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Mother Earths: Solar Tracker
Jul 29 2013 01:55 AM | eds in Green Energy
A super-simple, super-inexpensive, super-self-contained solar tracker, . . . that'll work forever on the energy it receives directly from the sun. Just 2 long tanks filled with Freon 12, . . . inserting a double-acting hydraulic cylinder, . . . mou...
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Smart Grid & 3Rd Industrial Revolution
Dec 12 2013 01:20 PM | eds in Green Energy
China Announces an $82 Billion Plan to Establish a . . . Third Industrial Revolution Energy Internet Across the Country. Liu Zhenya, Chairman of the Chinese State Grid Corporation, . . . lays out China's ambitious plan to lead the world, . . ....
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London Array: World’S Largest Wind Farm
Jul 05 2013 08:40 PM | eds in Green Energy
All 175 windmills are up and fully functional, producing 630MW. . . . The 2nd phase will bring total production to 1,000MW. Source: greenprophet
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¨solar Pv Vs Generators¨
Nov 14 2014 09:10 PM | eds in Green Energy
A Photovoltaic system does not generate continuous Power like a Generator. • PV systems are specified in terms of Energy Consumption and Generation per Day. • Solar Panel Output depends upon the Location and Season as well. • Batteries and other access...
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Solar: Uk Vs Germany Which Has More Sun?
Aug 04 2014 03:20 PM | eds in Green Energy
Germany doesn’t get much more sun then the UK, . . . but has 20 times more solar panels installed. . . . Why?
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Iea’S Solar Predictions Are Wrong
Oct 20 2013 01:25 PM | eds in Green Energy
Until recently, solar installations were concentrated in Germany and Italy, . . . due to strong policy support. But for this decade, installations in . . . . . . Japan, . . . . . . U.S., . . . . . . Latin America and . . . . . . China, . . . are now ex...
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Electric Cargo Delivery
Jan 20 2014 01:35 PM | eds in Green Energy
Industrial Electric Vehicle's(IEV), Electric cargo trike, . . . for inner-city, or “last-mile” deliveries. With a 7kWh lithium battery that enables the scooter to travel . . . 150km(93 Miles), with a maximum speed of 100km(62 Miles) per hour. 2014...
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Texas $7 Billion Crez Wind Project
Oct 18 2013 06:20 PM | eds in Green Energy
Competitive Renewable Energy Zone(CREZ), . . . 3,600 miles of new transmission lines that will bring . . . 18,500 megawatts of wind power from . . . sparsely populated West Texas to urban centers including . . . . . . Dallas, . . . . . . Fort Worth and...
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Save Water With The Waterpebble
Jul 05 2012 03:30 AM | eds in Green Energy
Paul Priestman designs a product to save water
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Save Energy, Save Money
Jul 09 2013 08:55 PM | eds in Green Energy
Energy vampires, are appliances that even when turned off, . . . utilize a small amount of electricity, called phantom loads. According to this YouTube video posted by GOOD, Americans waste approximately . . . one month's electricity bill each year...
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Doe Building America Program
Apr 03 2012 08:20 PM | eds in Green Energy
Would you like to save a significant amount of money,
insulating your home?
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Solar Power’S “Soft Costs"
Dec 04 2013 03:15 PM | eds in Green Energy
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) . . . has come out with 2 new studies demonstrating that, . . . non-hardware “soft costs” now account for a whopping . . . 64% of the total cost of a typical solar installation. According to NREL, for re...
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Rhode Island’S Offshore Wind Farm
Apr 28 2015 11:40 AM | eds in Green Energy
Block Island is a 5-turbine, 30-megawatt project, . . . of the company Deepwater Wind. With its relatively shallow waters, . . . the Atlantic coast of the USA has offshore wind energy ripe for the picking, . . . so what’s taking other States so long to...
