Positive Future #820 (Feature photo – Solar Installation – CCA SA 4.0 International. Jud McCranie) CleanTechnica journalist Zachary Shahan brings us a report on the top solar states by percentage of electricity generated. Shahan has created a great graphic so you can immediately see where your state is. The chart is interesting. You can read…
Positive Future #772 (Feature photo – Solar Power Logo – CCO 1.) Universal Public Domain) According to U.S Energy Information Administration, the average cost of energy production (kwh) in the U.S. for 2018 ranged between 11 cents kwh for nuclear to down to 7 cents for Hydro=electric. CleanTechnica journalist Carlo Ombello brings us the story…
Positive Future #770 (Feature photo – Artists Rendition of the Cleve Hill Solar Park – Courtesy of https://www.clevehillsolar.com/) CleanTechnica journalist Steve Hanley brings us the story of how the UK just approved its largest solar farm in the nation’s history. The final out put of the some 880,000 solar panels will be enough to power…
Positive Future #751 (Feature photo – Solar Power Farm – By Jud McCranie – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=70132767 Streetwise Reports brings us the news of a large solar project unfolding in Puerto Rico. Estimates are that the new power project will save the people of Puerto Rico up to $2 billion over 35…
Positive Future #738 (Feature photo – Solar Panels – By AleSpa – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29290121) CleanTechnica journalist Steve Hanley brings us the story of a Chinese company – GCL Systems Integration Technology. This company plans to build the world’s largest solar panel factory. With a goal of producing 60 gigawatts of solar…
Positive Future #724 (Feature photo – Solar Farms – CCA SA 4.0 International, Leanne Davis) CleanTechnica journalist Steve Hanley, brings us the numbers on how solar energy has risen dramatically as a source of power. Since 2009, solar capacity is up by 76-fold as of the end of 2019. The 76 gigawatts of solar power…
Positive Future #693 (Feature photo – Rooftop Solar – By EY418 – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=79316869) The Solar Energy Industries Association keeps tabs on all ongoing new solar projects in America. It’s most recent report for 3rd quarter 2019 has some interesting statistics. A big statistic is that the U.S. pipeline (solar projects…
Positive Future #664 (Feature photo – Nevada Solar Farms – By Michael Adams, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23131135) CleanTechnica Journalist Steve Hanley brings us news of plans to build the largest solar farm in the U.S. outside of Las Vegas, Nevada. The new $1 billion facility will also have battery storage to deliver power at night.…
Positive Future #602 (Feature photo – Egyptian Coat of Arms – By Flag of Egypt (variant).svg: F l a n k e r from original Flag of Egypt.svgderivative work: Fry1989 (talk) – Flag of Egypt (variant).svg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11907624) Renewable Energy World brings us the story of how Benban, the world’s largest solar park, is…
Positive Future #546 (Feature photo – Solar Farm at Chattanooga Airport – courtesy of Chattanooga Airport) CleanTechnica journalist Anand Upadhyay brings us the story of the first airport in the U.S. to generate enough solar energy to offset its power use. To achieve this milestone, the airport has installed its own solar farms. While the…
