Renewable Energy Prices Hit Record Lows: How Can... New U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) data predict solar and wind energy will dominate America's new generation in 2020, making up 76% of new generation and adding 42 gigawatts (GW) of zero emission capacity, while coal and natural gas ... Read more www.forbes.com How to Go Solar Without the Rooftop Panels As the winter of 2019 bore down on the upstate New York suburb of Guilderland, Mary Anne Bettcker, 65, got a curious letter in the mail. A company named Arcadia was pitching solar power - not from her roof, but from an unspecified "new community... Read more www.forbes.com

“We have this handy fusion reactor in the sky called the sun, you don’t have to do anything, it just works. It shows up every day.” –  Elon Musk

Green Hydrogen Backed by US Solar Firms 8minute and... Two solar firms have helped launch an industry group promoting green hydrogen, which is produced using solar or wind power. The group backs a Utah project that would use 30% green hydrogen in 2025 and 100% green hydrogen by 2045. Read more pv-magazine-usa.com Automated Solar Arrays Could Help Incinerate Global Warming Plenty of days, temperatures in California's Mojave Desert climb above 120 degrees Fahrenheit. A measly figure. These 400 silvered glass panels, tucked into the western edge of that hot, hot desert, are there to generate heat 15 times that... Read more www.wired.com

Transparent Solar Cells Could Replace Office Windows Conventional solar cells can be rendered see-through by puncturing them with holes thinner than the width of a human hair. The team behind the breakthrough hopes that the tech could one day be used to build office blocks that are powered by their... Read more www.sciencefocus.com

$3.6 Billion Energy Storage Project Rising From Ashes of ... Clean Power Whelp, that was fast. No sooner does the notorious coal-fired Navajo Generating Station shut its doors, when a massive renewable energy project jumps in to take its place. We're talking about the proposed Navajo Energy Storage Station ... Read more cleantechnica.com

MIT And NREL See Solar Modules Reaching Well Below 20¢... Although, the author of this article sees a path below 15¢ per watt. Researchers at MIT, working with financial modeling teams at NREL, have projected the electrical losses and financial gains of thinning solar cells from the current 160... Read more pv-magazine-usa.com

EGEB: Energy CFOs Say Solar Will Dominate Sustainability ... In this week's Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Energy CFOs believe green energy is the future, and that solar will lead the pack. The federal government has proposed drilling for oil and gas on Moab, Utah's Slickrock biking trail. How the... Read more electrek.co

Researchers In US & China Use Machine Learning To Make... Clean Power Solar power and advanced computing are a key cleantech intersection point. From renewables return on investment optimization to optimal rooftop commercial solar deployment, machine learning is helping us get more efficient and... Read more cleantechnica.com

Autonomous Drones Make Solar Projects More Productive,... Renewable energy is the key to a cleaner, brighter energy future. And solar is one of the most promising global sources of renewable energy. It's cheaper (and arguably cleaner) than nuclear, coal, or combined cycle gas turbines Read more www.solarpowerworldonline.com

EVENTS: ASES Webina r : An ALL Careers Approach to Education ; Connecting Environmental & Energy Literacy with All Careers starts February 26, 2020 at 12 PM – 1 PM MST. SOLAR 20/20 June 23-26, 2020 at George Washington University in Washington D.C. in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon . Call for participation closes February 1. The   National Solar Tour   hosted by ASES and Solar United Neighbors, October 3-4, 2020 and throughout the month of October is the largest grassroots renewable energy event in the nation. Solar World Congress from December 2-4, 2020 Melbourne, Australia, where the first ever ISES Solar World Congress took place in 1970, will be celebrating "ISES at 50 - The Century of Solar". ASES PROGRAMS:  Solar Today  Magazine National Solar Tour Tiny Watts SOLAR 20/20: The 49th National Solar Conference

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