I am excited to tell you about an incredible scalable sustainable solution that can solve humanities problem for energy demand here on Earth by harnessing it from outer space!
Yes, that’s right! The Donald Bren Foundation and Caltech have embarked on an ambitious project, a transformative approach to large scale solar energy harvesting technology, capable of generating solar power in space and beaming it back to Earth in a form of a radio wave.
Wow…. This is a game changer and must-read article! The article also has an incredible video that captures the technology and provides a great visualization!
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The United States largest infrastructure bill could pass the Senate this week and has already made climate history. With senators from both parties acknowledging the U.S. is not prepared for the worsening effects of climate change, the Senate has agreed to the largest ever investment in disaster resilience. Tens of billions of dollars will go to protect against sea level rise, inland flooding, wildfires, new sources of water to combat drought and relocation of a mass migration of people who can no longer live in their homes due to natural forces of nature accelerated by humans’ interaction with climate change.
This is a very large bill with lots of funding, for example NOAA’s costal protection program would see its money increase by… Continue reading
Everyday, people all over the world are working on new solutions to help reverse climate change. An Italian scientist is experimenting with a promising sustainable solution that uses renewable energy for powering a heat pump to replace gas or oil for domestic heating. This hybrid system combines a photovoltaic thermal unit with a vapor compression heat pump providing hot water and heating applications for use within buildings while increasing the efficiency of the PV system.
Here is the link to the article that is published in PV Magazine.
The answer is, yes! For the heat pump to become environmentally and financially compelling, the price must come down and our electric grid needs to be cleaner utilizing renewable electricity derived from wind or solar. Then we would see a large reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from the residential sector.
Most homes in the U.S. are heated by burning a form of fossil fuels such as natural gas, oil, or propane. Converting these heating systems to an all-electric heat pump will pay for itself over lifetime. Heat pumps have the technology to heat in the winter and cool in the summer. Greater saving can be achieved if the homeowner considers adding or replacing an air conditioning system.
Here is the link to an informative short read!
Thinking Greener!