Solar Panels Save YWCA $14K

By: Mary Cullen The YWCA McLean County has saved about $14,000 in the 10 months since installing its 123-kilowatt solar panel. Larissa Armstrong coordinates the Solar Bloomington-Normal program, which offers solar at a reduced cost. She said local solar program participants would expect a payback time of 10 years, but the YWCA is different. Its panel was installed in […]

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Why Solar Is Likely To Power The Home Of The Future

It’s growing cheaper and more popular each year By: Angela Chen ? Right now in America, there are about 2 million homes with solar panels. Considering there are about 90 million single-family homes, that doesn’t seem like a lot. But consider this: we’re now on track to start adding a million new solar-powered systems each year. […]

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How Can the Micro-Grid Solar Solution Realize Electrification in Regions Without Power Supply?

The electrification revolution, which began in the 1860’s, completely changed the way people live and promoted social development. But according to the World Bank's State of Electricity Access Report there are 1.06 billion powerless people around the world. They still live in the dark and do not enjoy the benefits of electrification. 87% of them live in remote rural areas and islands far from power grids. Unfortunately, the cost to extend the power grid to them is too high.

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72 Million New Homes Will Have Renewable Energy Via Solar Power By 2030

Developing nations may leap-frog old-school power lines. By: Matthew Phelan Confronting the threats posed by climate change will require transitioning to renewable energy. Thankfully, access to decentralized power systems — including a projected 72 million solar-powered homes — will expand access to electricity more cheaply and more sustainably than past estimates, industry analysts say. It’s been over a century […]

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Can Solar Energy Save The Bees?

By: Greer Russell In response to the population decline of pollinating insects, such as wild bees and monarch butterflies, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory are investigating ways to use “pollinator-friendly solar power.” By studying solar energy facilities with pollinator habitats on site, researchers hope to rehabilitate pollinator populations that […]

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Backyards, Not Major Projects, Seen As Region’s Green Energy Future

With the Ford government ending green energy contracts, major companies may pull back and leave room for smaller businesses and projects By: Jennifer Bielman ?? Forget government power-generation contracts: Renewable energy’s future in Southwestern Ontario is in your backyard, on rooftop solar panels and in your driveway, a London producer says. Weeks after Ontario’s new […]

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