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World’S Biggest Solar Farm
Sep 30 2012 02:50 AM | eds in Green Energy
1,000-megawatt Blythe project in southern California, . . . First Solar may be the only manufacturer with the capacity . . . to supply enough thin-film panels to NextEra. Source: first-solar-may-supply-world-s-biggest-solar-power-plant
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Heliofocus Catches Canada’S Attention
Jul 02 2012 12:00 PM | eds in Green Energy
Canadian Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver visted Israel and . . . met with . . . . . . Uzi Landau, Israel’s Energy and Water Minister, . . . . . . Shalom Simhon, Israel’s Industry, Trade and Labor Minister; . . . . . . representatives from...
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Mit Says “Shade Happens”
Apr 30 2014 09:20 PM | eds in Green Energy
In the real Solar world, shade brings" . . . . . . Energy loss, . . . . . . Reliability concerns, and a . . . . . . Constrained market, and . . .MIT, has a solution. Solar panels that are partially shaded by clouds or trees, . . . sacrifice as muc...
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Incandescent Light Bulbs, "real Cost"
May 08 2012 04:00 PM | eds in Green Energy
This table compares the 10-year cost of owning and using a 75w incandescent, . . . to the cost of owning 3 alternatives: . . . . . . 53w high-efficiency (halogen-filled) incandescent lamp, . . . . . . 13w CFL, and . . . . . . 17w LED lamp. The 10-year...
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Ge's Electric Car “Experience Center” Under...
Sep 22 2011 07:00 AM | Hayden in Green Energy
GE Capital Fleet Services broke ground today on a customer experience and learning center that will showcase GE's comprehensive portfolio of electric vehicle deployment solutions and help GE commercial customers evaluate EVs and other alternative fuel...
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Doe: Solution Center
Feb 08 2013 08:50 PM | eds in Green Energy
Dramatically reduce annual energy use and peak energy loads . . . in existing and new homes while also improving overall building . . . quality, . . . comfort, . . . safety, and . . . durability. Source: energy.gov
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Where's World’S Largest Solar Powered Hospital
Dec 20 2013 07:30 PM | eds in Green Energy
Haiti, one of the poorest countries in the world, . . . with the devastation caused by the earthquake back in 2010, and . . . only 2% forest, the only mean for any light or heat generation, . . . has the largest solar powered hospital in the world, . ....
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“Free Solar Panels”
Aug 06 2014 02:20 PM | eds in Green Energy
$0 out of pocket. . . . Pay for power, not panels -- just like your utility bill. Solar power can actually cost less than you pay now with . . . low, predictable, locked-in rates. The savings can add up to thousands. 08-06-2014 Source: “Free So...
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Minnesota’S Largest Current Solar Array
Aug 27 2014 08:25 PM | eds in Green Energy
The Duluth-based utility, Minnesota Power, will build a . . . $25 million, . . . 10 million watt, solar power array on . . . 100 acres of land, for Minnesota National Guard, Camp Ripley in Little Falls. and is . . . 1/3 of the solar power, that M...
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Electricity Efficiency
Nov 03 2013 07:05 PM | eds in Green Energy
Residential Lighting is 10% of the average electrical expense, according to DOE. You will spend about: . . . $90 total cost for an LED bulb and electricity over it's life time, VS . . . $900 total cost for 40 incandescent bulbs and t...
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“Little Box Challenge” Solar Inverters
Nov 04 2015 06:25 PM | eds in Green Energy
Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), . . . $1 million competition to build smaller Solar Inverters. Shrinking the inverter by 10 times or more, and . . . making it cheaper to produce, install, and . . . . . . mor...
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Asia’S Largest Prison Complex Gets Solar
Apr 27 2015 01:40 PM | eds in Green Energy
Tihar, which is Asia’s largest jail complex, . . . commissioned a 430 kW solar PV power system, . . . to meet a significant portion of its electricity needs. The grid-connected solar PV system, . . . is expected to generate around half a million kWh, a...
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