by | Mar 11, 2019 | Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting, Industry Impact on Economy, Society and the Environment
Did you know as of June 2018, the U.S. had over 25.2 GW of rated power in energy storage compared to 1,082 GW of total in service installed generation capacity. Globally, installed energy storage totaled 175.8...
by | Feb 25, 2019 | Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting, Industry Impact on Economy, Society and the Environment
A geothermal power plant emits roughly 11 times less carbon dioxide (CO2) )per unit electricity that the average U.S. coal power plant.
by | Feb 25, 2019 | Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting, Industry Impact on Economy, Society and the Environment, Uncategorized
Did you know Geothermal energy is derived from the natural heat of the earth. It exists in both high enthalpy (volcanoes, geysers) and low enthalpy forms (heat stored in rocks in the Earth’s crust)? Nearly all heating and cooling applications utilize low...
by | Feb 25, 2019 | Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting, Industry Impact on Economy, Society and the Environment
Did you know that PV conversion efficiency is the percentage of incident solar energy that a PV converts to electricity. For production modules, conversion efficiency is 6% to 21%.
by | Feb 25, 2019 | Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting, Industry Impact on Economy, Society and the Environment
Did you know on average, 1.05 x 105 terawatts (TW) of solar radiation reach the Earth’s surface, while global electricity demand averages 2.4 TW.
by | Feb 25, 2019 | Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting, Global Trends Shaping the Industries Future, Industry Impact on Economy, Society and the Environment
Did you know that due to congestion in urban areas, an additional 6.9 billion hours of travel time and an extra 3.1 billion gallons of fuel are use by urban Americans in 2014?
