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What's It Cost To Own & Power An Ev?
Mar 24 2013 11:15 PM | eds in Solar Power
Imagine if you could gas up your vehicle for free, and . . . for the rest of your life. Autowatts is a startup company from Colorado . . . that decided to unveil its product in a place ideal for EVs. The product helps run calculations so consumers and...
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What's Driving, Pv Installs?
Jan 16 2014 10:20 AM | eds in Solar Power
By 2016, there will be a new distributed solar PV installation every . . . 83 seconds in the United States. More distributed solar has been deployed in the past . . . 2.5 years than in the 50 years prior, and . . . GTM Research is forecasting another...
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What's Behind Florida's Solar Battle?
Dec 31 2014 02:00 AM | eds in Solar Power
A vote taken in late November by the Florida Public Service Commission, . . . to end a solar rebate program after 2015. Losing the rebate program, itself, isn’t the real problem. . . . The rebate isn’t as important as it once was, . . . given the dram...
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What's A Great Match For Solar Energy?
Jan 15 2014 04:05 PM | eds in Solar Power
Pedal-assisted Electric Bikes are getting: 1. Economical 2. Lighter, Foldable 3. Practical cargo-carrying Both human and electrically-powered, with a unique suspension system, . . . this elegant bike from Austria comes with a handy extension bar and ....
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What Us States Want Solar?
Oct 24 2013 11:05 PM | eds in Solar Power
8.9 gigawatts of solar has been installed through the first 1/2 of 2013 and the . . . 10-gigawatt threshold was crossed recently. What's more, 3/4 of U.S. solar installations have happened in the last 2.5 years, . . . in 6 established state markets...
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What It’S Like To Use Solar + Storage?
Jun 22 2015 08:15 PM | eds in Solar Power
Solar panels, make enough electricity in daylight, . . . to charge batteries, that keep appliances humming, . . . after the sun goes down. Hawaiian homeowners recover the costs, of their off-grid systems, after about . . . 5 years, but the solar pane...
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What Is Zs Peak?
Sep 21 2014 01:25 PM | eds in Solar Power
SolarCity's ZS Peak, provides an innovative snap-together system, . . . to simplify and accelerate installation. Most solar panel system installations take only a single day. ZS Peak’s better aerodynamic design, . . . along with its snap on system...
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What Is Solar Thermal
Mar 18 2014 01:05 PM | eds in Solar Power
Solar thermal technology uses the sun’s energy, rather than fossil fuels, . . . to generate low-cost, environmentally friendly thermal energy. . . . This energy is used to heat water or other fluids, and . . . can also power solar cooling systems. Sola...
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What Is Gridlogic?
Mar 27 2015 01:50 AM | eds in Solar Power
GridLogic, is a turnkey solution for communities, . . . to obtain clean, affordable and resilient energy, . . . as a single service. It's a microgrid-as-a-service solution that provides communities, . . . with a way to use locally generated energy...
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What Is Distributed Solar Power Worth?
Jul 29 2015 06:15 PM | eds in Solar Power
A recently released study, commissioned by the Maine Public Utility Commission, . . . dropped a bombshell on the electricity world earlier this year, . . . valuing distributed solar at $0.33 per kWh, . . . far above the state’s grid $0.13 per...
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What Is Direct Molten Salt (Dms)?
Sep 21 2014 01:45 PM | eds in Solar Power
Novatec Solar, has commissioned a solar thermal energy demonstration plant in Spain . . . that is based on a new type of molten salt storage technology called, . . . Direct Molten Salt (DMS), that can operate at temperatures well above 500°C, . . . res...
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What Is Ases?
Mar 01 2013 07:45 PM | eds in Solar Power
American Solar Energy Society (ASES) Source: earthshare ASES
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What Is A Solar Generator?
Oct 07 2015 10:15 PM | eds in Solar Power
Fossil Fuel Generators, run on flammable gasoline or diesel: . . . . . . cost money for fuel and maintenance, (The cost to constantly run one of our portable generators in a forward location, . . . for a period of 6 months is easily over one million do...
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What Is A Nanogrid?
Oct 08 2015 08:55 PM | eds in Solar Power
Nanogrids keep the lights on for their customers during a grid outage. . . . they can work in parallel with the grid, . . . or completely off-grid. Configure a nanogrid with solar plus energy storage, and . . . this technology becomes a hot ticket. Pa...
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What Is "solar-Sharing?"
Feb 20 2015 03:25 PM | eds in Solar Power
"Solar Sharing," the blending of solar PV, with farm crop lands, . . . was the idea of a Japanese engineer named Akira Nagashima. He created a system that allowed solar panels to collect sunlight, and . . . for plants to as well, but they also...
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What If We Lived Off Grid?
Sep 02 2013 01:05 AM | eds in Solar Power
Gaurav Gupta at TEDxMasala
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What Does Self-Consumption Of Solar Power Mean?
Oct 22 2015 01:40 PM | eds in Solar Power
It's a good idea to use self-generated solar electricity: . . . you can save money, and . . . make yourself independent from rising electricity prices.
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What Does A Solar System Cost Today?
Oct 04 2012 02:10 PM | eds in Solar Power
In the USA, a rule of thumb is that the . . . average house consumes electricity at the rate of 1 kW per hour (kWh). . . . There are about 730 hours in each month, and . . . the average price of a kWh of electricity is $0.10. So an average m...
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What Do You Do When The Power Goes Out?
Feb 14 2013 03:20 AM | eds in Solar Power
In the past 2 decades, non-disaster-related electricity blackouts, . . . have increased by 124% in the US. Compounded by the increasing incidence of large disasters . . . that knock out power for extended periods of time in the US and . . . longer wait...
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What Country Would Win A "solar" Race?
Feb 11 2014 09:05 PM | eds in Solar Power
2006 it was Germany, Japan and Spain 2010 it was Germany, Italy and Czech Republic 2014 it will be ? 2014-02-11 Source: Solar Winner
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What Country Is Leading The Renewables Race?
Nov 24 2015 10:00 PM | eds in Solar Power
If you said China, you are 100% correct, . . . because they are adding more renewables than the: . . . . . . U.S., . . . . . . U.K., and . . . . . . France . . . Combined. The world recently passed a turning point, and . . . is adding more capacity fo...
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What Appliance Can A Solar Panel Run?
Oct 19 2014 12:55 AM | eds in Solar Power
Solar's primary function is for day-to-day use when sunlight is available. . . . The panels and batteries are sized to collect and hold, . . . about one full day of solar input, . . . then make that energy available during the day, and into the n...
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Wells Fargo’S Green Goals
Apr 29 2012 11:55 PM | eds in Solar Power
Wells Fargo intends to loan out $30 Billion in loans and . . . investments to promote a Greener Economy. Source-PDF: wellsfargo
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Wells Fargo: 9 New Solar Projects
May 08 2014 02:55 PM | eds in Solar Power
One of the largest banks in the world, Wells Fargo, is investing . . . $100 million of tax equity financing into, . . . 9 new solar PV projects being developed by, . . . Strata Solar in North Carolina/ North Carolina, has been hit hard, . . . by...
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We Don't Need Solar Energy - Do We?
Apr 30 2012 04:40 PM | eds in Solar Power
Everyone knows that, the Sun doesn't shine at night and the wind doesn't blow all the time. We are throwing away a Trillion dollars, and ruining our Economy, on a novelty!
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