Solar Is Cheapest Electricity In History, U.S. DOE Aims To Cut Costs 60% By 2030
Solar power costs have dropped to a record low — for the world, in all of history. However, we need them to go lower.
Solar power costs have dropped to a record low — for the world, in all of history. However, we need them to go lower.
This fifth round of US DOE Solar Energy Technologies Office projects involve solar PV plus agriculture and small innovative solar PV and CSP projects.
This third round of US DOE Solar Energy Technologies Office projects concerns innovations in manufacturing for solar hardware.
This second round of US DOE Solar Energy Technologies Office projects we’re looking at concern Systems Integration and AI Applications in Solar Energy with Emphasis on Machine Learning. Below are DOE summaries of how it intends to help on these topics as well as awardee details from the DOE.
Continuing a decades-long trend, the US Department of Energy (DOE) has put a few million dollars into further research and development of solar power technologies — $130 million, to be precise.
Weirdly, Trump continues to pitch concentrating solar power as the sun sets on his administration, now with supercritical carbon dioxide.
New research from Berkeley Lab outlines how the useful life and operating expenses of utility-scale photovoltaic plants have leveled.
Disruptive advances in solar technology are unusual, with industry-wide design improvements often taking place in very small increments. These small changes create the buzz at solar trade shows like Intersolar North America, which is wrapping up this week in San Diego.
The Earth is rapidly approaching 1.5°C global warming, air pollution kills over 7 million people worldwide each year, and diminishing fossil fuel resources portend social instability. Yet, recently, world leaders at the United Nations Madrid climate talks failed to agree on a path forward. The core of the problem is the belief by some leaders that solving global warming will be expensive and drain the economy of their country. However, new research indicates that this belief is incorrect.
While Jacobson’s latest Stanford study on 100% renewables by 2050 will draw fire for leaning into the Green New Deal, it strongly supports that policy.