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Privately owned working forests support 2.5 million jobs

By: Kelly Category: Forestry Comment: 0

Washington, DC – An analysis released today by the National Alliance of Forest Owners (NAFO) shows that private working forests support a staggering 2.5 million jobs, $109 billion in payroll, and account for $288 billion dollars in sales and manufacturing. The new report by Forest2Market analyzes Forest & Inventory Analysis (FIA) data from the Forest […]

To amp up solar cells, scientists ditch silicon

By: Kelly Category: Solar Comment: 0

Silicon dominates the world of solar power. Even the newest solar cell designs, tandem devices that have a silicon solar cell below a cell made of a crystalline material called a perovskite, rely on the material. Now, researchers are doing away with silicon altogether, creating tandems from two of the best yet perovskites, each tailored […]