"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
From Greenpeace UK comes the absolutely dazzling and informative EfficienCity, a Flash animation of how a town could be designed to create renewable, clean energy. You can drill down to various sections of town, see how the grids work, then…
These next-gen solar panels can absorb infrared energy as well as solar, and thus can work into the early evening hours too, boosting efficiency.
Venture capitalists invested $1 billion in solar companies last year, up from just $100 million in 2005. This is an exponential increase and it’s really only just begun. Solar is still just a toddler. The country is going into a…
This would appear to solve one drawback of solar energy, that power can not be created continuously. By storing heat to drive turbines, power can be created even at night. WSJ has more.
They present a detailed plan as to how a $420 billion investment over several decades could build enough solar in the Southwest to power 69% of US electricity by 2050. Among their innovative ideas. Store excess energy as compressed air…