An aerial view of the Nova Power Bank site. Photo credit: Calpine Corporation. By Anders Lorenzen As President Biden continues to drive forward his climate agenda as a key campaign tool for the November election, another large clean energy infrastructure project is announced. A battery plant near Los Angeles (LA) in California, US will come online later this year and […]
Best of Earth911 Podcast: Putting Solar Generation Everywhere With Ubiquitous Energy’s Veeral Hardev
How can we sustainably harvest more energy and move it to where it is needed? The United States’ annual energy consumption requires about one-quarter of 1% of the 174 petawatts the sun sends to Earth daily. The prospect of new solar generation capacity created by placing transparent solar cells in windows and other surfaces will transform how we think about […]
Earth911 Podcast: Putting Solar Generation Everywhere With Ubiquitous Energy’s Veeral Hardev
How can we sustainably harvest more energy and move it to where it is needed? The United States’ annual energy consumption requires about one-quarter of 1% of the 174 petawatts the sun sends to Earth daily. The prospect of new solar generation capacity created by placing transparent solar cells in windows and other surfaces will transform how we think about […]
How To Prepare for Increasingly Common Blackouts
The United States has more blackouts than any other developed country, and power outages are becoming more frequent in the U.S. due to an aging power grid and climate change causing an increase in severe weather. Recent hurricanes have left hundreds of thousands of households without power, often for days or even weeks at a time. Yet, our homes and […]