April 2nd, 2022
Via MIT’s Technology Review, an article on how droughts are cutting into California’s hydropower and what that means for clean energy: The droughts that swept across the western US in 2021 sparked wildfires and damaged crops. But the historic lack of water also had an impact on one of California’s key sources of renewable energy: […]
Read more »Solar Panel Cleaning Innovation Could Save Billions of Gallons of Water
March 21st, 2022
Via Renewable Energy World, a report on a new innovation that will significantly reduce the watergy footprint of solar power: Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a method for cleaning solar panels that could potentially save billions of gallons of water. “The water footprint of the solar industry is mind boggling,” said […]
Read more »March 13th, 2022
Via Solar Daily, a look at Thailand’s green push with floating hydro-solar power project A vast array of solar panels floats on the shimmering waters of a reservoir in northeast Thailand, symbolising the kingdom’s drive towards clean energy as it seeks carbon neutrality by 2050. The immense installation, covering 720,000 square metres of water surface, is […]
Read more »As Warming and Drought Increase, A New Case for Ending Big Dams
February 20th, 2022
Via Yale’s e360, an article on how climate change, bringing dried-up reservoirs and increased methane releases, should spell the end of big hydropower: s the hydroelectric dam industry tries to reposition itself as a climate change solution, more and more evidence shows that climate change actually undermines the case for hydro dams. Gone are the […]
Read more »February 15th, 2022
Via Bloomberg, an article on a new floating solar farm in the Netherlands: German renewable energy developer Baywa r.e. has begun constructing what will be the largest floating solar farm outside of China. The 27-megawatt Bomhofsplas solar farm is set to include 73,000 solar panels on a sandpit lake in Zwolle in the Netherlands, the company said […]
Read more »Solar Panels to Be Installed Above California Canals
February 10th, 2022
Via EcoWatch, a report on a project to install solar arrays over two irrigation canals in California: Solar panels are coming to two California canals. The “Project Nexus” follows research from the University of California-Merced finding substantial benefits for water quality and delivery, in addition to the benefits of renewable power generation. This first-of-its-kind pilot project will install solar […]
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