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Do wind farms hurt home values? When they do, it’s usually temporary. - Yale Climate Connections - Energy  (Mar 20) |
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Mar 20 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections Some homeowners wonder if having a wind farm nearby will affect their property values. A recent study finds that although wind farms can reduce nearby home prices, the drop is usually limited and only temporary. Hoen: “We hope that this allows people to have greater confidence into what are the likely effects from building a wind project in the future and when those effects are likely to occur.” That’s Ben Hoen of the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. He and his colleagues found that, on average, wind farms had no impact on property values in ... Read more ... |
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What is solar thermal? - Yale Climate Connections - Energy  (Mar 25) |
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Mar 25 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections When people talk about solar panels, they’re usually referring to solar photovoltaic panels, which convert the sun’s energy to electricity. But solar PV is just one way to harness the power of the sun. Gasco: “Solar thermal is, I’d say, the simpler and kind of overshadowed little brother almost to solar PV. … I think it’s a really great technology in the simplicity and the efficiency of it.” Gwe Gasco is with Eighth Fire Solar, an Indigenous-led initiative in Northern Minnesota. The group manufactures and installs solar thermal panels, ... Read more ... |
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Wind farm radar system reduces nighttime light pollution in Iowa - Yale Climate Connections - Energy  (Mar 22) |
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Mar 22 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections If you drive across Iowa at night, you might encounter a series of coordinated red lights flashing in the sky. Greenwood: “It looks like a whole bunch of fireflies lighting up at the same time.” Geoff Greenwood is with MidAmerican Energy, which operates 3,400 wind turbines across the state. Red lights are placed on top of the turbines to prevent pilots from crashing into the structures, which can be more than 200 feet tall. But that flashing lights up the night sky, which some people find annoying - so at three of its wind farms, ... Read more ... |
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You can start applying for the American Climate Corps next month - Yale Climate Connections - Energy  (Mar 21) |
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Mar 21 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections Do you plan to take advantage of clean energy tax credits? Tell us about it in this brief survey. The long-awaited jobs board for the American Climate Corps, promised early in the Biden administration, will open next month, according to details shared exclusively with Grist. The program is modeled after President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Civilian Conservation Corps, launched in 1933 to help the country make it through the Great Depression. The positions with the new corps could range across a number of fields including energy-efficiency ... Read more ... |
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