10 Predictions for Rooftop Solar in 2017
I got lucky with my predictions for rooftop solar in 2016 — pretty much on target with nine out of the 10 darts that I threw. But this year is shaping up to be much more challenging, with routi...
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Solar Could Outpace Natural Gas for New Generation in 2016
Utility-scale solar photovoltaic power added more than 9 gigawatts (AC) of capacity to the U.S. power grid in 2016, making it the most dominant new fuel source for the first time in a calendar year, ...
3 Challenges Facing the US Solar Market in 2017
While 2016 is expected to eclipse the 10-gigawatt annual mark for the first time ever, and by a wide margin, three trends are expected to shape the near-term U.S. solar market outlook. Looking ahead ...
Voltaic Switch solar bag powers your tiny tablets with sunlight
Voltaic’s solar bags sure can be useful, but not everyone likes lugging a laptop or a 10-inch tablet around while on a holiday. It’s a good thing the company has developed the new Switch ...
Inhabitat’s Week in Green: floating power plant, water chip and ...
Fresh water is the most precious resource on Earth, and it’s becoming increasingly scarce — but a new invention could make desalination an affordable, cost-effective technology. A team of...
Solar Team Eindhoven crafts solar-powered family car (video)
The solar-powered cars we’ve seen to date are usually built for just one person — not very useful when many of us need to carry passengers. TU/e’s Solar Team Eindhoven just brought ...
America’s most sustainable city: A green dream deferred
It sounds like the future. Whirring electric skateboards, the joyous chatter of children in a distant playground and an unusual absence of petrol-powered machinery. It looks like the future, too. Gli...
Apple to build a 20-megawatt solar farm for its Reno, Nevada data cent...
Apple’s Reno, Nevada data center might be a lot greener in the next few years — according to GigaOm, the company plans to build a 137 acre solar farm right next to it. The Nevada complex ...
Inhabitat’s Week in Green: flying bicycle, tattooed fruits and a...
This week, the MS Tûranor PlanetSolar — the world’s largest solar-powered boat — docked in downtown Manhattan, and Inhabitat was on the scene to tour the 115-foot Swiss catamaran an...