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Solar Generators. Opinion Blog Post.
Mar 20 2012 12:00 AM | Shortpoet-GTD in Solar Power
Spring 2012. With recent March temperatures in the 70's and 80's in many parts of the country, people are finally realizing that climate change is here, and here to stay. Even if we drastically reduce emissions (which doesn't seem likely a...
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Can Cheap Solar, Save The World?
Mar 20 2012 02:40 PM | eds in Solar Power
The Greenest, Cheapest, Simplest Solar Farm, REhnu’s solar farms require: . . . . . . no cooling water, . . . . . . little aluminum and . . . . . . the minimum amount of land for given output, . . . each acre yielding over 500,000 kWh per year...
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Why Are Solar Costs, So High In The Usa?
Mar 20 2012 05:30 PM | eds in Solar Power
In Germany in Q3 2011, the installed cost of solar was $2.80 per watt, . . . far less than the installed cost in the United States, $5.20 per watt. . . . Yet the hardware costs are the same. Minh Le, the Acting Deputy Program Manager of the...
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Germany's Solar Energy
Mar 27 2012 03:05 PM | eds in Solar Power
Hermann Scheer, developed the underlying concepts, of Germany's, “Renewable Energy Sources Act,” during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Scheer believed that the continuation of current patterns of energy supply and use will be environmentally dama...
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3Dpv Offer Up To 20X More Power
Mar 27 2012 05:45 PM | eds in Solar Power
Three-dimensional photovoltaic(3DPV)Test: . . . Flat Panel VS Cube VS 3DPV Tower With the fall in the cost of solar cells in recent years - to the point where they have become less expensive than their supporting structures and the outlay for the land...
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Pay-As-You-Go Green Energy
Mar 29 2012 05:20 PM | Hayden in Solar Power
A new business model for off-grid solar power could revolutionise India’s energy sector, transforming lives in the process.
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Can India's Barefoot Grandmothers Save The...
Apr 02 2012 01:40 PM | eds in Solar Power
People who have been considered ‘very ordinary’ and written off by society, . . . rural men and women, irrespective of age, . . . who are barely literate, are doing extraordinary things that defy description. They are being trained to work as, . ....
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You Know What A Huge Oil Spill Is Called
Apr 03 2012 05:45 PM | eds in Solar Power
. . . Deep Horizon!
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Solar Cookers Can't Save Lives, Can It?
Apr 05 2012 08:30 PM | eds in Solar Power
Over the last 9 years, over 200,000 people have been killed and
. . . 2.5 million displaced and left homeless, in the region adjacent to Sudan.
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Solar Prices Vary, So Shop Around
Apr 08 2012 01:35 PM | eds in Solar Power
The average installed cost in
. . . 2008 was about $9 per watt,
. . . 2011 was about $7 per watt,
. . . 2012 maybe $6 per watt.
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Solar Power, Is It Worth It?
Apr 09 2012 03:05 PM | eds in Solar Power
If you live in Israel, Spain or Hawaii, where they have a law that all new homes must have a Solar water heaters, the answer is YES!
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Who Say's The Sun Doesn't Shine At Night?
Apr 09 2012 04:00 PM | eds in Solar Power
Halotechnics, a U.S. startup funded by a $3.3 million ARPA-E grant . . . has devised the perfect solution to keep the lights on well after sundown. Their innovation could make solar thermal as cheap and convenient as fossil fuels, . . . but with...
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2011 Solar Pv Mw: Us 1,700 Vs Germany 7,500
Apr 10 2012 12:40 AM | eds in Solar Power
2011 3rd quarter solar system cost: . . . US $5.20 VS Germany $2.80 Germany’s simple, long-term feed-in tariff . . . makes financing projects less expensive, and . . . has created a sophisticated supply chain . . . that allows companie...
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Mobile Pv System: R4 Paris-Marrakesh Rally
Apr 10 2012 01:10 AM | eds in Solar Power
Antaris Solar, to power lights, computers and phones, . . . will install a module on a Renault 4, for the 6,000 km trip. Robustness, heat-resistants and ease of operation are essential. Source: renewable-energy-sources
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Japan's Largest Solar Farm
Apr 10 2012 03:05 PM | eds in Solar Power
Kyocera estimates the cost of the project at approximately . . . $309 million. The Solar farm will have, . . . 290,000 solar panels, which will generate enough electricity to power . . . 22,000 households while reducing greenhouse gas emissions b...
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Why Invest Billions In Solar?
Apr 12 2012 01:55 PM | eds in Solar Power
The roadmap, of Solar's multi-gigawatt Future.
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Solar Panels, Double Airplanes Range
Apr 12 2012 11:45 PM | eds in Solar Power
Elektra One EV plane, solar cells on the wing surfaces that harness energy from the sun to provide zero-emissions flying with lower operating costs and less noise. Body: carbon composite materials Weight: 400 Lbs. Payload: 220 Lbs. (Single-Passanger)...
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Recessions Effect On Renewable Energy
Apr 13 2012 08:30 PM | eds in Solar Power
$237.2 Billion in 2011, was spent on renewable energy world wide. Despite austerity measures, expiring tax credits, . . . countries are hungrily adding renewable resources. Areva to build worlds largest compact linear fresnel reflector (CLFR) in...
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Boy Frightens Lions
Apr 20 2012 02:10 PM | eds in Solar Power
uses Solar Power to protect home and cattle.
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Doe's Sunshot:
Apr 23 2012 06:10 PM | eds in Solar Power
What is now proven technology?
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Solar Map Usa
Apr 24 2012 10:20 PM | eds in Solar Power
What are the Top 5 Payback States in the USA, . . . for Home Solar Hot Water Systems? Source: Top-Solar-payback
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Define The Energy Problem!
Apr 25 2012 01:30 AM | eds in Solar Power
University of Michigan State defines the problem Is this the Answer?
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Sun-Shot: Plug-N-Play Pv
Apr 25 2012 12:05 AM | eds in Solar Power
Dept. of Energy is funding $25 Million, so that a homeowner simply plugs his . . . PV's into a "PV-ready circuit" and an "automatic PV discovery process" . . . initiates communication between the system and the utility. Sour...
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Solar-Power, Lights Up A Highway
Apr 27 2012 01:45 PM | eds in Solar Power
Energy shortages have occurred in Jordan, Israel, Egypt, and Lebanon, a crisis that will escalate, as demand grows, with an ever-expanding population.
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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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