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10/07/2026

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10/04/2026

China’s massive solar parks are creating cooler, more humid, and less windy conditions beneath the panels, helping soil retain more moisture. Field research in the Talatan Desert found measurable changes in soil chemistry, vegetation, and microbial activity.

The shade from solar panels reduces evaporation and protects fragile plants from harsh heat and wind, creating conditions that can support vegetation growth. Similar observations from solar sites in western China suggest these microclimate effects can improve soil moisture and nutrient cycling.

Researchers say prolonged changes in moisture, salinity, microbes, and nutrient cycling may permanently alter desert soils compared with untouched areas. Scientists are still determining whether these changes will ultimately help restore degraded ecosystems or create new ecological trade-offs as solar farms expand.

Source:
Field Research Published in Slashdot

07/12/2026

Former vice president Al Gore started the conversation that built the energy efficiency sector, and inspired technology to address climate change. Well, most of the world continues in the right direction, unfortunately, the United States has made a 180° turn in the opposite direction and appears determined to undo most of what we’ve achieved.

The scientists have been right about climate change all along, says former Vice President Al Gore on the 20th anniversary of the release of "An Inconvenient Truth."

06/19/2026

Scotland has become one of Europe's leading wind-energy producers.

During particularly windy periods, Scotland's wind farms can generate electricity equivalent to or even exceeding national demand.

However, this does not mean wind power supplies all electricity continuously throughout the year.

Electricity production varies with weather conditions, requiring a mix of energy sources, storage systems, and grid interconnections.

The achievement nevertheless highlights Scotland's remarkable progress in renewable energy deployment.

06/19/2026

Amazing!

Germany is among the countries researching alternative battery chemistries beyond lithium-ion technology.

Salt-based and metal-air battery concepts are attracting attention because they use abundant materials and can potentially offer very long operational lifetimes.

These systems are especially promising for stationary energy storage where safety, cost, and longevity are often more important than energy density.

However, many such technologies remain in development or early commercialization stages.

Rather than replacing lithium batteries everywhere, they are more likely to complement existing storage technologies in specific applications such as grid storage and renewable-energy backup.

05/31/2026

Amazing!

Lithium batteries are a trap. We built the entire clean energy transition on a mineral that requires destructive mining, relies on fragile supply chains, and degrades after a few years of constant use. It made battery storage a geopolitical weapon. Germany just stepped right around the problem. They built a battery out of two things no government can hoard: salt and atmospheric oxygen.

The electrochemical reaction stores immense amounts of energy without using a single rare earth mineral or toxic compound. But the real shift is the lifespan. Lithium gets measurably weaker every single year. This salt-air chemistry holds its charge across cycle counts that make lithium look disposable.

The biggest hurdle to global grid storage hasn't just been capturing the energy—it has been the staggering cost of replacing dead lithium cells every ten years. This new chemistry zeroes out that replacement cost entirely. It isn't a better lithium battery. It makes the global scramble for lithium look like a problem we just chose to stop having.

05/18/2026

04/11/2026

This is good news for those of us who see renewable energy as the future.

The US Interior Department missed the final deadline to appeal court rulings allowing five US offshore wind farms to continue construction.

04/05/2026

This program helps so many impoverished families and the elderly. It is heartless and criminal to do away with it.

President Trump is once again proposing to eliminate a program that helps low-income people heat and cool their homes.

The president’s budget, released Friday, states that the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) should be cut.

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5815067-trump-budget-liheap-energy-prices/

01/07/2026

Excellent!

Norway closed 2025 with 96% of new cars fully electric, a record that gave Tesla its best year yet there and turned combustion models into statistical outliers.