A 21st-century reinvention of the electric grid is crucial for solving the climate change crisis
- Written by Charles F. Kutscher, Fellow and Senior Research Associate, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Institute, University of Colorado Boulder
Integrating solar panels with farming can provide partial shade for plants.Werner Slocum/NRELIn the summer of 1988, scientist James Hansen testifiedto Congress that carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels was dangerously warming the planet. Scientific meetings were held, voluminous reports were written, and national pledges were made, but because...