Notre Dame Works to Reduce Carbon Footprint with New Solar Panel Array

By: Caroline Torie Brand new solar panels are now soaking up the sun — helping to power a Notre Dame-owned warehouse in South Bend. On sunny and cloudy days, solar panels are collecting sustainable energy. Solar energy can be used in many ways, and panels are also cost effective. The University sees this new solar […]

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Chasing the Solar Dream in B.C.: It Takes Cash and Commitment

By: Randy Shore If your solar dream is to go off the grid and cock a snook at B.C. Hydro in the process, dream on. For all solar electricity’s advantages, in an environment where electricity is cheap and solar productivity is limited when you need it most, tapping into the sun’s power remains relatively expensive. […]

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Elon Musk Reveals “Verbal Permission” for the Hyperloop Given From Federal Official

Elon Musk shocked the internet Thursday when he announced that The Boring Company had received “verbal governmental approval” to build the DC-New York Hyperloop with stops in Baltimore and Philadelphia. A flurry of speculations on what this might mean quickly arose, fanned by the fact that there is no such thing as “verbal governmental approval” — municipal projects cannot be commenced without written approvals, contracts, and […]

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Developers ‘Eyeing ME Renewable Energy Market’

With the cost disparity between solar and conventional electricity generation fast disappearing, several leading power plant developers are eyeing the Middle East renewable energy market in order to boost growth, said an expert. Economic and environmental sustainability has a direct relationship in which environmental measures contribute to economic gain, according to Wermuth Asset Management, a […]

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How Solar Power is Helping Gaza Residents Overcome Electricity Crisis

Most Gazans can’t afford solar energy, but for upper and middle class people in the embattled strip it is becoming an increasingly popular option as the local energy system crumbles By: Naomi Zeveloff With two sons at university, a third son in high school, and another daughter coming up through the Gaza school system, Muhammad Dahman’s […]

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