Cooling Electricity Solar Power 
Union of Concerned Scientists
AUGUST 31, 2022
For California power grid experts, September is a nerve-wracking month, still very much part of danger season on the West Coast. At any point in the summer, extreme heat could trigger electricity supply shortages and rotating power outages. But September is the month when this type of power outage is most likely in California.
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
Coal power, from mining to generation, is among the thirstiest and most polluting ways to produce electricity. Wind turbines and solar power, two sturdy and growing sources of renewable energy, require negligible amounts of water. Rivers provide a cooling effect on nearby lands, functioning as a natural air conditioner.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 19, 2022
The US solar industry was valued at $33 billion in 2021, employed more than 230,000 people, and continued to grow in power capacity at an average rate of 33 percent per year. Solar panels generated almost 4 percent of electricity in the US in 2021, up from less than 1 percent in 2015. Meet your solar panel.
Physics World
JUNE 28, 2021
A device that can generate electricity while desalinating seawater has been developed by researchers in Saudi Arabia and China, who claim that their new system is highly efficient at performing both tasks. The device uses waste heat from the solar cell for desalination, thereby cooling the solar cell.
Union of Concerned Scientists
AUGUST 22, 2024
The next day, Wednesday, August 14, Puerto Rico woke up with 728,000 clients (almost half) without electricity, thousands without drinking water (because many communities rely on electricity to pump water), and flood warnings throughout the island. What awaits Puerto Rico with Genera in charge of electricity generation?
Physics World
APRIL 19, 2021
Pufferfish have inspired a new device that is capable of the highest rate ever of passive solar water purification – according to its creators Xiaohui Xu and colleagues at Princeton University in the US. The post Solar-powered water purifier is inspired by pufferfish appeared first on Physics World.
Legal Planet
DECEMBER 9, 2021
My last post argued that EPA should immediately repeal the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan. It attempted to move away from fossil fuels and toward zero-carbon sources like solar power to supply electricity. Here are the options going forward for regulating existing power plants.
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