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All Terrain Solar Trailer (Atst)
Jan 05 2013 06:40 PM | eds in Solar Power
Portable power generation stations Hurricane Sandy demonstrated that there is . . . a very real need for alternative power sources . . . that can keep mobile devices charged after a major natural disaster. The ATST portable power generation system . ....
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Off-Grid #solar
May 03 2018 01:15 PM | eds in Solar Power
Off-grid solar installations, have been a . . . huge success in poor areas around the world, . . . offering not just cleaner and more reliable power, . . . but cheaper electricity, too. 5-3-2018 Source: Off-grid #Solar
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Is Swanson's Law, Like Moore's Law
Dec 29 2012 12:25 AM | eds in Solar Power
Moore’s law, suggests that the . . . size of transistors (and also their cost) . . . halves every 18 months or so. Swanson’s law, suggests that the . . . cost of the photovoltaic cells . . . falls by 20% with each doubling of global manufactu...
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India Plans World’S Largest Floating Solar
Jul 02 2014 09:10 PM | eds in Solar Power
National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) is planning to set up a . . . 50 MW solar photovoltaic project over the water bodies, . . . in the southern state of Kerala. The ecology of the water body is not likely to be affected much and . . . it will also...
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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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China’S “Top Runner” Program
Jun 09 2016 11:20 AM | eds in Solar Power
China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) launched “Top Runner Program” in 2015, . . . to prompt using high-efficiency PV products, and . . . to accelerate PV industry transformation. The first phase of the Program’s demonstration projects, . . . lo...
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5K & 10K Emergency Solar Generator
Jan 08 2013 01:15 AM | eds in Solar Power
5K Solar Generator (2) 240 Watt hi-efficiency panels MPPT Charge Controller---Up to 30% more power 2000 Watt Sine Wave Inverter 410 Amp/Hour Battery System Trailer (or Cart) Mounted This unit produces about the same amount of power in a day that a ....
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Breakthrough In Perovskite Solar Cells
Mar 02 2014 05:05 PM | eds in Solar Power
MIT Technology Review recently published a summary article showing, . . . Perovskite bringing down the cost of solar cells significantly. Materials researchers in Oxford, led by Dr Henry Snaith, . . . have recently shown that they can make simple pero...
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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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Mother Earths: Solar Tracker
Jul 29 2013 01:55 AM | eds in Solar Power
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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¨solar Pv Vs Generators¨
Nov 14 2014 09:10 PM | eds in Solar Power
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 Solar Power
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 Solar Power
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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Solar Power’S “Soft Costs"
Dec 04 2013 03:15 PM | eds in Solar Power
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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World’S Biggest Solar Farm
Sep 30 2012 02:50 AM | eds in Solar Power
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 Solar Power
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 Solar Power
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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Where's World’S Largest Solar Powered Hospital
Dec 20 2013 07:30 PM | eds in Solar Power
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 Solar Power
$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 Solar Power
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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“Little Box Challenge” Solar Inverters
Nov 04 2015 06:25 PM | eds in Solar Power
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 Solar Power
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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World’S First Solar-Powered Helicopter
Apr 12 2013 09:35 PM | eds in Solar Power
Queen Mary University of London's, 7 Masters students create "SolarCopter." Source: SolarCopter
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Southeast Asia’S Largest Solar Plant
Sep 29 2012 02:05 AM | eds in Solar Power
44-megawatt project, called ‘Sunny Bangchak,’ . . . located in Bang Pa-In, Ayutthaya, 40 kilometers outside Bangkok, Thailand. it would reduce the need to import about . . . 40,000 tons of coal and . . . mitigate 32,000 tons of carbon dioxide emi...
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Solarcity Acquired Zep Solar
Sep 16 2014 08:00 PM | eds in Solar Power
SolarCity acquired Zep Solar, a railless mounting system, for $158 million in stock. Zep's system makes the solar panel itself part of the racking hardware, . . . via a specially grooved frame, eliminating rails and . . . using the module fra...
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