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Fort Hood uses wind power to protect mission readiness

06/07/17, 06:06 AM | Solar Power, Other Renewables | government policy, Utility Wind

Greg Alvarez for Into the Wind the AWEA blog: The U.S. Army has purchased output from both a solar and wind plant in Texas to power about 50 percent of the operations at Fort Hood.

These game-changing solar panels are cheap and can be printed

06/06/17, 06:05 AM | Solar Power, Energy Storage | Technology Discussions

Johnny Lieu for Mashable: Researchers at the University of Newcastle in Australia are testing solar cells that use electronic inks printed on plastic film to conduct electricity.

Powervault to give electric car batteries a second life in smart homes

06/05/17, 06:01 AM | Energy Storage, Other Renewables | batteries

Jessica Twentyman for Internet of Business: Automaker Renault is partnering with UK-based smart home energy storage specialist Powervault in a deal that will see batteries previously used to power electric vehicles (EVs) redeployed to store solar power in homes.

Six Things You Didn't Know About the Offshore Wind Power Sector

06/02/17, 06:00 AM | Solar Power, Other Renewables | Offshore Wind

Sonal Patel for Power Mag: The worlds offshore wind sector, which has been at near-standstill in the U.S. owing to high costs and technical limitations, is poised to see a fierce developmental gust that can be attributed to several factors.

Kite wind farms take off in UK as future of energy

06/01/17, 06:08 AM | Solar Power, Other Renewables | Airborne Wind, Kite Wind

Kitty Knowles for The Memo: The UK has just given the worlds first kite farm the green light. Does this mean were gliding forth into a new frontier of energy?

NASA is testing solar panels that unfurl like Fruit Roll-Ups in space

05/31/17, 06:05 AM | Solar Power | nasa, Technology Discussions

Sarah Fecht for Popular Science: The experiment is set to fly to the space station this week

WINDPOWER 2017 closes with an eye on 2020

05/29/17, 05:57 AM | Solar Power, Other Renewables | Utility Wind, WindPower

Diverse wind energy customers discuss what comes after PTC phase out

Arizona utility signs game-changing deal cutting solar power prices in half

05/26/17, 06:00 AM | Solar Power, Other Renewables | Utility Solar

Joe Romm for ThinkProgress: Tucson Electric Power to buy new solar power at under 3 cents per kWh, a "historically low price."

Industry asserts 'brand new attitude' at WINDPOWER 2017

05/25/17, 06:04 AM | Solar Power, Other Renewables | government policy, Utility Wind, WindPower

U.S. wind industry leaders and the leader of the California Senate described the mounting economic benefits of increased wind power as thousands arrived in Anaheim for the American Wind Energy Associations annual WINDPOWER Conference and Exhibition.

India's plan to tax solar panels higher than coal prompts alarm

05/24/17, 06:19 AM | Solar Power, Other Renewables | government policy, india

Kiran Stacey for Financial Times: Renewables sector and foreign investors complain GST will drive up prices

The World's Largest Floating PV Power Plant of 40MW Connected to the Grid

05/23/17, 06:00 AM | Solar Power, Other Renewables | floating solar

Sungrow, the global leading PV inverter system solution supplier, announced that the world's largest floating PV power plant of 40MW with Sungrow's PV inverters utilized has been successfully connected to the grid in Huainan, China.

Scientists propose better battery system for smart home use

05/22/17, 05:50 AM | Energy Storage, Other Renewables | battery backup

Phys.org: Smart homes need smart batteries. Current systems overuse power, which can shorten the life of batteries and the devices they power. Future batteries may get an intelligence boost to mitigate the problem.

World's largest wind turbines may double in size before 2024

05/19/17, 05:50 AM | Solar Power, Other Renewables | Offshore Wind

Jillian Ambrose for Telegraph: The wind developer behind the worlds largest working wind turbines has said the size of its giant offshore blades, currently in UK waters, will double again within seven years.

Mercedes-Benz Energy and Vivint Solar Team Up to Bring Automotive Battery Innovation to the U.S. Residential Solar Market

05/18/17, 06:09 AM | Solar Power, Energy Storage | battery backup

Exclusive collaboration marks entrance of Mercedes-Benz Energy products into U.S. market

Empower Unveils the Genesys 8K™ Modular Smart Home Energy Platform

05/17/17, 06:09 AM | Solar Power, Energy Storage | battery backup, Residential

Technology that streamlines the deployment of residential solar + energy storage without compromise of performance or cost

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