20 Teams Win $50,000 and Move on to Set! Contest A new crop of semifinalists has been selected to move on to the Set! Contest in the American-Made Solar Prize Round 7. Twenty teams from across the country were awarded cash prizes for their innovative solutions for making the solar industry … [continued]
Round 2 of the Community Power Accelerator Prize Names 25 Phase 1 Winning Teams The American-Made Community Power Accelerator Prize, now in its second round, is a $10 million prize competition designed to fast-track the efforts of new, emerging, and expanding solar developers and co-developers. Throughout the competition, teams are … [continued]
Solar panels on canals can save water, prevent toxic algae blooms, conserve land, and generate zero emission electricity, too.
The leading Chinese solar firm LONGi breaks another conversion record with its new silicon-perovskite tandem solar cell.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) released the largest and most comprehensive database to date on large-scale solar energy projects in the United States. The U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database (USPVDB) includes the location, size, and other characteristics of … [continued]
For generations, America’s farmers have used the sun to provide for their communities and support the growth of the country. Today, with the help of solar and storage technologies, agricultural communities are delivering both the food that powers our bodies and the clean energy that powers our economy. The combination … [continued]
Current food production practices — including business-as-usual breeding scenarios — do not suffice to meet future food demands. Researchers are scrambling to accelerate what are usually very long plant breeding times in order to compensate for climate pollution and resulting weather disasters.
Rural solar advocates are punching back against the opposition with a new alliance between conservation, agriculture, and environmental organizations.
And a second study indicates that having utility scale solar projects in neighborhoods doesn’t negatively affect real estate value.
A new thermal energy storage system leverages icemaking, demand-shifting, renewables, and virtual power plants to decarbonize buildings.
