by Jackie | Aug 1, 2016 | Climate Change, Green Building |
When Elon Musk launched Tesla’s home battery system one year ago, he promised “a fundamental transformation in how energy is delivered across the Earth”. He is now building a “gigafactory” in the desert with an ambition to manufacture more batteries by 2020 every...
by Jackie | May 20, 2016 | Green Building |
Municipally supplied water is treated to drinking water standards. Potable water is not needed to flush toilets, wash clothes, wash vehicles, fill pools, fight fires, or irrigate lawns. Therefore, additional money and resources are being wasted when potable water is...
by Jackie | May 20, 2016 | Energy |
Last week, the nation of Portugal achieved something remarkable. For 107 hours—about four days—the country ran on nothing but wind, solar and hydro power. Running a country of about 10 million people without any fossil fuels is certainly an impressive feat. The...
by Jackie | May 20, 2016 | Energy |
Looking a little like the world-saving stones from sci-fi classic The Fifth Element, a new device is expected to have a big impact on renewable energy. Built by Mark Keevers and Martin Green from the University of New South Wales (UNSW), the unique prism could help...
by Jackie | May 20, 2016 | Energy |
Carmaker Nissan has announced a rival to Tesla’s Powerwall home battery pack called the xStorage. Like other residential batteries, the device is supposed to pull cheap electricity off the grid during off-peak hours and feed it back into the home when power is...
