Big Tech is moving towards fossil fuels, coincidentally this is happening after the hopped on the Trump-Train, $$$ are calling ;)

rechargenews.com/corporate-pow…

#Sustainability #CleanTech #Renewables #RenewableEnergy #FossilFuels #USA #America #UnitedStates #Tech #Technology #News #world #environment #data #ai #artificialintelligence

EXCLUSIVE: Meta thrown off key global clean energy scheme over gas spree

Facebook and Instagram giant has left influential RE100 corporate green power list after turning to gas for data centres, scheme officials confirm to Recharge

^{Berta Olivier (Recharge News)}

finally, the CBC connects the dots.

as a scientist myself, i agree with this conclusion with all my brain cells and my entire heart. STOP FOSSIL FUEL BURNING — NOT IN SEVERAL DECADES — NOW!! SPEND ALL EIGHTEEN BILLION DOLLARS OF ANNUAL FEDERAL SUBSIDIES OF FOSSIL FUELS ON RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT INSTEAD.

sorry not sorry for shouting. i have a wildfire smoke headache.

cbc.ca/news/science/wildfire-c…

#EnergyPolicy #FossilFuels #RenewableEnergy

This is really cool.

Switzerland bolted 5,000 solar panels onto a dam wall 8,000 feet up in the freezing Alps where everyone said solar made no sense, and the plant now makes three times more winter power than any farm down in the valleys ecoportal.net/en/switzerland-5…

UPDATE: Since the article above is #AISlop from a BuzzFeed-style content farm (even though its content is accurate) here's a 2023 Reuters article on this solar plant reuters.com/business/sustainab…

#SolarPower #RenewableEnergy #switzerland

Switzerland bolted 5,000 solar panels onto a dam wall 8,000 feet up in the freezing Alps where everyone said

High in the Swiss Alps, on a concrete dam wall more than 8,000 feet above the sea, someone bolted thousands of solar panels to a place almost no one thought

^{Hugo Rojas (ecoportal.net)}

☀️ We don't need to pave over forests or farmland to scale solar. Some of the best real estate is surfaces we've already built.

Parking lot canopies: shade cars, cut urban heat, power EV chargers. One study found Walmart could fit 11 GW of solar just over its Supercenter lots.
e360.yale.edu/features/putting…

Canal-top solar, pioneered in Gujarat, India: panels shade irrigation channels, saving ~90 million liters of water from evaporation per year at one 10 MW plant. The water also cools the panels, boosting efficiency ~7%.
scientificamerican.com/article…

Swiss startup Sun-Ways lays panels between train tracks. 11,000+ trains have rolled over them with zero safety issues.
electrek.co/2026/06/30/solar-g…

The common thread: dual-use. Share the surfaces we already use instead of fighting over new land.

#solar #renewableenergy #energytransition

Solar gets railed: clever Swiss pilot proves PV panels and trains can coexist

Finding places to deploy new solar panels is often just as challenging as the construction project itself – with productive farmland,...

^{Jo Borrás (Electrek)}

☀️ The SmartFlower is a solar panel that unfolds like a flower and tracks the sun all day. TikTok says it generates 40% more power than fixed panels.

The physics is real. The marketing is doing heavy lifting.

It costs 2-3x more per watt than traditional solar, covers only 37-60% of a home's energy needs, and has a 2-year warranty on the moving parts. Traditional rooftop solar with 25-year warranties is still the better bet for most people.

Full breakdown:

hermez.prose.sh/the-smartflowe…

#solar #renewableenergy #cleanenergy #smartflower #solarpower #factcheck

The SmartFlower Tracks the Sun Like a Sunflower. Is That Actually Worth It?

^prose.sh