As we become increasingly aware of the need to find sustainable and efficient energy sources, wind power is becoming an increasingly attractive option, and surprisingly even more so on a distributed basis, thanks to the fervor around energy independence these...
Decades of climate research have made at least one thing abundantly clear: the rate at which the global climate warms is directly proportional to human carbon dioxide (CO2 ) emissions. Carbon dioxide emissions are a necessary byproduct of human existence to an...
On November 13, representatives from nearly every country in the world concluded two weeks of discussions and negotiations about dealing with climate change. During their time in Glasgow, Scotland, they discussed sustainability challenges and successfully...
We have a significant problem with the current carbon mitigation efforts on this planet; they are having too small an impact to prevent us from warming past the point of catastrophic damage. Whether or not one agrees with the timing really doesn’t matter; the...
Hybrid Energy Systems or Renewable Energy Systems combine multiple different forms of power generation, storage, and consumption technologies into a single system. Rather than focusing on one energy resource, it takes the strengths of solar power, wind power,...
Imagine a world where homes and businesses no longer must worry about power outages during storms or natural disasters. What if people were able to still run appliances, cook their food, keep warm, and power the devices that enable them to work remotely and...
