Blockchain for Energy Expands to EV Charging
Blockchain has always seemed like a natural fit for the energy industry. With its distributed ledger, documenting and tracking capability — not to mention the ability [...]
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Grid-Level Storage: Are We Missing the Boat?
By Jim Fiske Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of guest columns on innovative energy technologies, discussing current trends and new solutions. This article [...]
EVs and Child Labor: Time for a More Ethical Battery
[Image source: CBS News] As green energy becomes an increasingly hot topic in our modern world, a few vital questions have emerged that deserve our attention: What are the [...]
Plug and Play Summit: Building Energy
If you’re looking for the next wave of energy technology that’s just over the horizon, you don’t have to go much farther than Plug and Play’s Summer [...]
Squeezing Solar: Tracker Innovation Boosts Market
The per watt decline in cost of solar cells has led to unprecedented growth in solar energy generation. While the industry is nowhere near to overtaking fossil fuel energy, [...]
First Commercial Solar-Wind Hybrid Project In U.S. Aims To Boost Net Capacity
The Concept: combine the peak power profile of solar and wind energy to increase net system capacity up to 4%. You got chocolate in my peanut butter! Two great ways to [...]
Cleantech Forum Diary Day Two: Opportunities for Emerging Markets
Day Two’s prevailing themes focused on implementation of local and worldwide engagement and advocacy. A packed lunchtime session on solving emerging market energy [...]
Cleantech Forum Diary Day One: A Fighting Stance
Enthusiastic Business Community Focuses on Economic Opportunity SAN FRANCISCO, January 24, 2017 — It’s not often that you walk into a business conference where [...]
Tandem Perovskite Solar Modules Hit 17.8% Efficiency, and Aim for 25%
New research points the way towards perovskite solar modules that are highly efficient to manufacture, and approaching the efficiency of crystalline silicon photovoltaics. [...]
The Grid: A Biography of America’s Electricity Infrastructure (book review)
Some think the biggest obstacle to renewable energy is Big Oil. Others blame conservative climate deniers. The real culprit may be an old, old friend, the electrical [...]
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