electricity sent over large transmission grids from plants generating electricity, to customers in businesses, homes, and factories. Generators extract energy from rooftop solar panels, garbage, and sewage, which replace or assist coal, nuclear, and natural gas plants. A diverse ...
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Smart Energy Islands, global test-bed for batteries - Case study
A £10.8 million project on the Isles of Scilly will provide a model for electric vehicles and home batteries to play a major role in low-carbon smart energy systems around the world. Moixa will develop platforms allowing electric vehicles and smart home batteries to be used to help balance supply and demand within the islands’ energy system, although the project will not fund the ...
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Why smart utilities are embracing distributed electricity
Power companies that take initiative now can position themselves for a bright future in tomorrow’s clean energy economy The growth of distributed energy generation, particularly in the form of solar energy, leaves the aging, monopolistic electric utility system a daunting choice: Come out swinging in defense of the status quo or boldly jump into the cockpit, put on the co-pilot’s hat ...
By Ensia
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Fossil Fuel Development in the Arctic is a Bad Investment
Even master chess players can miss a great move when they have been primed to look for a different one. To explore this phenomenon, researchers tracked master chess players’ eye movements when given chessboards with different layouts. With the first board, players could reach checkmate using a familiar move. When given the second chessboard, the players' eyes kept looking at the pieces ...
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Coal-fired power on the way out?
The past two years have witnessed the emergence of a powerful movement opposing the construction of new coal-fired power plants in the United States. Initially led by environmental groups, both national and local, it has since been joined by prominent national political leaders and many state governors. The principal reason for opposing coal plants is that they are changing the earth’s climate. ...
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What can blockchain do for the environment?
“A lot of crypto-currency proponents say that blockchains are going to save the planet. Well, I just can’t see it.” This is not the resounding endorsement you might expect from widely acknowledged blockchain expert Michael Mainelli for the technology most famously associated with the internet-based currency known as Bitcoin. Director of the London-based commercial think tank ...
By Ensia
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