Tag : renewable energy

5 Advantages of Solar Power!

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As the cost of renewable energy continues to fall, more and more households are switching to clean, renewable electricity sources. Among the most affordable and abundant of these is residential solar. According to the Solar Energy Industries Association,1solar generated $17 billion in investments for the U.S. economy in 2018.

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The Environmental and Health Benefits of Solar Energy

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Solar energy will create environmental and health benefits worth over $400 billion by 2050.

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How Solar Panels Could Help Save Struggling Farms!

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Solar companies and farmers can work together to harvest sunlight for both energy and food.

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Tesla Powerwall – 3 months on, a great investment

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When my wife and I decided to invest in a Tesla Powerwall, of course, we had a lot of hesitation. We knew that — based on the figures we’d run — that we were going to be very close to self-sufficient with power resulting in reducing our impact on the environment. What we didn’t know was just how close we would be and the financial impact that would have for our family.

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Let’s focus on clean, renewable energy

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Don Gale unwittingly spreads fossil fuel industry misinformation when he claims “we could cover the state with solar panels and windmills and it still wouldn’t provide enough electricity to handle predictable needs.”

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Solar power growing in the Nye County area

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Several new solar projects are in the planning stage for the area near Pahrump Valley.

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Clean energy is part of recovery

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In 2008, the Great Recession revealed troubling weaknesses in our tourist economy, and COVID-19 has tragically compounded those vulnerabilities. Nevada’s recovery measures must emphasize economic diversification and job creation.

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Three new solar plants approved by Nevada Public Utilities Commission

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Nevada's Public Utilities Commission has approved three new Solar projects that will provide an additional 478 megawatts of renewable electricity to the state.

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Riding the 'solar coaster': Tax credits could be extended as part of COVID-19 relief bill

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Riding the 'solar coaster': Tax credits could be extended as part of COVID-19 relief bill London Gibson Indianapolis Star View Comments. Approaching next year, Indiana solar developers were bracing for a surge in business as Hoosiers scrambled to install solar panels before a federal tax credit could save them thousands of dollars disappears.

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Solar Power Booms in Texas

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Wind power made Texas the leading renewable-energy producer in the U.S. Now solar is fast catching up.

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Scientists Just Set a New World Record in Solar Cell Efficiency

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Improving the efficiency of solar cells can make a huge difference to the amount of energy produced from the same surface area and the same amount of sunshine, and another world record has been beaten in the push for better yields.

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Researchers Debut Whole New Type of Solar Energy Storage

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A team of researchers from Lancaster University in the UK have invented a whole new way to store energy from the Sun for several months at a time, with the option of releasing it on demand in the form of heat.