Renewables Overtakes All Other Energy Sources
Solar just keeps winning on every metric! The International Energy Agency (IEA) released their 2026 Global Energy Review and it provides a good look into the use and generation of…
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These Solar Panels Also Turn Rain Into Electricity
Researchers at the Institute of Materials Science of Seville have used a perovskite-based solar panel that can create electricity from the rain. They created a nanometer-thin film that covers the…
New Nuclear Costs Too Much
The Sask Government wants SaskPower to build nuclear reactors for 2035.Currently Saskatchewan has about 5GW of electricity generation.Take a look at what Bladeofthesun says about British nuclear power ambitions, in…
Snow Fences Generated Power This Past Winter in Minnesota
Minnesota tried out a neat idea to upgrade their snow fences along highways to generated electricity through solar panels. The idea of a solar fence itself isn’t new, but the…
Ontario Just Made it Clear: Get Solar or Pay More
Homeowners in Ontario are about to pay a lot more electricity with no sign of rate increases stopping anytime soon. The far right Conservative government has torn up renewable developments…
How Solar Supports Ukraine
In the ongoing war caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine power plants have been attacked by both sides to hurt military and civilian operations. Beyond the obvious horrors of war…
Solar Retaining Wall Goes Live in Switzerland
It might seem odd to put solar panels on the side of walls in a region with mountains, but that’s exactly what’s happening in Switzerland. One of the cantons in…
Iraq Looking to the Sun to Power its Future
Iraqi oil fields have a lot of fossil fuels ready to be exported, and that’s a problem. The Iraqi population, like many oil states, don’t benefit from the cheap oil…
SaskPower On The Future of Net Zero
Balance he says. pic.twitter.com/elGKwknjSg — John Klein (@JohnKleinRegina) October 17, 2023 SaskPower gave a lecture at the university about transmission and generation planning.
Kenyan Farm Foments Fossil Free Fertilizer
Yes, fertilizers exist that don’t make use of fossil fuels; however, the use of petoreluaem based fertilizers have become a mainstay of modern industrial agriculture. This use of fossil fuels…
Better Solar Helps Bitter Hops
Agrivoltaic setups aren’t new to regular readers of this site as we’ve seen many times that certain crops benefit from the shade solar panels provide; and, the solar panels benefit…
It’s Simple to Install Solar Panels
Efficient of solar panels continues to increase and the costs of installing them keep going down, meaning that there’s never been a better time than now to install solar panels.…
How Neighbourhoods Are Fighting Climate Change
Neighbourhoods in Canada are trying to change the world by focussing on their own street. Across the country there are streets of houses proving that a transition from using fossil…
The Engineering of a Passive Off the Grid House
A sustainable home doesn’t need to be off the gird, but for some people interested in sustainability they reach a logical conclusion that off the gird makes sense. Of course,…
Pompeii Powered by Polymer Panels
Historic sites that attract a lot of tourists know that if they loose their historical look that the tourists will stop coming, so how do you locally produce renewable energy…
France: Parking Lots Must Have Solar Panels
Drivers know all too well that parking lots are hot, uncomfortable, and are never the right size. In France larger parking lots will now require shading in the form of…
Farm Fields of Solar Produce Bonuses
In the UK the average person wants to get off fossil fuels, but the Conservatives in power want the opposite. Obviously this is not good, and it gets worse: the…
Renewable Energy Unscathed by Hurricane
Surviving ever-worsening climate change enhanced storms is a clear benefit of renewable energy, and people in Florida are taking note. Hurricane Ian just swept through the state leaving thousands with…
Ukrainian Company Produces Easy to Install Solar Panels to get Europe Off Russian Gas
Oil is not just a reason countries go to war, it’s used during war to destabilize allies. Russia’s war in Ukraine is no exception to this as the Russians are…
Switch to Wind, Water, Solar, and Save Billions
“$2B saved since Ukraine war Wind and solar power plants generated 46.3 terawatt-hours of electricity between May 1, 2021 and April 30, 2022, the data showed. “Without these power plants,…