Tag: 2021
The Issues with PHEV Usage Reflect the Challenges to BEV Adoption
In reading through recent articles on the PHEV debate, the followup on PHEV reporting, and the range of insightful comments to those articles, one persistent question popped out: if you were to buy a PHEV, why wouldn’t you plug it in? Taking a step back, a PHEV is essentially giving … [continued]
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Trail Talk: Fungi, butterflies and bumper apple crops along the trail
This week’s hike brought a surprising mix of discoveries, from mushrooms in the woods to monarchs on iNaturalist.
Bruce County filmmakers invite public along for underwater adventure
Duo livestreamed a remotely operated vehicle dive on the Superior Shoal
VinEnergo’s 43MW Solar Push Tests Vietnam’s Grid-Strained Energy Ambition
Vingroup’s recently organized energy arm plans ambitious rooftop solar rollout, though experts warn about infrastructure challenges. VinEnergo Energy Joint Stock Company has announced plans to install 43 megawatts of rooftop solar power and 45 megawatt-hours of battery storage across three Vingroup manufacturing plants in Ha Tinh province. The ambitious project … [continued]
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Illinois farmers find that sheep and solar arrays go well together
By Kari Lydersen
This story was originally published by Canary Media.
To all the challenges the solar industry is facing today, add one more: cultivating a domestic market for lamb meat. It may seem an unlikely mission for clean-energy developers, but in many states, including Illinois, grazing sheep between rows of photovoltaic panels is considered the most efficient form of agrivoltaics — the combination of solar and farming on the same land.