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What Happens When A State Seriously Invests In Clean Energy?

Posted in Featured, Hardware on 23rd Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller

A clean energy rush is transforming California so quickly that nearly a quarter of its electricity now comes from renewable sources.

Europe's energy revolution marches on:

Posted in Science on 23rd Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller

Fully one-third of electricity produced in Europe last year came from renewable energy, reports ENTSO-E.

Chemists devise technology that could transform solar energy storage

Posted in Science on 21st Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller

A new technology developed by chemists at UCLA is capable of storing solar energy for up to several weeks.

China is utterly and totally dominating solar panels

Posted in Hardware on 20th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller

While China has long been a leader in making solar panels, its now become the largest market, by far, for solar panels.

Solar: The First 1 percent was by far the hardest

Posted in Science on 20th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller

Solar power now provides roughly 1% of the worlds electricity. It took 40 years. As prices drop, installation rate rises. As installation rates rise, the price continues to drop.