If you have lived in a home with a trampoline in the backyard, you may have observed the unreasonably tall grass growing under it. This is because many crops, including these grasses, actually grow ...

Solar shading is the dirty phrase of the solar industry. There are plenty of people who have been sold a solar system only to find that its output is far less than what was promised. In extreme cases, ...

MORRIS, Minn. — The cows at West Central Research and Outreach Center in Morris don't seem to care that they are part of multi-million-dollar research that may change the way agriculture and energy ...

One neighbor loves his solar panels, which have cut his energy bill and are helping to combat global warming. The other neighbor adores his trees, which boost his property value and capture greenhouse ...

Greenhouses are, appropriately enough, a significant contributor to the proportion of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Whether used to grow greens out of their natural season or region, or used in ...

CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti - More than a year ago, a team of Kansas National Guard Soldiers set up a solar shade system here that produces two kilowatts of power. With relatively no maintenance, the ...

Summer is coming folks, and what better way to spend a hot day than to lavish in the shade sipping your beverage of choice plugged into this sweet solar canopy? Soon the folks atSMIT will offer a ...

VICENZA, Italy, June 3, 2011 -- The silence of nonpolluting solar energy at work may someday replace the hum of muffled generators in remote field locations. Maj. Tim Franklin from the U.S. Army ...

Solar Shade by Australian designers Buro North educates primary school children about collecting energy from the sun while providing shade in playgrounds. The canopies have solar cells on top and ...

In combined wind and solar farms, shadowing can reduce yield by 50 per cent, say TNO researchers. Even intermittent shading of solar panels by turbine baldes cuts efficiency. In combined wind and ...