By Jeffrey S. Briberg, LPG, REM Over the next three years rural and exurban landowners will convert a small but meaningful percentage of marginal land from row crops to solar fields and community solar gardens. As this transition happens, choosing a diverse native landscape for these solar sites will provide … [continued]
By Ken Munson Greentech Media ran an intriguing piece a couple of days ago about Warren Buffett’s analysis on the effect of renewables on the utility business, part of the Berkshire Hathaway annual report for last year. What caught my interest was a paragraph that pointed out a common viewpoint … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. By Henry Lindon A floating solar photovoltaic (PV) system has been installed on the reservoir waters of a hydroelectric project in Brazil — as a means of diversifying the project’s generation capabilities, thereby improving resilience against drought — according to the country’s energy agency EPE. As … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. By Henry Lindon The second-biggest utility company in Germany, E.ON, will be launching a new residential solar photovoltaic (PV) + home energy storage product in the country’s market in April, according to recent reports. The product — which will be based on Solarwatt’s MyReserve energy storage … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. By Henry Lindon A new report from Media Matters has revealed that US broadcast news coverage of climate change fell dramatically in 2015 (as compared to 2014), despite the fact that 2015 was a very important (and strange) year as far as climate-change-induced temperature and weather … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. By Henry Lindon A working solar electric vehicle charging station was recently built by a team of students at Mission Valley ROP/James Logan High School for entry into the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Competition in STEM. As voting in the competition is performed via social media, … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. By Henry Lindon A new report from the energy consultancy firm Baringa projects that the Scottish isles could see economic benefits of around £725 million (over the next quarter century) from renewable energy development. The report also noted that at peak development — presuming investments into … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. By Henry Lindon As the vast majority reading this already know, this year’s winter has been quite strange — with temperatures throughout much of the northern hemisphere being considerably higher than at any other time since high-accuracy records began over a hundred years ago. Accompanying the … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. By Henry Lindon A new report from the research firm IDTechEx argues that the electric bus market’s rapid growth could function as a “game changer” for the global battery market over the coming years. Owing to the relatively large size of batteries used in electric buses … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. By Henry Lindon The off-grid solar energy technology market will boom over the next 5 years, with sales hitting the $3.1 billion mark by 2020, according to a new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Considering that roughly $27 billion a year is spent globally on … [continued]
