Renewable Energy
The technology powering a lower-carbon, renewable electricity grid.
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Harris County’s New Solar Push Could Save Homes $1,000 a Year
Ten thousand households in Harris County, Texas, are about to see something unusual show up on their power bills: a smaller number. County officials broke ground this month on a rooftop solar array at NRG Center, the anchor project in a new push for Harris County solar savings that could knock up to $1,000 a…
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Delhi’s Free Rooftop Solar Scheme Will Power 230,000 Homes
Picture a two-room flat in East Delhi in May. The ceiling fan strains against 43-degree heat while the electricity meter spins faster than anyone wants to watch. That is daily life for a huge share of Delhi’s residents, who pay steep power bills to stay cool in one of the world’s most polluted cities. This…
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Bay Area’s New Virtual Power Plant Aims to Cut Bills for Everyone
PG&E, Google, and Rewiring America launch SHARE, a Bay Area virtual power plant linking home batteries and heat pumps to cut electric bills for every customer.
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Community Solar Savings Are Reaching Chicago’s South Side
A similar Reactivate project already delivered $186,000 in savings to 650 subscribers in one year, nearly half of them earning under $20,000. Now that model is coming to families who don’t own a roof to put panels on.
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Poland’s Baltyk Offshore Wind Farm Will Power 2 Million Homes
Poland’s Baltyk offshore wind farm just finished its foundations, bringing clean power for 2 million homes and stronger energy security.
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Floating Solar Reservoir Saves an Ohio City $10 Million
Floating the panels on the reservoir instead of building on land saved roughly six acres, and the array now offsets carbon dioxide equal to taking 230 gas-powered cars off the road every year.
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Community Batteries for Renters Cut Power Bills
Australia’s community batteries are giving renters and apartment dwellers without rooftop solar a real way to cut their electricity bills and access clean power.
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1 in 7 US Students Now Attend a Solar-Powered School
One Virginia district’s 9.4-megawatt solar buildout is projected to save $46.5 million over 35 years. Multiply that across thousands of schools, and the savings start reshaping classroom budgets nationwide.
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South Australia’s Rooftop Solar Now Powers Nearly the Whole Grid
Rooftop solar on ordinary South Australian homes just met 99.9% of the state’s electricity demand, cutting bills for households and easing costs for everyone on the grid.
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NV Energy’s Solar Savings Program Cuts Bills for Nevada Renters
NV Energy opened applications for a Nevada solar savings program that lets income-qualified renters and homeowners cut electric bills 8-9% with no rooftop panels required.