The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) and Office of Electricity (OE) plan to fund research to drive innovation and reduce costs of high-voltage direct current (HVDC) voltage source converter (VSC) transmission systems. HVDC transmission systems are more efficient than traditional alternating current (AC) transmission systems for transmitting electricity over long distances while minimizing power losses.

JUMP into STEM is back with three new challenges and more opportunities for university students interested in building science. The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Building Technologies Office’s annual competition kicks off its sixth year August 1, 2023.

Agriculture and solar: a winning combination for farmers, the climate and now — thanks to two recently introduced bills — maybe the Senate, too.

U.S. senators on both sides of the aisle have recently proposed two bills to boost agrivoltaics, the double-duty climate solution that pairs solar panels (photovoltaics) with agriculture — or closely related land uses that benefit farmers and ecosystems.

The celebrated Bright Solar Futures program went on, but without its key hands-on element.

Researchers at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have discovered a new method to increase the efficiency of solar cells by a factor of 1,000. The team of scientists achieved this breakthrough by creating crystalline layers of barium titanate, strontium titanate, and calcium titanate, which were alternately placed on top of one another in a lattice structure.

Did you know that transitioning to a clean energy economy protects every American’s fundamental human right to a clean, healthy environment?

The Homer City coal-burning power station – Pennsylvania’s largest coal plant – is going to be retired permanently in July 2023.

Philadelphia students are building cars powered by solar panels to take part in a race from the Philadelphia Solar Energy Association.

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, and U.S. Senator Mike Braun (R-Ind.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research, are introducing the bipartisan Agrivoltaics Research and Demonstration Act of 2023.

The Biden administration announced more than $80 million in funding Thursday in a push to produce more solar panels in the U.S., make solar energy available to more people, and pursue superior alternatives to the ubiquitous sparkly panels made with silicon.

By the end of 2022, the Solar Automated Permit Processing Plus (SolarAPP+) online permitting software had eliminated 134,000 days of delays for solar adopters, according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL) annual performance report.

A new bill making its way through the Pennsylvania legislature would create a solar energy grant program to fund projects like the solar array located next to a high school in Steelton-Highspire School District.

The bill, sponsored by Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler, D-Philadelphia, (pictured speaking at Steelton-Highspire School District's field of solar panels on April 25 discussing her legislation), encourages state investment in hopes of qualifying for solar project funding through the federal Inflation Reduction Act. She said that federal money could provide as much as 30 percent to 50 percent of a project’s cost.

Pennsylvania Democrats want to establish a solar program for Pennsylvania schools, hoping to reduce energy costs for K-12 districts and colleges and make sustainable investments.

Nuveen Green Capital provided C-PACE financing for two new multifamily construction developments in February - one to Riverwards Group for $17.9MM and the other to Southern Land Company for $40MM.

Eighty-six percent of U.S. adults would “welcome” rooftop solar in their community, the Heatmap Climate Poll finds.

Systems Thinking for Sustainability in the K-12 Classroom

FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 2023
9 AM - 3 PM EST

This 1-day workshop enables schools and organizations to efficiently and effectively introduce educators, administrators and support staff to the fundamentals of sustainability and systems thinking.

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced that NJ will ban the sale of new gasoline and diesel vehicles in the state by 2035.

No solar panels? No problem. There are still several ways you can harness clean energy! These options — called community solar and community choice aggregation — are steadily growing in popularity.

Solar power is a promising avenue for clean energy. Unfortunately, until now, solar panels have not been capable of generating electricity in the dark. But scientists at Stanford University have developed at solar panel that works in the dark.

Renewable energy is poised to reach a milestone as a new government report projects that wind, solar and other renewable sources will exceed one-fourth of the country’s electricity generation for the first time, in 2024.