Electricity

The US Air Force has seen the future, and it has solar energy written all over it. Last fall the Air Force Research Laboratory announced an eight-project lineup for its new Expeditionary Energy Campaign initiative focusing on clean tech and…

The creators of the solar-powered locomotive of the future were aiming to set a Guinness record for speed last weekend, and that is more than just your ordinary attention-getting stunt. Demonstrating the functionality of PV panels on rail…

Ouch, this one’s gotta hurt. ExxonMobil suffered a 3rd degree media burn last week, when climate-friendly activist investors managed to seat two of their candidates on the company’s board of directors. Now here comes BP to rub it in, with a…

Clean Power Published on July 16th, 2020 | by Tina Casey July 16th, 2020 by Tina Casey Solar cells weighed in at an eye-popping $300 per watt when they first popped on the scene back in 1956. Who woulda thunk those pricey…

Clean Power Published on June 29th, 2020 | by Tina Casey June 29th, 2020 by Tina Casey For anyone who scoffs at the notion that solar panels work in cold weather, check out this new weather station sitting on the Balcony just below…

Clean Power Published on June 20th, 2020 | by Tina Casey June 20th, 2020 by Tina Casey Hey, whatever happened to the artificial leaf? It was all the rage a few years ago, when scientists figured out that you could dunk a solar…

Clean Power Published on June 22nd, 2020 | by Tina Casey June 22nd, 2020 by Tina Casey A vast middle ground of opportunity for solar power development is ripe for the picking if only somebody could see where it is. Well, the US…

Clean Power Published on June 13th, 2020 | by Tina Casey June 13th, 2020 by Tina Casey Before perovskites and graphene captured the imagination of the clean tech world, carbon nanotubes were all the rage. What happened? Where did…

Batteries Published on June 5th, 2020 | by Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai June 5th, 2020 by Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai It is crazy to think that in 2020, about 1.1 billion people don’t have electricity. And the poorest communities who…

Clean Power Published on June 2nd, 2020 | by Tina Casey June 2nd, 2020 by Tina Casey The economic argument for keeping older coal power plants in operation seems clear enough: they’re already here. That’s it. That’s the case. If…