Category: solar electricity

The Renewable Energy ‘Paradox’: A More Costly Way Forward

A California-based leading eco-modernist has disputed the widespread claim that renewables are a cheap and clean energy source, arguing that it’s the opposite. Michael Shellenberger, founder of Environmental Progress, said one of the “most misleading ways that renewable salespeople sell their technology” is they claim the electricity produced by wind and solar is cheaper.   However,…


Australia Looks to Rooftops To Become Virtual Power Plants

Australia is seeking to harness its abundant rooftop solar capacity through a new system that will convert households and businesses into miniature power stations that electrical grid operators can manage. Dubbed “Project Symphony,” the $35.5 million pilot program in Perth, Western Australia (WA) will last two years and involve 500 residences and a total of…


Group of Engineers Reach Inaccessible India With Solar Water Heaters and Lights During COVID

NEW DELHI—A group of seven engineers in India is working to solve a problem which people only in the high, inaccessible Himalayan region of Ladakh encountered during the pandemic—how to wash your hands when every single drop of water freezes and there’s an extreme scarcity of water. More generally the people of Ladakh faced the…