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How we power our home with our own solar energy
Our home now runs on the solar energy that it produces almost all the time. Here is our journey and how you can do it too. Solar energy production: panels and batteries Electrify consumption: electric car and heat pumps Over the last year, our home…
Cape Town's hybrid power plant now live
Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and energy mayoral committee member alderman Xanthea Limberg. (Image source: supplied) The City of Cape Town has officially unveiled its metro-built hybrid power station in Atlantis, as it looks to generate…
Why are more roofs not made of solar tiles?
Christine Ro Technology Reporter Some people in the US 'still hate the look of solar', Kate Collardson acknowledges. She would know. Collardson handles operations for the Solar Service of Colorado, a solar maintenance and inspection company. She's…
Why are more roofs not made of solar tiles?
Some people in the US 'still hate the look of solar', Kate Collardson acknowledges. She would know. Collardson handles operations for the Solar Service of Colorado, a solar maintenance and inspection company. She's also held just about every other…
Hurricane prep: How to weather the storm in Georgia
For the latest updates on Hurricane Isaias, follow AJC's coverage here. Georgia is bracing for impacts from Isaias. Here's how to prepare for the potential for high winds, flood risks and heavy rain. Hurricane Isaias: Metro Atlanta events canceled…
A.I.'s Power Problem: How Data Centers Hold the Key to a Greener Future
Yet, more recently, awareness has grown around A.I.'s environmental impact. Every digital activity, from internet banking to media streaming, triggers processes in a data center. The rise of A.I. and other high-performance computing, such as…
Anker Solix S2000 Review: A Refined Space Saver for Indoor Backup Power
While the portable power station market has largely become a race toward bigger batteries, higher inverter outputs, and bloated feature lists, the $999.99 Anker Solix S2000 takes a refreshing, efficiency-first approach by focusing on delivering…
Top Renewable Energy Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist - October 9th
Vertiv's UIG Deal Targets the Next Big Constraint in AI Data Centers Quanta Services, WEC Energy Group, ReNew Energy Global, NOV, HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Clearway Energy, and Gibraltar Industries are the seven Renewable Energy stocks…
America to establish permanent moon base: what it could look like
President Donald Trump said US astronauts will soon return to the moon to establish 'a permanent American presence' before heading to Mars. NASA 's plans suggest that presence would take shape gradually. First, it would happen through robotic…
Posh California town offers rare 4-bed homes for just $300K
California's housing crisis has made it very difficult to buy a home, but one rare opportunity has opened up giving a few lucky families the chance to buy 3- to 4-bedroom homes at prices far below the local median of $1 million. The Bay Area city…
Democrats hid a 'Green New Scam' poison pill in a bipartisan bill
Republicans did something rare in Washington. They passed a bipartisan permitting reform bill through the House. The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 would speed up construction of the pipelines, power plants, and grid…
Seattle could get 6 more high-tech public bathrooms
Seattle's high-tech public restrooms could be coming to more neighborhoods. Why it matters: Finding a place to pee in Seattle can be a challenge, even in busy areas, making more public bathrooms helpful for families or anyone on the go. The latest:…
Fraunhofer ISE demonstrates industrial heat pumps capable of producing steam at 160 C
The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE) has evaluated high-temperature heat pumps designed to supply process steam at temperatures of up to 160 C and pressurized hot water, as well as the performance of five large-scale…
America's next family car might look a lot like a golf cart
For decades, automakers have been designing cars to look like they have faces. Headlights resemble eyes, grilles look like mouths, and the shape of a hood can give a vehicle something resembling an expression. That is, of course, no accident.
Family turns bare island into reef oasis after guano mining destroys it
For thousands of years the tiny island at the southernmost tip of the Great Barrier Reef was alive with cacophonous birdsong. But within a decade of guano miners arriving in force with their picks and shovels in the 1860s, Lady Elliot Island was…
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