Tag: Renewable Energy & Energy Saving
Sister, can you spare $12,000 to help me decarbonize my home?
I went to CES with Engadget for the first time this year and, among the robots, laptops, TVs and more robots, the most exciting products I saw were ones trying to make our homes more eco-friendly in the most low-effort ways possible. I saw an induction stove, a window-mounted heat…
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CES’s Pebble Flow EV trailer gets some tweaks ahead of its spring shipping date
It’s always gratifying when something promised at CES actually comes to market. That’s the case with the Pebble Flow electric trailer that my colleague Sam Rutherford checked out last year’s CES. I was able to see the final draft on the show floor this week and was adequately impressed. Like…
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The AC Future drivable, self-sustaining home transforms to be larger than your first apartment
The “AC” in AC Future stands for Amy and Cindy, founder Arthur Qin’s two daughters. That’s just one of the bits of info I gained at the company’s CES event in which we got a first look at the new AC Future Ai-TH transformable home. This is yet another nattily…
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What happens when solar panels die?
By the end of 2024, the world will have nearly 2,000 Gigawatts of solar generation capacity in service. Each panel is made of silicon, glass, various polymers, aluminum, copper and an assortment of other metals that capture the sun’s energy. It’s a rule of thumb that, barring damage, a panel…
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Environmental groups accuse Amazon of ‘distorting the truth’ in latest clean-energy claim
On Wednesday, Amazon claimed that it reached its goal of sourcing all its power from clean energy sources in the past year. If taken at face value, the announcement would mean it hit the milestone seven years ahead of schedule, which would be a monumental achievement. But environmental experts speaking…
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