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More than 8 Million People Were Employed Worldwide in the Renewable Sector
A boom in solar and wind power jobs in the US led the way to a global increase in renewable energy employment to more than 8 million people in 2015, according to a report from the International Renewable Energy Agency…
Solar Panels Study Reveals Impact on Earth
Environmental Scientists at Lancaster University and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology monitored a large solar park, near Swindon, for a year. They found that solar parks altered the local climate, measuring cooling of as much as 5 degrees Centigrade…
The American Highway: a New Source of Solar Energy
Route 66 crosses 3,940 km of the continental USA, stretching from California to Illinois, and for one ambitious startup, this famous road is an ideal source of clean energy. Based in Idaho, Solar Roadways was founded in 2006 by husband…
If You’re After Off-Grid Luxury, this New Houseboat May Float Your Boat
A new floating home combines the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE’s) penchant for the finer things in life with Dutch maritime engineering expertise. The Waterlovt is aimed at providing its owners with all the bells and whistles of a luxury apartment,…
Solar Power Boosts Food Production & Fights Poverty
We all know that solar power offers myriad health and environmental benefits over traditional energy sources — including reduced emissions and improved air quality — but the social benefits it offers are perhaps less well known. A new paper from…
World’s First 24/7 Solar Power Plant Powers 75,000 Homes
SolarReserve’s Crescent Dunes Project in Tonopah, Nevada is quietly providing clean, green solar energy to 75,000 homes in the Silver State even when the sun isn’t shining. Crescent Dunes is the first utility-scale facility in the world to use molten…
Japan’s Abandoned Golf Courses Are Being Transformed into Solar Power Farms
The Kyocera Corporation is transforming an abandoned golf course into a solar power farm, with ambition to partner and repeat the same sustainable work elsewhere in Japan. An abandoned and bankrupt golf course is being transformed into a solar power…