Tesla Powerwall + Solar, SolPad, Gigafactory Solar Roof … (Top 20 CleanTechnica Stories of the…
The most popular CleanTechnica stories of the week were…
Solar Power Plants
Chinese Companies Propose Grid-Scale Solar Plant In Chernobyl
Originally published on Solar Love. Repurposing land that can’t be used for other purposes is a familiar theme in the solar industry. Recently, the city of Charlotte, North Carolina elected to install a solar farm atop a long abandoned land fill. In many parts of the world, solar panels are … [continued]
Engie To Replace Coal Plant In Brisbane With Solar Farms
Engie is seeking bids from commercial developers to build solar energy farms to replace the electricity that previously derived from the coal-fired Hazelwood facility.
Next Big Thing: Renewable Water Desalination
One fun thing about running CleanTechnica for the past 7 years or so has been watching as new innovations and industries pop up, and then navigating the initial players in these nascent markets and trying to find out who is leading and where the market is going.
790 Gigawatts of Cost-Cutting Renewable Energy Potential in South East Europe
Renewable energy costs have been falling through the floor — they have fallen so fast that even cleantech enthusiasts have been shocked by increasingly low prices several times in the past year alone, and dozens of times in the past 5 years.
Renewables Expected To Account For Majority Of US Generating Capacity Additions In 2016
Once final data are in, EIA expects 24 gigawatts (GW) of new generating capacity to be added to the power grid during 2016. For the third consecutive year, more than half of these additions are renewable technologies, especially wind and solar.
NYC Bike Paths, Elon Musk Superpowers, Chevy Bolt Owner Review … (Top CleanTechnica Stories of…
Below are the 20 CleanTechnica articles from the past week or so that apparently thrilled readers the most. Following that list of the most popular articles of the week, you can also see my 30 favorites.
New Solar Farm On Old Landfill (North Carolina)
A former landfill for the city of Charlotte is the site for a proposed new solar farm. The property has been idle for for than half a century. The 155 acre site is one of 675 landfills scattered across North Carolina and 8 within Mecklenburg County.
RE<<C and IPCC Scenario Compression
Q. What will be the most important technological development over the next 10 years that will have the greatest impact in reducing climate change risks? A. RE<
New Arizona Policy Would Mandate Solar After Dark
A way to incentivize the use of clean energy like solar after dark — instead of gas peakers — to cover peak loads has been proposed in a white paper commissioned by Arizona’s Residential Utility Consumer Office
