Month: July 2019

FPL points to its role in a particular bet on a solar future: Babcock Ranch, developed near Fort Myers by a company that extols it as the nations first sustainable town. The power company built a solar farm that largely supplies the towns energy needs. FPL a…

We got word yesterday that the crowdfunded LightSail 2 spacecraft had successfully deployed its mylar solar sail, a large sheet of reflective material that will harness the minute power of photos bouncing off its surface to make an energy-efficient traversal …

The price of solar panels have been reaching historical lows already, and now that it’s Prime Day, the ones you’ll find on Amazon are even more accessible. If you’ve been holding off on making the jump to renewable energy for your home, today is the day to fl…

The sun is out: catch it while you can because it’s probably for a limited time only. Not like last year, aka The Best Summer In Living History. (At least for those of us born after 1976. Those who were around for 1976 do like to harp on about how that was th…

The Planetary Society’s crowdfunded LightSail 2 spacecraft reported back some good news today: It’s officially orbiting on its own after being delivered to space via rocket ride share about SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy last week. LightSail 2 “phoned home” today in …

Clean PowerPublished on July 23rd, 2019 | by John Farrell 0 July 23rd, 2019 by John Farrell  Originally posted at ilsr.org. In 2011, the neighborhoods of Highland Park, Michigan, went dark. The utility company had repossessed streetlights to collect on …

Brian Cooley/CNET One of the last dumb things in your smart home might be your outdoor lighting. If you want a smart outdoor lighting system for your garden, you could cobble together an array of smart home lighting products from various makers or use produc…