EARTHWORKS

Microsoft | February 02, 2020

Microsoft has announced a plan to become carbon negative by 2030 and to remove all the carbon they have emitted since their founding by 2050. The company will need to remove more carbon from the air than they release each year to become carbon negative. Microsoft’s Chief Environmental Officer Lucas Joppa tells ABC Audio climate change is the reason. “We looked at the [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] best available science and a fairly alarming report that came out in 2018, the Specia...

SOLAR+STORAGE

Pivot Energy | October 21, 2021

Pivot Energy and Clean Footprint are pleased to announce their partnership to bring 42 megawatts (MW) of solar energy capacity to 11 projects across Virginia. The projects are expected to serve households, municipal buildings, and local businesses with clean, renewable electricity for many years to come. While Virginia may rank 11th nationally in terms of installed solar capacity, growth has largely come from utility-scale projects across the state. However, the Virginia Clean Eco...

Wonderful Engineering | January 24, 2020

What all can be embedded into a keyboard? A USB? Or thinking farther, speakers? But Microsoft thinks bigger! With of hype of energy conservation, the firm has just launched a patent to introduce solar panel mounted keyboards, Woo! You can find the details of the patent titled, “Mobile Device Cover with Integrated Solar Panel”. So, Microsoft is leading the energy and power conservation race! None of the competitors has yet thought of incorporating a non-conventional energy source within the devic...

Telegraph | March 05, 2020

Ameren Illinois on Thursday announced a plan, focused exclusively on its service area, designed to move Illinois toward its goal of 100% clean energy by 2050. The Downstate Clean Energy Affordability Act increases the use of solar energy while delivering environmental and economic development benefits for central and southern Illinois residents. Under the plan, Ameren Illinois will invest in local renewable energy development, transportation electrification, and battery storage. It also will tar...