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Erin Vaughan is a blogger, gardener and aspiring homeowner. She currently resides in Austin, TX. Erin write with the goal of empowering homeowners with the expert guidance and educational tools they need to take on big home projects with confidence.

Events & Conferences Feature Science and Technology

Using solar to power eco-friendly outdoor performances

Art is at its most powerful when it inspires its viewers into action—and when the artist’s message revolves around alternative energy, those pieces have the...

Erin Vaughan / April 7, 2018

Feature Perspective

Is space-based solar power the answer to a looming energy crisis?

The best spot for solar power isn’t California. It’s not the sub-Saharan desert or the wilds of the...

Erin Vaughan / February 4, 2018

Feature Perspective

Is a diverse workforce the way forward for solar?

The Solar Foundation’s 2017 U.S. Solar Industry Diversity Study recently released, causing a stir among solar workers and...

Erin Vaughan / January 21, 2018

Perspective Science and Technology

What’s powering the Blockchain economy—solar energy

Earlier this year, Bitcoin reported that "miners"—volunteers who notarize Bitcoin transactions—have begun investing heavily in solar as a way to offset electricity costs from large,...

Erin Vaughan / October 16, 2017

Enphase shares soared by 43.3% after the company reported Q4 operating results

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos pledges $10b in a new initiative to fight climate change

Sunrun is crushing Tesla in the solar energy sales business

Buffett starts an energy revolution. BP announces a “net zero” plan. India needs more solar power.

Scientists at Northern Illinois University develop safer lead-based perovskite solar cell

Researchers at the University of Queensland, Australia—claim solar efficiency breakthrough for flexible ‘skin’

Team of researchers propose a new method to optimize perovskite-based solar cells for commercialization

Washington State University presents a more efficient, safer, and cost-effective way to produce CdTe material for solar cells

Department of Energy scientists learn more about the first hours of a lithium-ion battery’s life

University of California professor is developing solar cells—he claims, work at night

Engineers have built full lithium-ion batteries with silicon and alumina to protect degrading

New study on a recently discovered chlorophyll molecule could be key to better solar cells

FERC report confirms renewables provided a majority of new energy generating capacity in 2019

Renewables on track to lead new generating capacity in 2019, new U.S. EIA and FERC reports

U.S. power sector carbon intensity dropped by 9 percent, says CMU Power Sector Carbon Index

New solar + wind capacity six times greater than gas for the first time

Addressing a major safety issue with lithium metal batteries for next-generation energy storage

Many greenhouses could become energy neutral by using see-through solar panels to harvest energy

MIT researchers have developed a roadmap for growth of a new generation of solar cells

Researchers demonstrate how laser etching technology can create highly efficient solar power generators

Is it better to build more solar energy, or nuclear power plants?

Solar will soon be unbeatable as new technologies boost efficiency and lower costs

Why BlackRock plans to drop fossil fuel investments for carbon-neutral funds

The Cult of Elon, and the rise of a new generation of ‘influencer CEOs’

Erin Vaughan

Using solar to power eco-friendly outdoor performances

Is space-based solar power the answer to a looming energy crisis?

Is a diverse workforce the way forward for solar?

What’s powering the Blockchain economy—solar energy