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Solar Project Could Have Significant Effect on Desert Views

April 15, 2013 3:10 PM

The proposed Palen Solar Electric Generating System east of Desert Center could be visible from as far away as the Mojave National Preserve, Mount San Jacinto and the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge in Arizona, according to preliminary calculations by ReWire.

ReWire

Feds Weigh in on Solar Power Tower Threat to Birds

April 12, 2013 1:53 PM

by Chris Clarke

Concentrating Solar:

The concerns expressed in the letter may have serious ramifications for other BrightSource projects.

ReWire

Bladeless Wind Power Generator Was Not April Foolery

April 3, 2013 2:45 PM

by Chris Clarke

Wind:

Researchers in the Netherlands are developing a bladeless wind power generation technology. While there are some persistent issues to work out, the concept is potentially promising.

ReWire

Study: Power Storage Not as Crucial as Once Thought

March 26, 2013 1:31 PM

by Chris Clarke

The Grid:

A new study indicates that power storage may only become crucial as the grid approaches 4/5 renewable.

SoCal Focus

Voyager 1 Out On A Spree? NASA and JPL Aren't Sure.

March 22, 2013 2:00 PM

by D. J. Waldie

Where We Are:

For a few hours this week, we (meaning our avatar Voyager 1) might had slipped the surly bonds of the solar system. It turns out we didn't.

ReWire

The Flywheel: A New Spin On Renewable Energy Storage

March 11, 2013 5:00 PM

by Chris Clarke

Technology:

One of the main obstacles to greater use of renewables is the fact that the cheapest forms of renewable energy, solar and wind, don't offer power 24/7. Without an effective way of storing surplus energy when the sun's out and the wind's blowing, those readily available renewables don't help much on windless nights. A San Francisco-based company hopes to offer a practical way out of that problem by using high tech to fine-tune a technology we've used since the Stone Age: the flywheel.

ReWire

Graphene May Offer Highly Efficient Solar Cells

February 26, 2013 2:30 PM

by Chris Clarke

Technology:

Add another item to the growing buzz about graphene, which ReWire has covered quite recently: in addition to being a promising candidate for electrical power storage, the single-atom thin sheet form of carbon may offer a way to squeeze a whole lot more power out of photovoltaic cells.

The Back Forty

What The Heck is a Milk-Vetch?

February 22, 2013 2:05 PM

by Chris Clarke

The Hidden Desert:

If it seems to you you've heard the word "milk-vetch" come up in one desert environmental issue after another, you're remembering right.

Food

Lasers Are Coming To Protect Our Food

February 21, 2013 3:26 PM

by Rick Paulas

Food Rant:

And it's all thanks to space exploration

ReWire

More Good News About The 'Scientific Accident That May Change The World'

February 21, 2013 2:51 PM

by Chris Clarke

Science:

That battery life video that had gone viral due to a recent post on UpWorthy now has an update.

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