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Unite to Light partnered with Direct Relief to send 600 solar Chandler Chargers and 150 solar-powered Luke Lights to Lahaina within days.

Unite to Light sends solar lamps and chargers to Lahaina

The smoke. The soot. The devastation. No one understands what it’s like to survive a wildfire … except another survivor of wildfire. So when Lahaina called for aid in the wake of the disastrous fires in West Maui earlier this month, a couple of Santa Barbara-based organizations were quick to answer.

Upon hearing last week of the need for electricity, lighting and communication to help the local population to recover, Santa Barbara-based nonprofit Unite to Light, co-founded by UC Santa Barbara professor John Bowers, partnered with Direct Relief to send 600 solar Chandler Chargers and 150 solar-powered Luke Lights to Lahaina within days.

“We stand ready to help recovery efforts in Lahaina and around the world by providing efficient and clean sources of light and electricity to those who need them the most,” said Bowers, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and of materials, who is also the organization’s board chair.

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Source: UC Santa Barbara

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A group of researchers from Switzerland is driving across the US solely on sun power to prove that many bright solutions to reduce greenhouse gases are right at the world’s fingertips.

Swiss-made ‘solar butterfly’ alights in Atlanta to promote clean-energy solutions

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Reversing climate change can often seem like a herculean effort requiring massive investment in futuristic technologies. 

But a group of four researchers from Switzerland is driving across the U.S. solely on sun power to prove that many bright solutions to reduce greenhouse gases are right at the world’s fingertips. 

The group brought the Solar Butterfly — a solar-powered tiny house pulled by a Tesla — through Lawrenceville last Tuesday on the second continental leg of what will be a 90-country world tour.

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Source: Global Atlanta

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University of Seville scientists have invented a solar-powered bus stop that can lower the temperature by 20C to keep pedestrians cool.

This solar-powered bus stop cools off pedestrians in extreme heat

University of Seville scientists have invented a solar-powered bus stop that can lower the temperature by 20C to keep pedestrians cool.

The innovative system has a top unit with solar panels that provide energy to pump water, an underground cistern that stores fresh water at night, a closed circuit that circulates water during the hottest times of day, and temperature sensors that also detect when pedestrians are present.

Here’s how the solar-powered bus stop works: When the sensors detect that a pedestrian has arrived at the bus stop, the pumping system activates. It draws water from the cistern and circulates it, and that lowers the temperature of the bus stop to between 20 and 24C (68 and 75F) by releasing cool air through small holes. The cooling process lasts for 10 to 20 minutes, then the water returns to the cistern. The water flows through the shelter’s roof at night to cool down.

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Source: electrek

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The State of California anticipates 12.5 million EVs on its roads by 2035 and estimates the need for 1.2M public and shared chargers by 2030.

Los Angeles boosts sustainability with Beam Global’s solar EV charging systems

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Beam Global, a trailblazer in sustainable technologies and products for electric vehicle (EV) charging, has announced a significant development. The City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks has placed its third and largest order for Beam’s solar-powered EV ARC™ charging systems. These off-grid systems will be utilized to power the City’s expanding fleet of electric vehicles. The purchase was made through the California Department of General Services (DGS) Contract #1-22-61-16, a mechanism designed to streamline government procurement and offer select solutions at the best-negotiated prices across the state.

The EV ARC™ charging systems, each fitting within a standard parking space, come equipped with two Enel X Way JuiceBox® Pro EV charging stations. These systems generate and store their clean electricity, which is used to power the City’s EVs at any time, regardless of weather conditions or power outages. With a flood-proof rating of up to 9.5 feet and wind resistance of up to 160 mph, these systems enhance the City’s energy resilience and disaster preparedness. Moreover, the transportable nature of these charging systems allows for relocation as charging patterns evolve.

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Source: The EV Report

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One couple’s starter home in a connected community in California shows how smart energy powered by smart home technology could be the future of affordable, energy-independent living.

How microgrids and smart homes are shaping our energy-independent future

Justine Yotti-Conrique and Michael Conrique just bought their first home together. The pretty, Spanish-style four-bedroom house in the planned community of Shadow Mountain is ideal for the young couple and their border doodle, Ziggy. Shadow Mountain is just one of many similar-looking communities popping up all over this fast-growing slice of Southern California desert, where young professionals like the Conriques are flocking thanks to remote work options and high prices along the coast.

