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Alternative Energy HQ (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Today was not a solar power day though as the rain was coming down when the city inspector arrived. It made it a little tricky climbing on to the roof in the rain but they did get it done and checked out without anyone slipping or sliding on the roof.
FuturePundit (Free subscription) | yesterday
Using nanocrystal-based inks printed onto metal foil photovoltaics start-up Solexant claims it can get its costs under those of low cost leader First Solar. Making the entire cell using a roll-to-roll process gives the company an advantage over other thin-film photovoltaic companies that print on glass, which is heavier and limited to smaller areas, says Solexant CEO Damoder Reddy. "The cost benefit...
Treehugger (Free subscription) | yesterday
Image credit: Cedar Consulting Contradictory science is nothing new within the green movement—from those who claim that solar energy could power the world to those who argue that nuclear power could solve the energy crisis , from those extolling biochar for carbon sequestration and soil improvement to those who say it could Read the full story on TreeHugger
Treehugger (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Rice = food and electricity at the same time... photo: ya po guille via flickr. One solution for getting clean electricity to the 440-some million people in rural India who currently don't have grid power (or any power...) is to build wind farms, solar power plants, or use some decentralized but still tech-heavy option such as solar panels. And then there's rice husks and biomass gasification . Not...
Alternative Energy HQ (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
In this article we will discuss some themes related to different types of constructions used to produce solar power. We will begin from the grid-tied systems. A utility-interactive solar power system makes electricity, which is put directly to the grid. The word grid-tied means, that the system is tied, verbatim, to the grid. This system will accumulate the energy even when you are absent, when you...
Eco Friendly Mag (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Solar Candy? From Mars? M&M chocolate candies just took on a new shade of green. Mars Candy recently installed the nation’s largest photovoltaic array at a food production facility in Hackettstown, New Jersey. The 2.2-megawatt solar system is made up of 28,680 solar power panels in a field next to the candy plant. Public Service Enterprise Group [...]
Eco Friendly Mag (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
SunPower Completes 1-Megawatt Solar Power System at Agilent Technologies Headquarters SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — SunPower Corp. ( SPWRA, SPWRB), a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, today announced the completion of a 1-megawatt solar power rooftop system on three buildings at Agilent’s headquarters in...
Eco Friendly Mag (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Etrion and SunPower Partner on 4-Megawatt Italian Solar Power Plants TORONTO and SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Etrion Corporation (TSX: ETX), a Canadian energy company, and SunPower Corp. ( SPWRA, SPWRB), a US-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, today announced an agreement to build four solar power plants, totaling [...]
Peak Energy (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Crikey's Bernard Keane has the next installment of his series on why nuclear power is unlikely to be seen in Australia - To those who say “beaudy nuke”: why should taxpayers suffer? What would it cost Australia to go nuclear? Good question. Excellent question, in fact, because no one really knows. Estimating the cost of building a nuclear power plant is difficult even in countries with...
Eurekalert (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
( New Jersey Institute of Technology ) The National Science Foundation has recently provided support that totals nearly $4.3 million for the diverse efforts of the following investigators under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Green Options (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
A new report by Environment North Carolina’s Research and Policy Center, “Growing Solar in North Carolina,” found that North Carolina ( home of my UNC Tar Heels ) could be a solar power giant soon. The new report found that North Carolina has a lot of solar energy potential due to its “vast” solar energy intensity (which is nearly as much as Florida’s) combined...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
An experimental plane is set to sail across the world on solar power.This week, the Solar Impulse plane left its hangar for the first time while engineers conducted tests on the craft.The plane is set to fly for the first time in February, with additional plans for a trip across the
Alternative Energy HQ (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
For last several decades the world climate has been changing faster and faster. For last fifty years average temperature of surface in the world has increased more than on 0.7 degrees Celsius. This caused such phenomena as, for instance, decreasing of Arctic Ice` amounts on 2.7% every decade. In the end of 20th century, beginning of 21st, the highest temperatures from very beginning of the history...
Eco Friendly Mag (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Hoist Up the LightSail-1: New Solar Sailing Project Underway As if solar energy wasn’t already useful enough, it turns out solar radiation exerts a small amount of thrust on objects in its path. It won’t send your solar panels flying south for the winter, but it could one day revolutionize interstellar travel. The idea is solar [...]
Science Daily (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Engineering researchers have developed a unique and robust method to prevent cloning of passive radio frequency identification tags. The technology, based on one or more unique physical attributes of individual tags rather than information stored on them, will prevent the production of counterfeit tags and thus greatly enhance both security and privacy for government agencies, businesses and consumers....
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krishpatel1212@gmail | 10/24/2009
Golf Cart Tax Credit Stokes Controversy | Golf Cart Tax Credit Info Converting your golf cart to solar power is a great alternative to regular electric power, it saves the environment as well as providing benefits to the vehicle. It can also save you money on electricity and frequent battery replacements. So, if you are considering a solar system for these reasons then the tax credit will be a great
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Solar Golf Cart Tax Credits
Check out the $5,335 Federal tax credit for a 4 passenger new 5.5 hp solar golf cart at www.frugaldougalsgolf.com/solargolfcart. Further, you can receive...
aarkstore | 10/02/2009
Summary Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd (Solarfun) is a significant manufacturer of photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules. It also provides PV cell processing services to convert silicon wafers into PV cells and supplies solar system integration services in China. The company produces both monocrystalline and multicrystalline silicon cells and modules, and manufactures 100% of its modules with in-house...
aarkstore | 09/07/2009
The ‘Green Energy in India’ PowerPoint presentation covers the various type of Renewable Energy inIndia - Wind Energy, Solar Energy, Hydro electric and bio mass energy. The areas covered in the PPT are sources of Renewable energy in India, potential of renewable energy sources, consumption trends, overview of the Indian power sector, carbon emissions, nuclear energy, hybrid systems, and much more....
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