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This Solar Powered Airship Wants To Replace Cell Towers - And End Cellular Dead Zones
As widespread as mobile service has become, it's still not quite all-encompassing. Your ability to access 5G services is still largely reliant on your proximity to a cell tower, and while there are some very reliable phone carriers out there, there…
Roberts' latest radio brings solar power and Bluetooth to a retro classic
Roberts has expanded its Revival range with the new Revival Uno Solar radio. Priced at £200, Roberts says the portable radio has been designed for listeners who “appreciate timeless design” and “the simple pleasure of…
EV and solar power adoption accelerates in the Philippines
MANILA – On sunny days, Ateneo de Manila University assistant professor Joben Ilagan plugs his family's new electric vehicle into their home in Pasig, Metro Manila, and charges it using power generated by solar panels on the roof. The family…
Want To See The Future Of Housing? It's Coming To Asheville
The VISION House Asheville represents the future of housing with its sustainable, resilient and affordable design. Asheville, NC is a unique tourist destination that fewer than 100,000 people call home. It represents many other small towns across…
How global energy production is changing, in 6 charts
The world is using more electricity than ever, but where this energy comes from is changing. Renewable sources like wind and solar power are growing rapidly, especially in certain parts of the world. Here's a closer look at long-term trends in…
Landfill Panels Soak Up The Sun
One city's trash is a solar company's treasure — now that more than 1,900 solar panels are generating electricity atop the capped New Haven landfill. City officials and partners gathered atop the landfill to celebrate the completion of the…
Taking away solar leases won't save farms. It'll bury them
But what looks different from the road may be what allows a family farm to survive another generation. The facts tell a very different story. Solar's actual land footprint is remarkably small. New analysis shows that solar energy occupies just…
What will China's phasing out of its EV battery tax break mean for the industry?
As China is ending tax exemptions that helped fuel the rise of its electric-vehicle (EV) and solar industries, analysts said it could add to the cost of producing an EV and put pressure on manufacturers, as Beijing steps up efforts to curb…
Space Launch Costs Have Fallen 96% Since 1960. They Aren't Done Yet.
Cambridge University researchers say orbital solar power, asteroid mining, and space-based manufacturing could soon make business sense. SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch. SpaceX/NASA Rapidly falling launch costs are making space more accessible than…
Rodale Institute Breaks Ground On Ambitious New Center For Regenerative Organic Innovation, Part Of $139 Million Farmland Transition Campaign
Groundbreaking ceremony at Rodale Institute in Kutztown, Pennsylvania The Rodale Institute is the heartbeat of organic and regenerative organic agriculture; the Rodale family coined those very terms. Nearly 80 years since its founding, the…
Italian startup ORiS raises funding for laser power-beaming technology
WASHINGTON — Italian startup ORiS has raised 5 million euros ($5.7 million) to help it develop wireless power-beaming technology for satellites using lasers. The company, based in Turin, Italy, announced July 21 that it raised 4.5 million…
Opinion: Wildfires and Trump energy policies
As smoke from wildfires in Canada billowed across the central and eastern parts of the United States, President Trump once again demonstrated his utter ignorance of wildfires. Detroit remained the most polluted city in the world, according to…
5 Visionary '70s TV Shows That Predicted The Future
There are a number of TV shows that correctly predicted the future, but more often than not, it amounted to a lucky guess. That, or it was something that was more or less bound to happen eventually, like a certain team winning a championship or the…
IPS officer trainees visit Visakhapatnam Port
A contingent of 22 IPS officer trainees, including two foreign officers, from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad, visited the Visakhapatnam Port Authority(VPA) on Monday as part of their maritime security module…
Kerala plans panchayat-level BESS to strengthen energy security
Kerala Minister Sunny Joseph on Monday said the government was planning to roll out panchayat-level BESS as part of a long-term strategy to strengthen the state's energy security. The move comes amid rising power demand and declining hydel…
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