Jake Richardson

1 week ago | cleantechnica.com | Jake Richardson

The benefits of having home solar power are numerous. The most obvious one is generating your own electricity, which means you will have some degree of control over your electricity instead of being completely dependent on a local utility. The price of electricity from utilities tends to rise steadily. In the US for the year 1950, electricity cost about 1.5 cents to 3 cents per kilowatt-hour. A recent average estimate for the same cost this year is about 17 cents per kilowatt-hour.

1 week ago | cleantechnica.com | Jake Richardson

The UV-C LED disinfection systems provider AquiSense recently announced it has secured a Series A investment led by Burnt Island Ventures. Aquisense products are used to disinfect water, surfaces, and air. Water systems sometimes contain harmful microbes that need to be removed to protect human health. In the US alone, waterborne diseases affect over 7 million people each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Globally, several million people die each year from waterborne diseases.

1 week ago | cleantechnica.com | Jake Richardson

Much of the news we publish has to do with mainland activities, so perhaps we could add more about what is happening on islands and areas near water. Well over 700 million people live on islands and over 2 billion live in coastal areas. Climate change impacts are very visible in these places: sea level rise, flooding, storm intensity, storm destruction, ecological and economic disruption, and ocean acidification, to reference a partial list.

1 week ago | cleantechnica.com | Jake Richardson

In the last two weeks, I was wondering what was happening with the Ford F-150 Lightning because in November to January production was temporarily paused. Then, there was a flurry of news activity about the pause, but not so much lately about the resumption of production. Zach may have read my mind, because he wrote an article about Lightning sales without any communication from me. Now, there is a YouTube video with a tour of the Ford Lightning factory.

1 week ago | evdriven.com | Jake Richardson

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