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International

Desert Solar to Fuel Centuries of Air Travel

Posted on March 1, 2018

Article originally published by SolarPaces Scientists with the SOLAR-JET Project have demonstrated the first-ever entire process to make kerosene, the jet fuel used by commercial airlines, using a high-temperature thermal solar reactor to create syngas. Shell Global …

Posted in International, Newsletter Blog Post

Ireland votes in favour of law to become world’s first country to fully divest from fossil fuels

Posted on March 1, 2018

Article originally published by Independent Ireland has voted to be the world’s first country to fully divest public money from fossil fuels. The Irish Parliament passed the historic legislation in a 90 to 53 vote in …

Posted in International, Newsletter Blog Post

Xcel Energy crews depart for Puerto Rico to help with ongoing power restoration efforts

Posted on January 1, 2018

Article originally published by Business North Xcel Energy is sending more than 70 employees, including linemen from Wisconsin, to Puerto Rico today to help with the ongoing power restoration efforts on the island. More than …

Posted in International, Local Stories, Newsletter Blog Post

Worlds Largest Lithium Ion Battery Deployed in Australia

Posted on December 1, 2017

Tesla activated a 100MW (129MWh) lithium ion battery in South Australia in response to a brownout that left 30,000 homes without power. The battery stores and dispatches electricity generated from wind. The project is part of …

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Solar + Storage Systems Bring Disaster Relief

Posted on December 1, 2017

After hurricanes took down the electric grid in Puerto Rico in September, Tesla deployed solar panels and energy storage systems to restore reliable electric power to hospitals, an elderly community, sanitary sewer treatment plants, a water pumping station, and other …

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This Floating Wind Farm is the World’s First. It won’t be the last

Posted on November 1, 2017

Article originally published by MACH Scotland’s new floating wind farm haas officially started generating off-shore wind power. The installation could potentially power about 20,000 homes… The entire installation is projected to add 30 MW of …

Posted in International, Newsletter Blog Post

Zero Energy Building Certification

Posted on September 1, 2017

A new certification for net zero energy buildings that is based on documented performance has been launched by the International Living Future Institute (ILFI) and the New Buildings Institute (NBI). ILFI had a net zero …

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Study Finds Solar Energy Projections have Been Greatly Underestimated

Posted on September 1, 2017

Article originally published by Wisconsin Public Radio A new study is showing that by 2050 the percentage of solar energy worldwide will be three times higher than originally projected. [Hear from] a UW professor about …

Posted in International, Newsletter Blog Post

Renewable Energy A Bigger Bang for the Buck

Posted on April 1, 2017

While the world added record levels of renewable energy in 2016, investments in renewable energy were 23 percent lower than in 2015. That’s due to a greater than 10 percent drop in the average dollar capital expenditure per megawatt …

Posted in International, Newsletter Blog Post

2016: Hottest Year on Record EVER

Posted on January 1, 2017

2016 set a new global temperature record as the hottest year since record-keeping began in the 1880s. This makes 2016 the third consecutive record-breaking year and the seventeenth of all time, sixteen of which have …

Posted in International, Newsletter Blog Post
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