EDGE Staff Writer – EDGE Energy

Solar Will Reach Dominance As Cheapest Source Of Electricity In World — DNV – CleanTechnica

EDGE Staff Writer — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 10:10:50 +0000

DNV, a major global risk management company, has come to the common conclusion that solar PV power will get so cheap that it will eventually dominate new electricity capacity and production. “In 2050, solar PV will be in unassailable position as the cheapest source of new electricity globally,” the company stated in its annual global energy report. Naturally, some would say that this will happen well before 2050, and is already starting to happen, but the “unassailable” part is on the way still.

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EDGE ENERGY ranked as top 5 best solar company in MD!

EDGE Staff Writer — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 10:08:58 +0000

Solar panels can help homeowners live more sustainably and pay less for energy, and the best solar companies in Maryland aim to make solar panel installation as easy as possible.

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What a Microgrid Is Not | Microgrid Knowledge

EDGE Staff Writer — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 10:05:04 +0000

Over the years we’ve heard about many microgrids that are not microgrids. The term has become sexy, so sometimes it’s overused. Here are four technologies commonly misidentified as microgrids.

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Discovered in the deep: the incredible fish with a transparent head

EDGE Staff Writer — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 11:02:09 +0000

In the ocean’s shadowy twilight zone, between 600 and 800 metres beneath the surface, there are fish that gaze upwards through their transparent heads with eyes like mesmerising emerald orbs. These domes are huge spherical lenses that sit on a pair of long, silvery eye tubes – hence its common name, the barreleye fish (Macropinna microstoma).

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ENERGY STAR Honors Five Pearl Certification Network Contractors

EDGE Staff Writer — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 09:04:15 +0000

Of the seven contractor companies that earned Home Performance with ENERGY STAR^®Contractor of the Year — Sustained Excellence honors, five belong to Pearl Certification’s elite Contractor Network. The winning contractors within the Pearl Network include EDGE Energy, Green Team LI, Home Energy Medics, Ideal Air Conditioning and Insulation, and Wise Home Energy.

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Here’s How the Inflation Reduction Act Will Save You Thousands for Energy Efficiency Upgrades

EDGE Staff Writer — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 08:59:56 +0000

Energy-efficiency updates aren’t the flashiest of home improvement projects. No one invites their friends over to see their new attic insulation, like they might a new kitchen. But the US government is throwing money at a few of them to make them more affordable and a bit more common. It’s all in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which is projected to reduce climate-warming greenhouse gases by 40% by 2030.

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Amid a massive American clean energy shift, grid operators play catch-up

EDGE Staff Writer — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 08:21:09 +0000

For the better part of the past century, the American electric power system evolved around large, mostly fossil fuel power plants delivering electricity to residences, businesses and industry through a network of transmission and distribution wires that collectively came to be called the electric grid.

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Small Yet Significant Life Changes You Can Make to Reduce Waste

EDGE Staff Writer — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 08:19:19 +0000

Wastefulness is a tremendous problem for our planet that’s getting more and more awareness in past years. Humans produce so much waste that the earth can’t keep up. We’re taking up a ridiculous amount of space with landfills, but we’re also using up an incredible amount of resources to produce all these items that end up in the trash. So, in lieu of the new year, perhaps it’s time for us – as individuals and as a society – to become more aware of our environment and become less wasteful. The Instagram account @reducewastenow is trying to help us do just that, and they have some fantastic tips for lifestyle changes that can help us improve the health of our planet.

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Agrivoltaic solar farms offer “shocking” benefits beyond producing energy

EDGE Staff Writer — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 08:15:05 +0000

Next-gen solar parks that enable energy and food production as well as waterconservation to work in synergy on the same plot can help to solve solar‘s growing land-use issue, according to the researchers making them a reality.

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NASA says these are the best plants to filter the air in your home

EDGE Staff Writer — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 08:12:31 +0000

Back in the late ’80s, NASA was looking for ways to detoxify the air in its space stations. So it conducted a study to determine the most effective plants for filtering the air of toxic agents and converting carbon dioxide to oxygen.

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EDGE Staff Writer – EDGE Energy

Solar Will Reach Dominance As Cheapest Source Of Electricity In World — DNV – CleanTechnica￼

EDGE ENERGY ranked as top 5 best solar company in MD!

What a Microgrid Is Not | Microgrid Knowledge

Discovered in the deep: the incredible fish with a transparent head

ENERGY STAR Honors Five Pearl Certification Network Contractors

Here’s How the Inflation Reduction Act Will Save You Thousands for Energy Efficiency Upgrades

Amid a massive American clean energy shift, grid operators play catch-up

Small Yet Significant Life Changes You Can Make to Reduce Waste￼

Agrivoltaic solar farms offer “shocking” benefits beyond producing energy￼

NASA says these are the best plants to filter the air in your home￼

Solar Will Reach Dominance As Cheapest Source Of Electricity In World — DNV – CleanTechnica

Small Yet Significant Life Changes You Can Make to Reduce Waste

Agrivoltaic solar farms offer “shocking” benefits beyond producing energy

NASA says these are the best plants to filter the air in your home