Living Green: Don’t Be Scared — Just Green Your Halloween

Greening your Hallo-ween doesn’t have to be scary. By: Melissa Chaun Greening your Hallo-ween doesn’t have to be scary. As the David Suzuki Foundation’s Queen of Green reported several years ago, you’ve got options, whether it’s creating the perfect costume for yourself or the kids, or providing treasured treats. First, the challenge should be to try […]

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New Solar Innovation Cuts Costs By 60% While Increasing Efficiency By 24%

By: Josh Davis Solar power isn’t just fantastic for the planet. It’s also a huge opportunity. Fortunately for us – and the planet in particular – industry doesn’t care so much about what governments do in terms of climate change regulations, more whether it can make a profit or save money. From the billions of […]

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Mandalay Homes Teams Up with Sonnen to Create Solar Community

By: Karen Graham Prescott – Germany-based Sonnen GmbH is partnering with Arizona home builder Mandalay Homes on a community solar photovoltaic project of 2,900 homes in Prescott, designed to act as a virtual power plant. Every home in the Prescott, Arizona neighborhood of almost 3,000 homes will have solar panels and a battery, provided by Sonnen. […]

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Scientists Have Created a Concrete Roof That Generates Solar Power

SUNNY OUTLOOK Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich have developed a new form of ultra-thin, curved roofing that’s capable of producing solar power. The design will allow a residential structure that’s part of the school’s living lab facility, NEST, to generate more energy than it consumes. The roof is made up of several […]

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FOWIND Launches New Report on Grid Integration for Offshore Wind Farm Development in Gujarat and Tamil Nadu India

The FOWIND Consortium launched a new report: "Grid Integration Study for Offshore Wind Farm Development in Gujarat and Tamil Nadu". This DNV-GL led study is a significant step forward in preparing a roadmap for the offshore wind sector in India by the GWEC led FOWIND consortium.

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Butterfly Wings Inspire a Better Way to Absorb Light in Solar Panels

Taking inspiration from nature By: Angela Chen The wings of a butterfly have inspired a new type of solar cell that can harvest light twice as efficiently as before and could one day improve our solar panels. Solar panels are usually made of thick solar cells, and are positioned at an angle to get the most […]

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