Hydropower is the largest source of renewable energy in the world, yet is often overlooked. It shouldn’t be. When California is having a heat wave and needs electricity from out-of-state sources, massive hydro in Washington and Oregon delivers gigawatts of…
Jonathan Scott’s Power Trip is an excellent documentary by the Property Brother about how utility companies are at war against rooftop solar. He installed solar on his Las Vegas house then watched as net metering was killed by utility company…
Residents in Moapa Nevada, north of Las Vegas on I-15, strongly oppose a 9,000+ acre 850 MW solar PV installation on the Mormon Mesa. The Mesa is currently for used recreation and tourism, an important part of their economy. This…
Plug Power makes fuel cells that power electric vehicles and motors. Fuel cells use hydrogen as fuel and output only water and oxygen. It has zero emissions. Plug Power just raised $1 billion to build five green hydrogen facilities, which…
When people think of renewable energy supply, they generally assume solar is first, followed maybe by wind. Nope. As the chart shows, biomass is the biggest by far. It includes wood and waste burned to generate electricity and heat, and…
Zinc-air battery storage for grid-scale renewable energy will store electricity far longer and for way less cost than current batteries. Renewable energy by definition is intermittent. The sun isn’t always out and wind doesn’t blow continually. Thus, grid-scale renewable energy…