Tiana Starks
New Research Explains How Solar Panels Could Soon Be Generating Power at Night
As beneficial as current solar panel technology has been in our quest to switch to renewable energy, such panels can’t generate...
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Tiana Starks
- Feb 4, 2020
- 1 min
Cash-strapped farms are growing a new crop: Solar panels
The Kominek family farm is a green expanse of hay and alfalfa in northern Colorado. The family has planted and raked crops for half a...
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Tiana Starks
- Jan 15, 2020
- 1 min
Envelope Solar Panels Power Netflix’s Office of the Future
When talking solar power, you’re likely to image solar panels on the roof of a building, parking structure or carport. But the latest...
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Tiana Starks
- Jan 8, 2020
- 1 min
California’s new building codes will make solar panels the next home appliance
On the stroke of midnight this New Year’s Eve, the American dream will get a makeover. In California, the nation’s most populous state,...
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Tiana Starks
- Jan 6, 2020
- 2 min
Solar panels on homes are increasingly popular, but should you buy, lease or rent?
2020 is shaping up to be a dramatic year for solar power. Starting this year, for instance, most new homes in California will be required...
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Tiana Starks
- Dec 11, 2019
- 1 min
Curious Kids: how do solar panels work?
The Sun produces a lot of energy called solar energy. Australia gets 20,000 times more energy from the Sun each day than we do from oil,...
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Tiana Starks
- Oct 14, 2019
- 1 min
Study: Even short-lived solar panels can be economically viable
A new study shows that, contrary to widespread belief within the solar power industry, new kinds of solar cells and panels don’t...
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Tiana Starks
- Aug 21, 2019
- 1 min
How Solar Panels Work (And Why They’re Taking Over the World)
Solar energy is crucial to many futures. On the micro level, there’s a booming solar industry in America and across the globe. Since...
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Tiana Starks
- Aug 12, 2019
- 2 min
How the sun can work for manufacturers with solar panels
The forecast of possible 100-degree days in mid-July in the Chicago area might have been more newsworthy but for the fact that successive...
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Tiana Starks
- Jun 18, 2019
- 1 min
Solar panels drop Richmond family’s energy bill to $8: ‘I can’t believe it!’
RICHMOND, Va. — A Westover Hills family is seeing the environmental and financial benefits after installing solar panels onto the roof of...
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Tiana Starks
- May 13, 2019
- 1 min
A Brief History of Solar Panels
Long before the first Earth Day was celebrated on April 22, 1970, generating awareness about the environment and support for...
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Tiana Starks
- Feb 15, 2019
- 1 min
Waynesboro schools to receive solar panels as early as summer 2019
Four Waynesboro schools will start using solar energy as soon as fall 2019, according to a contract the division’s school board...
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Tiana Starks
- Jan 14, 2019
- 1 min
Why Go Solar? Because It’s The Best Choice Considering…
Are you tired of rising electricity bills? Then solar power might be the best choice. There’s more than just a few benefits with...
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Tiana Starks
- Nov 19, 2018
- 1 min
OSU solar panels have grazers made in the shade
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University scientists have found a resource to increase agricultural production on dry, unirrigated...
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Tiana Starks
- Nov 17, 2018
- 1 min
More solar panels mean more waste and there’s no easy solution
Solar panels might be the energy source of the future, but they also create a problem without an easy solution: what do we do with...
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Tiana Starks
- Jul 11, 2018
- 2 min
SOLAR PANELS POWER NEW SCHOOLS—AND NEW WAYS OF LEARNING
DRESSED IN PASTEL pink and green for an early spring day, second-grader Katherine Cribbs was learning about energy on a virtual field...
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Tiana Starks
- Jul 11, 2018
- 2 min
SOLAR PANELS POWER NEW SCHOOLS—AND NEW WAYS OF LEARNING
DRESSED IN PASTEL pink and green for an early spring day, second-grader Katherine Cribbs was learning about energy on a virtual field...
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Tiana Starks
- May 22, 2018
- 1 min
Plan to keep solar panels off farmland bolsters push for renewable energy goals
The latest call for renewable energy projects in New York comes with a sweetener for companies that promise to steer clear of farmland...
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Tiana Starks
- Mar 1, 2018
- 1 min
New poll shows both Republicans and Democrats want more solar in Michigan
More than 80% of Michigan voters, with majority support among both Republicans and Democrats, favor increasing the state’s use of solar...
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Tiana Starks
- Nov 7, 2017
- 2 min
Port’s first solar panels go up at Fishermen’s Terminal
At a landmark known for catching fish, work has begun to start harvesting the sun. Solar panels are going up at Fishermen’s Terminal, the...
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