Akielly Hu

1 week ago | technewstube.com | Akielly Hu

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1 week ago | wired.com | Akielly Hu

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Raymond Ward wants to see solar panels draped over every balcony in the United States and doesn’t understand why that isn’t happening. The technology couldn’t be easier to use—simply hang one or two panels over a railing and plug them into an outlet. The devices provide up to 800 watts, enough to charge a laptop or power a small fridge.

2 weeks ago | canarymedia.com | Akielly Hu

A new Utah law promoting balcony solar reveals the challenges of making the clean-energy tech mesh with the U.S. grid. This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Raymond Ward wants to see solar panels draped over every balcony in the United States and doesn’t understand why that isn’t happening. The technology couldn’t be easier to use — simply hang one or two panels over a railing and plug them into an outlet.

2 weeks ago | truthout.org | Akielly Hu

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. A forthcoming Supreme Court decision is poised to weaken a bedrock law that requires federal agencies to study the potential environmental impacts of major projects. The case, Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado, concerns a proposed 88-mile railroad that would link an oil-producing region of Utah to tracks that reach refineries in the Gulf Coast.

3 weeks ago | grist.org | Akielly Hu

Raymond Ward wants to see solar panels draped over every balcony in the United States and doesn’t understand why that isn’t happening. The technology couldn’t be easier to use — simply hang one or two panels over a railing and plug them into an outlet. The devices provide up to 800 watts, enough to charge a laptop or power a small fridge. They’re popular in Germany, where everyone from renters to climate activists to gadget enthusiasts hail them as a cheap and easy way to generate electricity.