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  • Crops, cows, and solar panels? Why farmers are harvesting sunlight.

    November 06, 2024 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    Spurred by federal and state incentives, farmers in Massachusetts are adopting agrivoltaics, the practice of installing a solar array on the same land they use for crops and livestock.

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  • When lights went out in Western North Carolina, solar and batteries helped some power up

    October 28, 2024 |

    The News & Observer |

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    Response Location: United States, Asheville, North Carolina

    After Hurricane Helene shut down most of the power grid, the Footprint Project brought 47 portable solar arrays and battery systems to the area to help restore power. These solar panels offer an alternative to diesel-powered generators, so people in remote areas experiencing a natural disaster don’t have to rely on burning fossil fuels, which contributes to the climate crisis.

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  • EVs for All: How Car Shares Are Making Electric Vehicles Accessible

    October 28, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States

    Community-first car-sharing options, usually run by cooperatives and nonprofits, are making electric vehicles accessible and affordable for all. They offer cars that anyone can rent for a membership or hourly fee, sometimes partnering with community groups and organizations to lower the rate.

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  • This disaster relief nonprofit is pioneering a clean energy alternative to noisy, polluting generators

    October 24, 2024 |

    Energy News Network |

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    Response Location: United States, North Carolina

    The Footprint Project is working to make disaster recovery efforts more sustainable by replacing diesel- and gas-powered generators with solar-powered batteries. The team works with local solar companies, nonprofits, community groups, and governments to distribute as much solar-powered climate tech as they can in the wake of disasters.

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  • Public EV chargers are good for the planet. They're also good for business.

    October 22, 2024 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    Businesses like the convenience-store chain Racetrac, are seeing an increase in their annual revenue when they install electric vehicle charging stations for customers to use. Racetrac alone has installed eight chargers, contributing to the 61,000 currently available throughout the country. Several other businesses like Walmart, Kohl’s and Subway are also planning to follow suit.

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  • Can incinerators solve Vietnam's waste crisis?

    October 22, 2024 |

    Dialogue Earth |

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    Response Location: Vietnam

    Vietnam is building waste-to-energy plants, which burn household waste and generate energy during the process, to remedy its over-full landfills and eventually provide some relief from related air and groundwater pollution.

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  • Renewables Are Expanding on Indigenous Lands, Co-Ownership Offers a Solution

    October 21, 2024 |

    Triple Pundit |

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    Response Location: Arhauco, Colombia

    Energy developers and Indigenous communities are coming together to share ownership of renewable energy projects to promote equity and inclusion within the projects directly impacting Indigenous land. Co-ownership is on the rise globally and offers benefits like insights from Indigenous knowledge of the land and less risk of the project being canceled or protested in court.

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  • Hurricane Helene underscores need for more solar-battery microgrids

    October 18, 2024 |

    Canary Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Hot Springs, North Carolina

    A small community in the mountains of North Carolina, Hot Springs, relied on a solar-powered microgrid with battery storage when the substation that supplied its power washed away in the flooding after Hurricane Helene. Microgrids like that could be a critical part of building extreme weather resilience elsewhere, too.

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  • Volunteers bring solar power to Hurricane Helene's disaster zone

    October 13, 2024 |

    Associated Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Bakersville, North Carolina

    The nonprofit Footprint Project is helping communities in North Carolina restore electricity after Hurricane Helene by delivering and installing solar equipment donated by companies or purchased with donated funds.

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  • Solar milking tech boosts dairy farms in Malawi

    October 10, 2024 |

    SciDev.Net |

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    Response Location: Malawi

    Following a successful pilot, Malawi’s National Commission for Science and Technology is now expanding use of solar-powered milking devices and water pumping systems, which have improved milk quality and significantly reduced time spent fetching water.

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