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Good Griddance

Ask Umbra on living off the grid 17
Posted 6 months, 4 weeks ago
What does it mean to live off the grid, and how can you get in on the action? Tune in to Umbra's latest advice.
Reaching for the stars

California utility bets on space-based solar power 11
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago
Solaren, a stealthy Southern California startup founded by veterans of key players in the military-industrial complex, is betting on space-based solar power. The company's first customer: Pacific Gas & Electric.
Something New Under the Sun

PG&E signs first-of-a-kind space solar power deal 0
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago
Not many people I know think space solar is a low-cost, scalable solution.

Certainly it is worth pursuing any genuine low-carbon baseload power source if it can be practical and scalable — and affordable, which I would put at $0.15 a kilowatt hour or less for. The problem with space solar is that, like hydrogen fuel-cell cars, there is little chance it could be affordable until it is massively scaled up ...