But behind the home’s stucco walls and under its terracotta tiled roof lies a new breed of smart, energy-efficient home. One that’s part of California’s first planned smart, solar-powered residential microgrid community.

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Source: The Verge

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The country’s most ambitious & expensive infrastructure project, with an estimated cost of more than $100B will connect LA and SFO in a 422-mile system.

California’s $100 billion electric bullet train will be fully solar powered

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Elon Musk unveiled his futuristic hyperloop concept in 2013 by taking swipes at California’s high-speed rail project, deriding it as “a bullet train that is both one of the most expensive per mile and one of the slowest in the world.” A decade later, his fanciful tube train remains science fiction while construction of the Golden State’s cash-strapped railway continues, with at least one feature the mercurial billionaire should like: it’s going to be solar-powered.

The California High-Speed Rail Authority is preparing to begin discussions with potential suppliers of a $200 million utility-scale system it will own and operate. It will include 552 acres of solar panels generating 44 megawatts of electricity — enough for a city of 33,000 people — and batteries to store 62 megawatt hours of power. The system must be robust enough to provide powerful electrical bursts to propel trains at up to 220 miles per through the 171-mile Central Valley segment of the railway, withstand intense heat and keep passengers moving along — even if there’s a blackout at local utilities.

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Source: Forbes

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The country’s first all-electric and solar-powered medical campus under the UCI Health umbrella should be fully open in Irvine by 2025.

California will be home to country’s first all-electric hospital

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The country’s first all-electric medical campus should be fully open in Irvine by 2025.

Spanning more than 800,000 square feet, and under the UCI Health umbrella, the medical campus will be powered by a central utility plant, an epicenter that will house all the equipment producing the electricity needed to power the facilities.

The 45,000-square-foot plant is all electric and solar-powered and will use state-of-the-art chillers for cooling and heating the hospital. The technology is currently in use at the UCI Medical Center in Orange.

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Source: The Mercury News

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Warren Wilson is looking for ways to partner with entrepreneurs and other funding sources to develop the vehicle program into a viable commercial enterprise

Local groups team to bring solar-powered work vehicles to Warren Wilson College

When Warren Wilson College students threw an on-campus birthday party last fall, they didn’t need electricity to run the lights or power the sound system.

Instead, they simply plugged everything into the school’s fleet of 10 “mobile microgrid work vehicles,” which started life as traditional golf carts, but now run entirely on solar power. The carts use lightweight lithium iron phosphate batteries rather than heavy lead-acid batteries, says Dave Ellum, dean of land resources for the Swannanoa liberal arts school.

Each cart has a 330-watt solar panel mounted to its roof and an AC inverter that allows it to provide power wherever it is.

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Source: Mountain Xpress

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Instant milk chillers powered by solar panels are helping pastoralists in India's Thar Desert to keep their dairy fresh as temperatures rise.

Indian camel herders cash in with solar-powered coolers

The sun used to be a source of trouble for Indian camel herder Bhanwar Raika – but these days it is boosting his income, even as climate change brings ever hotter temperatures.

The pastoralist makes a living selling his herd’s milk but temperatures as high as 52 degrees Celsius (126 degrees Fahrenheit) regularly used to spoil it before he could sell it to the local dairy, about 80km from his home in western India’s Thar Desert.

But the 55-year-old’s fortunes changed last February when a solar-powered refrigeration system – called an instant milk chiller – was installed 2km away from Raika’s Nokh village in Rajasthan state.

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Source: Eco-Business

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Carlsbad, California will have five solar-powered, covered EV charging stations under a proposed agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy.

California town to get solar-powered EV charging stations

The city of Carlsbad, California will have five solar-powered, covered EV charging stations under a proposed agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy, according to a yahoo.com report.

The department’s Carlsbad field office will provide $500,000 for the five charging stations under the proposal and will work with the city to identify locations on city-owned property.

Assistant City Administrator KC Cass said the funding will be available in six to eight months once the application is approved.

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Source: KIOSK Marketpalce

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