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Tennessee: Ikea's Largest Rooftop Pv
May 13 2016 07:40 PM | eds in Solar Power
IKEA has rooftop PV atop nearly 90% of its stores in the U.S., . . . with a total capacity of more than 40 MW. Its new store will be using a 1.46 MW rooftop solar system, . . . the largest rooftop PV in the state of Tennessee. The array will be compr...
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Uk Solar: Generates More Than Coal
May 11 2016 12:35 PM | eds in Solar Power
On Saturday 9 April, . . . Solar generated 29 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity, . . . Coal generated 21 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity. The milestone is largely symbolic. . . . Solar output had already started regularly topping coal . . . dur...
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Solar: Silicon Vs Perovskite
May 08 2016 07:55 PM | eds in Solar Power
Silicon solar cells, . . . . 1954 efficiency . . . growing from 6%, to 14% -18%, and . . . . 1956 costs per watt . . . falling from $300, to as low as $3. Perovskite, . . . 2011 efficiency . . . growing from 4%, to nearly 20%, . . . future...
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Solar Folding Trailer
May 07 2016 02:05 PM | eds in Solar Power
For home electricity, . . . batteries can be stowed in the front box of the cart. 5-7-2016 Source: SOLAR Folding Trailer
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Solar Cycle
May 07 2016 12:45 PM | eds in Solar Power
Sushil Reddy (26), an alumnus of IIT Bombay, . . . will embark on a cycle journey of . . . 7,000 kms from IIT Bombay on his electric cycle, powered by solar energy, . . . to spread awareness on the energy crisis facing the nation, and . . . the answers...
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Access To Electricity
May 06 2016 01:05 PM | eds in Solar Power
The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates, . . . 585 million people in sub-Saharan Africa, . . . lack access to electricity. 5-6-2016 Source: Access to Electricity
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Shady Solar States
May 06 2016 12:05 AM | eds in Solar Power
What do you call a "Super Sunny State," . . . with regressive, and oppressive solar policy. 5-5-2016 Source: Shady Solar States
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Solar Charging An Ev Costs?
May 03 2016 09:10 PM | eds in Solar Power
How much does it cost to charge an electric car with solar power? This all depends on a few factors: . . . . . . the kind of electric vehicle (EV) you have, . . . . . . its battery capacity, and . . . . . . how much sun you get where you live. 5-3-20...
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Luminaid Solar-Powered Inflatable Light
May 02 2016 05:50 PM | eds in Solar Power
LuminAID Solar-Powered Inflatable Light, . . . collapsible, 100% waterproof solar-powered light pack.
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Solar Price Now At $.0299/kwh!
May 02 2016 05:35 PM | eds in Solar Power
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) , . . . has received 5 bids from international organisations for the 3rd phase of the . . . Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. The lowest recorded bid at the opening of the envelopes was . . . US 2....
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India: Solar Boats & Solar Rickshaws
May 01 2016 07:25 AM | eds in Solar Power
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, . . . will launch solar powered boats, . . . apart from distributing 1,000 e-rickshaws, . . . to people in his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi on May 1. 5-1-2016 Source: India: Solar boats & Solar Rickshaws
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Solar Energy War
Apr 24 2016 09:45 PM | eds in Solar Power
In most states customers are credited with their full retail rate, known as net metering. . . . If the rate you pay for electricity is $0.12 per kWh, . . . you would get a $0.12-per-kWh credit for the electricity exported to the grid. But ut...
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Usa: One Million Solar Installations
Apr 21 2016 05:10 PM | eds in Solar Power
“It took us 40 years to get to 1 million installations, and . . . it will take us only 2 years to get to 2 million,” . . . said Dan Whitten, vice president of communications . . . at the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). “This is a time to ma...
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Mpower Solar Generator
Apr 18 2016 11:05 PM | eds in Solar Power
mPower Solar Generator Buy-One, Donate-One
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Solar Shocks Energy Experts
Apr 17 2016 01:30 PM | eds in Solar Power
We’ve seen Solar costs fall by phenomenal amounts, and . . . volume doubling every 2 years. How much more miracle-y do you need your miracles to be?” 4-17-2016 Source: Solar shocks energy experts
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Rooftop Solar Potential
Apr 11 2016 08:30 PM | eds in Solar Power
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, . . . released a new estimate of rooftop solar potential. 4-11-2016 Source: Rooftop Solar Potential
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Follow The Money: $338 Million Solar City
Apr 11 2016 01:10 PM | eds in Solar Power
SolarCity, the largest residential solar installer in the U.S., . . . has also climbed to the top of the commercial, and industrial market, . . . for installations in 2014, and 2015, according to . . . GTM Research U.S. PV Leaderboard. We are eager to...
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Cooking With The Sun
Apr 07 2016 08:20 AM | eds in Solar Power
Cooking with the Sun
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Ray Kurzweil Predicts Solar's Growth
Apr 06 2016 06:50 PM | eds in Solar Power
Excerpt of Google discussion with Ray Kurzweil from 2013. “In 2012, solar panels were producing 0.5% of the world’s energy supply. . . . Some people dismissed it, saying, . . . ‘It’s a nice thing to do, but at a half percent, it’s a fringe player. . ....
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Micro-Concentrating Solar Photovoltaic's
Apr 06 2016 04:00 PM | eds in Solar Power
The PARC micro-scale concentrating solar project, . . . aims at whittling down both the cost, and complexity of . . . concentrating solar power, by integrating . . . tiny hexagonal solar elements directly into a flat panel. The new process will precis...
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Community-Scale Solar
Apr 01 2016 12:00 AM | eds in Solar Power
U.S.A.,Rural electric cooperatives (co-ops): . . . . . . 840 distribution cooperatives, . . . . . . 65 generation and transmission cooperatives (G&Ts) serve an estimated . . . 42 million people, providing . . . 12% of the nation’s electricity, and...
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Vermont Working On New Solar Rules
Mar 27 2016 04:05 PM | eds in Solar Power
In addition to grandfathering the rules governing existing projects, . . . the rules change the way net metering customers are credited, . . . for the excess electricity they produce, . . . with smaller projects getting larger credits. The proposed ru...
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Batteries: Utilities, Still Don’T Get It
Mar 26 2016 05:30 PM | eds in Solar Power
Morgan Stanley, the investment bank that predicts, . . . 1,000,000 Australian households will adopt battery storage over the next 4 years, . . . says utilities still underestimates what’s about to hit them. Utilities, think batteries are to expensive,...
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Usa Solar Market Could Be Set To Explode
Mar 25 2016 02:30 PM | eds in Solar Power
Rocky Mountain Institute, said . . . found that almost 1/2 of all U.S. homes, and businesses, . . . cannot have solar even if residents want it because: . . . . . . they rent their home, . . . . . . live in dwellings such as a multi-unit apartment buil...
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