How this company is using sunflowers to reimagine solar energy
Solar panels can come in many different shapes and sizes, but most people probably don't think of sunflowers to inspire the latest technology in clean, renewable energy. The SmartFlower is an...
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A 13-year-old won $25,000 for a solar-panel invention that can locate the sun...
Each year, hundreds of middle-school students compete in the national Broadcom Masters competition.This year's winner, Georgia Hutchinson, 13, invented a solar-energy system that can figure out the...
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Tesla is reportedly making big changes to its energy unit as it tries to ramp...
Tesla's solar-energy management is being changed, Bloomberg News reports, with the vice president Sanjay Shah stepping out of the limelight.The company's solar business has struggled in recent years,...
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Walmart slams Tesla with a lawsuit claiming its solar panels caught fire at 7...
Walmart on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Tesla's solar-energy unit in New York state.The retail giant alleges solar panels installed by Tesla caught fire at seven storesShares of Tesla fell more than...
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Tesla is unveiling a 3rd version of its solar roof this week, Elon Musk says
Tesla will announce "version three" of its solar roof product on Thursday, CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday.He made the announcement during the company's third-quarter earnings call following a surprise...
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Tesla reveals the latest version of its solar roof, aims for 1,000...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Friday announced the newest version of the company's solar-roof tiles. This is the third version of Tesla's solar-roof product and the first one that the company hopes to install...
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Bill Gates is backing a technology that concentrates sunlight to generate...
A facility run by the energy company Heliogen uses mirrors to produce concentrated, high-heat solar power.Heliogen said on Tuesday that for the first time its facility created temperatures high enough...
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The leading clean-energy research firm just slashed its outlook in response...
The novel coronavirus is hampering the growth of renewable energy, including solar and wind power.A leading research firm slashed its projections for 2020 solar installations. It could be "the first...
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Tesla competitor Nikola quietly discloses its only revenue source so far:...
Nikola, an upstart electric-vehicle maker that's worth $10 billion, released its first quarterly financial report this week. The results largely disappointed investors and sent shares tumbling. The...
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SPI Energy skyrockets 4,300% after announcing launch of EV business
Summary List PlacementShares of SPI Energy soared as high as 4,345% on Wednesday after the solar company announced the launch of an electric vehicle business. The EV business will "focus on the design...
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How a major solar company uses misleading tactics to sell energy systems that...
Summary List PlacementFor years Jim and Beth Rickenbaugh had resisted putting solar panels on top of their brick home in Charlotte, North Carolina. They wanted to wipe out their utility bill, but the...
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Solar stocks jump as Georgia election results lift hopes for a green energy...
Summary List PlacementSolar stocks are on a roll across the board Wednesday as the Georgia runoff election results have lifted hopes for a more robust green energy agenda.Democrats look set to win both...
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Morgan Stanley says buy these 17 EV and green stocks which are shrugging off...
Summary List PlacementSustainable investing is booming, and a whole sector of green stocks and their enablers is reaping the rewards.Elon Musk's electric-vehicle company Tesla has repeatedly made the...
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The Pentagon successfully managed to orbit a solar panel that collects energy...
Summary List PlacementIt's an exciting time for technology and space exploration, with innovation happening faster than ever before and new milestones being reached.NASA's Perseverance rover, which...
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The US consumer safety regulator is investigating Tesla solar panel fires on...
Summary List PlacementThe US Consumer Product Safety Commission is looking into several complaints of Tesla solar panel fires, CNBC first reported on Tuesday, citing agency documents it received...
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NASA's InSight Mars lander is about to go into hibernation. If its batteries...
Summary List PlacementNASA's $800 million Mars lander is in an energy crisis.InSight, which landed in a Martian plain called Elysium Planitia in 2018, has detected more than 500 Mars quakes, felt more...
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Ghosted by Tesla: Customers say Tesla's ultrasleek, expensive Solar Roofs and...
Summary List PlacementWhen Matthew Amans signed a contract with Tesla Energy in June, he expected the company to install a sleek Solar Roof that would make his house in California more green.He didn't...
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Sunrun extends 2-day surge to 22% on Morgan Stanley upgrade that calls for...
Summary List PlacementResidential solar provider Sunrun continued its upswing for a second day on a sunny rating upgrade from Morgan Stanley, climbing as much as 22% from Tuesday's close. The bank...
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A couple says their Tesla Solar panels caused relentless leaks that led to...
Summary List PlacementOn Christmas Day 2020, married couple Jamie Fedorko and Sabrina Ferrer woke up to water trickling into their house in Hudson Valley, New York. Overnight, a rainstorm had melted...
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Elon Musk says Tesla can't make enough Powerwall storage batteries to meet...
Summary List PlacementElon Musk said in court on Tuesday that the global chip shortage was stopping Tesla fulfilling orders for its home-storage battery, the Powerwall.Musk said customer demand was for...
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