The idea of putting solar panels on your roof might fill your mind with dreams of low utility bills and earth-friendly power generation. While that's possible, what you'll be able to accomplish with ...

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From rolling blackouts in California to windstorms toppling forests (and power lines) in Washington State; hurricanes devastating communities along the eastern seaboard to electrical grid failures in ...

Matthew Sturchio receives funding from the US Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture. As societies look for ways to cut greenhouse gas emissions and slow climate change ...

Imagine that all 4.05 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity consumed in the United States last year were supplied by a single source of power, rather than a mixture of different technologies. This is ...