UB researchers bulid ultimate solar-powered water purifier
Researchers used this floating solar still prototype for some of the experiments. The device, which they call a “solar vapor generator,”...
Chart of the month: Driven by Tesla, battery prices cut in half since 2014
Prices per kiloWatt-hour of storage, from battery surveys by Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Electric vehicles already match petrol cars on...
Renewable Energy May Be Cheaper than Fossil Fuels
“Conventional” levelized cost of energy (LCOE) calculations compare unfavorably with the Carbon Tracker Initiative’s proposed...
Solar Is the Largest Employer in U.S. Electric Power Generation Industry
Credit: Gridalternatives.org Solar employment accounts for the largest share of workers in the electric power generation sector,...
NYSERDA Announces 30 Percent Job Growth in New York’s Energy Storage Industry Over Four Years, Bring
Credit: Energyworldparterns.com NYS storage industry’s annual global revenues grew 50 percent to $906 million between 2012 and 2015,...
NY GREEN BANK ANNOUNCES THE CLOSING OF 13 TRANSACTIONS IN 2016, SPURRING THOUSANDS OF CLEAN ENERGY P
NY Green Bank Transactions will Lead to Approximately $927 Million of Total Investment in Clean Energy Projects in New York During the...
Trump's Victory Creates Uncertainty for Wind and Solar Power
Solar panels and wind turbines. Credit: Energydigital.com President Donald Trump has disputed climate change, pledged a revival of coal...
How 2016 Became Earth’s Hottest Year on Record
Global temperatures have continued to rise, making 2016 the hottest year on the historical record and the third consecutive...
Earth Sets a Temperature Record for the Third Straight Year
Ice in the Arctic Ocean’s Chukchi Sea region. “What’s going on in the Arctic is really very impressive; this year was ridiculously off...
UMass Amherst climate scientists say Northeast will warm sooner than most of U.S.
New York City Skyline AMHERST, Mass. – Results of a new study by researchers at the Northeast Climate Science Center (NE CSC) at the...