Regional Leaders Seek Solar Schools Partnership with Duke Energy
By Randall Rigsbee, Chatham News + Record Staff Local elected officials are calling on Duke...
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East Chapel Hill High Celebrates New Solar Initiative
East Chapel Hill High held a Solar Kickoff event last Wednesday to celebrate their winning a grant to install solar panels at the school. The $300,000 grant was awarded to the school and seven other schools in the state by Duke...
Read MoreCommon Science Fifth Anniversary Column
This week marks the fifth anniversary of Common Science® and this is my 239th column! It’s been my great pleasure to write them and I have enjoyed your comments and emails over the years. Nevertheless, I’ve decided that I need...
Read MoreWhy Solar Roads are a Bad Idea
If you paid attention to the news last spring, you may remember that solar roads were experiencing their 15 minutes of fame. There were newspaper articles, TV reports, viral Facebook messages, and at least one Kickstarter...
Read MoreHow Engineers Spend their Spare Time
Since I started writing Common Science in April of 2011, I have averaged 50 columns a year. Most weeks I have my topic selected by Monday, a first draft done by Wednesday and am ready to submit to my editor (she’s not hard to...
Read MoreOrange County Welcomes Solar Power
In early July, Strata Solar teamed with Orange County to begin construction on a 35-acre, six megawatt solar farm on White Cross Farm in Chapel Hill.
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