Energy Dept. announces $325M for batteries that can store clean electricity longer
The Energy Department announced Friday a $325M investment in new battery types that can help turn solar and wind energy into 24-hour power.
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Panama taps solar energy to heat water and reduce deforestation
Solar water heaters in Hato Chami school in Panama allow students to take hot showers and make it easier for staff to boil water when preparing meals.
Solar panels installed in remote Arctic community to power green energy transition
Norway has installed the world’s northernmost ground solar panels in a region plunged in round-the-clock darkness all winter.
California highway solar power bill makes it to governor’s desk
The California Assembly passed legislation to encourage the installation of solar power infrastructure along California’s highways.
Here are the major climate bills that made it through California’s Legislature this year
The California Legislature wrapped up its session last week and dozens of climate bills now await Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature — or veto.
Bringing renewable energy to rural communities in California
The IRA’s Solar for All program aims to provide distributed solar energy to disadvantaged, low-income and tribal communities in the US.
Appeals court will hear challenge to California’s new rooftop solar rules
California’s 1st District Court of Appeal in San Francisco will hear a legal challenge to the state’s recently adopted rooftop solar rules.
The solar potential of warehouses and superstores explained
If all warehouses and superstores went solar, they could produce enough electricity to power the equivalent of 27 million households.
Declining populations free up agricultural land for large amounts of solar in densely populated countries
ISES explains how much solar PV energy could be harvested from freed-up agricultural land in densely-populated countries with declining populations.
Chinese solar giant Trina is opening a 5 GW factory in Texas
China’s Trina Solar, one of the world’s largest solar panel makers, has announced it will build a 5GW solar panel factory in Texas.