A rooftop solar power project in China will become the first venture to get financial assistance from the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB). The lender has agreed an $81 million loan. Read Full Article at RT.com
Credit: The Mind Unleashed By: Lance Schuttler / The Mind Unleashed Oil proponents have been saying for awhile now that solar doesn’t match up to oil’s energy output, but that statement may have just been proven false. In a major scientific study published in November 2016’s Renewable and Sustainable Energy Review,researchers looked at 29 separate studies and compared the…
Credit: COLAS By next year, textured roads that can transmit the sun’s energy onto power grids may be coming to a city near you. Bloomberg reports that Colas SA, a subsidiary of France’s Bouygues Group, designed solar panels that can be installed into road surfaces. Not only are they somewhat aesthetically pleasing, they can withstand…
Retired Southern Californian couple, Ron and Sarah Hall, found out the hard way that the state frowns upon homeowners installing powerful solar panels. SoCal Edison did not allow the Halls to activate their solar system because “it exceeded state standards for energy production,” according to an NBC Los Angeles report.