Solar panels are significant in the clean energy revolution, yet, they have one major downfall; their productivity falls on a cloudy day. With this in mind Carvey Ehren Maigue, an electrical engineering student, has created a new material from food waste that has the ability to transform ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun into electrical [...]

Last month, the Santa Barbara City Council agreed to a three-year pilot program for electric bikes and docking stations along State Street. The city wants to install about 500 docks throughout the town. The State Street and waterfront areas contain some of the most frequented destinations in the city. Last Thursday's planning commission meeting about the electric [...]

The Golden State has a history of suffering through summers of extreme heat waves, blackouts, and wildfires. Gov. Gavin Newsom rightly warned last month: “If you are in denial about climate change, come to California”. The challenges caused by climate change requires a clean and competent solution that must be able to address the [...]

Can you think of an energy system that will produce almost 3X the energy at very little to no cost while not producing harmful gas or smoke or any waste? Also producing about millions of jobs, supporting the economy of the country, improving the quality of air as well as life, all while saving [...]

Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) are now a standard occurrence in fire-ravaged California and there are number of CDCR facilities which are located in those climate zones that experience extreme heat during summer. In October 2019, PG&E cut power to a California prison for two days due to wildfires. Since 2008, CDCR has engaged [...]

Renewable energy sources (i.e., biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) produced significantly more electricity than either coal or nuclear power in nearly 30 states, according to a SUN DAY Campaign analysis of just-released data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). In May alone, renewable sources accounted for more than one-quarter (25.3%) of the nation’s net electrical generation — [...]

Renewable energy is no longer the new kid on the block. Now it is capturing the market share from fossil fuels and nuclear energy at an unprecedented rate. The world installed more renewable energy over the past few years than nuclear and fossil fuels combined, disrupting the energy sector and the business case for [...]

Wind and solar energy were beginning to take off 10 years ago; today, they are playing an important part in the nation’s energy landscape. In a report published by Environment America Research & Policy Centre, it was observed that in 2019, the United States produced 30 times more solar power than it did in [...]

Recently, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield has earned a spot on the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Top 100 List of the largest green power users. They also made the EPA’s Top 30 List for companies generating and consuming green power on-site. Three Westfield stores in Silicon Valley, San Diego, and Paramus being one of the innovative and productive shopping centres, [...]

The renewable industry in the nation is on the verge of a record-breaking year even after the harsh pandemic. According to the U.S. Energy information administration’s latest report, the industry registered very strong growth in the production from renewable sources. The International Energy Agency also recently declared ‘solar energy’ as the king of electricity. [...]