Courtesy of The New York Times, commentary on a fight over rooftop solar that threatens California’s climate goals: California has led the nation in setting ambitious climate change goals and policies. But the state’s progress is threatened by a nasty fight between rival camps in the energy industry that both consider themselves proponents of renewable energy. The […]
Read more »Courtesy of The Washington Post, an article on how rooftops of big-box stores offer enough solar potential to power the equivalent of 8 million American homes: Expansive, flat and abundant, the rooftops of big-box stores in the United States could produce enough solar energy to meet half their electricity needs, according to a report released Thursday. Walmart […]
Read more »Via The Guardian, an article on Google’s ‘dragonscale’ solar-powered roof: Around 40 miles south of San Francisco, three futuristic structures rise from the earth. With sloping roofs clad in thousands of overlapping tiles, the buildings could be mistaken for the world’s most architecturally advanced circus tent. They are, in fact, part of Google’s new Bay View […]
Read more »Via The Verge, an article on how the solar roof could finally become a reality thanks to GAF Energy’s nailable solar shingles: In 2016, Tesla tried to reinvent the humble roof as a beautiful array of glass tiles brimming with solar energy — a vision it’s been struggling to deliver ever since. But San Jose, California-based […]
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