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The energy industry is reinventing itself in combined efforts to limit as much as possible the effects of climate change. Evermore photovoltaic farms emerge around the world, evermore wind projects spring up onshore, offshore near shore, and even air borne—the industry is still in perfecting mode, new ideas turning into new ways to harvest green […]

11 / 23 / 18

Renewable Power

After signing its first agreement to purchase all the electricity from a 114-megawatt wind farm in Iowa in 2010, Google set the target to be powered 100 percent by renewable energy only two years later. According to one of the company’s latest blog posts on the initiative, the said target will be reached in 2017, […]

12 / 19 / 16

Death to Power

Editor’s note: This piece originally appeared in the fall issue of NAREIM Dialogues. Electrification is perhaps the greatest technological advancement of the 20th century.  The electric power grid, the system that delivers electrification, is considered by many to be the largest and most successful machine ever built.  But it may be about to die. The […]

11 / 13 / 16

Orison

Institutions and regular citizens are transitioning from a fossil-fueled past to a cleaner energy future. The cost of installation for such systems has dropped considerably in recent years, making them more affordable for general use. Currently, one of the biggest wrinkles in this still young industry is storage. A study by EuPD Research shows that […]

06 / 10 / 16

Renewable City

As part of its Climate Action Plan, the city of San Diego plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions and shift to 100% renewable energy sources by 2035.

05 / 20 / 16

Tesla’s Powerwall

It’s been all over the news – the real-life Tony Stark has unveiled Tesla Energy, an ambitious plan to power the world with a home battery which eventually will not only make the consumers less dependent on the grid, but take them off it entirely. Tesla founder Elon Musk has presented the Powerwall. And it […]

06 / 16 / 15