Aera Energy & GlassPoint To Build California’s Largest Solar Farm At Belridge Oilfield

By: Joshua S Hill  Aera Energy, one of California’s largest oil and gas producers, will partner with GlassPoint Solar to build the State’s largest solar energy project at the Belridge oilfield west of Bakersfield. Announced on Wednesday, Aera Energy — a joint venture between Royal Dutch Shell and ExxonMobil — will partner with GlassPoint Solar, the industry-leading […]

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Producing Ethylene Using Solar Energy

Scientists in Singapore have developed an artificial photosynthesis device for greener ethylene production. A team of scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a prototype device that mimics natural photosynthesis to produce ethylene gas using only sunlight, water and carbon dioxide. They published their findings in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. Ethylene, […]

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5,500 U.S. Schools Use Solar Power, and That’s Growing as Costs Fall, Study Shows

As renewable energy prices drop, schools are saving millions, while teaching students about technology. Their solar capacity has nearly doubled in three years. By: Lyndsey Gilpin In a field behind an elementary school in rural Middlesex County, Virginia, near the Chesapeake Bay, an ambitious plan has been taking shape: Schools Superintendent Peter Gretz and other […]

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NREL Develops Switchable Solar Window

By: Robin Whitlock The new windows rely on advanced materials such as perovskites and single-walled carbon nanotubes. The technology responds to heat by transforming from transparent to tinted and as the window darkens, it generates electricity. The colour change is driven by molecules of methylamine that are reversibly absorbed into the device. When solar energy […]

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For Clean-Energy Jobs, Sky’s the Limit

By: Mike Hughlett Farm fields stretched out 24 stories below Will Osborn, the landscape dotted with silos and farmhouses. Of course, he didn’t have much time to gaze. Planted atop a wind turbine — one of a few dozen at his work site in Sauk Centre, Minnesota — Osborn was diagnosing a weather sensor. Osborn’s […]

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