By Nathaniel Allen It is easy to forget the importance of hiring local companies. As many people gravitate to big box retailers like Home Depot or national service companies like Comcast, we seem to forget small businesses in the United States are fundamental to our...
Solar power plants in Germany produced 22 gigawatts (GW) of electricity per hour in June 2014. 22 GW of energy is equal to 20 Nuclear Power plants at full capacity. Ponder that feat; 20 nuclear power plants worth the energy produced with solar PV in Germany, a...
Local Food Local Power by David Stearns What do organic vegetables, hormone free meats, and local solar power have in common? They’re all available at New Leaf Community Markets because New Leaf customers understand the importance of responsibly produced products. New...
Solar Tipping Point Has Been Reached by James Allen Wow, 75% of U.S. solar installs were completed in the last 2.5 years! Solar is growing at an exponential rate and we’ve past the “tipping point”. There is no looking back and no stopping the...
New Solar Technology May Help Energy and Food Production By Nate Allen A team of UCSC Scientists is working to bring solar electricity to greenhouses and agricultural land. The idea is to use green and blue wavelengths of sunlight’s spectrum to produce electricity...