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Thin-film solar panel manufacturer Sunflare has released a new module that nestles in between seams of a metal standing-seam roof — the PowerFit 20. The 60-W CIGS panels come with butyl adhesive backing that peel and stick to the metal roof. As with all Sunflare modules, there is a bypass diode for each individual cell. […]
Continuing its efforts to offset the unprecedented surge in demand for power within the information management sector, Iron Mountain will add 18 rooftop solar arrays in five states totaling 5 MW. Standard Solar is financing and will own and operate the projects as part of a long-term development partnership that will bring additional capacity online. […]
The 270 million vehicles in the United States are parked over 90 percent of the time. There are far more parking spaces than vehicles. How many spaces? The data is imprecise. There could be 500 million parking lot spaces and 1 billion spaces on streets. Add parking in home garages, carports and driveways, and another […]
Last month’s announcement by Arizona Public Service (APS) that it will fully decarbonize the electricity it sells to its customers is a major win for a clean energy future, both in Arizona and nationally. It is also part of a wave of announcements by states, cities and utilities that plan to move to 100 percent […]
“Step Up — Or Get Out Of The Way!” was the provocative strapline at our Tomorrow’s Capitalism Forum, held in the heart of London’s financial district Jan. 10. And if, as I expect, 2020 launches a positively “Exponential Decade,” business leaders and the financial markets will have little option but to step up in radically […]
Generally, we think of climate change as a gradual process: the more greenhouse gases that humans emit, the more the climate will change. But are there any “points of no return” that commit us to irreversible change? The “Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation”, known as “AMOC”, is one of the major current systems in the world’s […]
February 11th, 2020 by Johnna Crider A new study shows that the abrupt thawing of the Arctic permafrost will double previous estimates of potential carbon emissions — carbon that was once frozen in the permafrost ice. In fact, it is already changing the landscape and ecology of the circumpolar north. Merritt Turetsky (Credit: INSTAAR) This […]
Air Quality Published on February 11th, 2020 | by Barry A.F. February 11th, 2020 by Barry A.F. There was a building on a relatively busy corner leading out of town that could never stay in business. From the time I was a kid, it kept changing and opening as something else — a restaurant, a […]
Aviation Published on February 11th, 2020 | by Steve Hanley February 11th, 2020 by Steve Hanley During a recent Third Row Tesla and HyperChange podcast, the hosts asked Elon Musk if he has any plans to build electric airplanes — if not passenger jets, then maybe electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles like those […]
Energy company Shell has decided to accelerate its move into renewables, switching from coal-fired power plants. Shell says this comes as a focus on solidifying its creation of more reliable, cost-effective energy to consumers. The giant is set to develop and maintain a dedicated solar farm comprised of approximately 400,000 PV panels, enough to power […]
