Archive for the National Solar News Category
Increased Funding for NYSERDA Program to Help Low-Income New Yorkers Reduce Energy Bills
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ET Solar to Supply 6MW of PV Modules to LARIVIERE
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Solar Van: Roadtrip across America
“My thinking was better to have too much (Solar) than too little.”
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Turning waste heat into power
Physicists have discovered a new way of harvesting waste heat and turning it into electrical power. Taking advantage of quantum effects, the technology holds great promise for making cars, power plants, factories and solar panels more efficient. email this article to a friend
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Still in San Francisco, SunRun’s Moving Headquarters
September 30, 2010 It’s been a big year for SunRun so far – we entered three new states (New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Hawaii) and doubled our headcount (and we’re still hiring for new positions – check out our job listings). This weekend, SunRun will be moving headquarters from 717 Market Street to a larger office [...]
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‘Nanocoax’ solves solar cell ‘thick and thin’ dilemma
Researchers report developing a “nanocoax” technology that can support a highly efficient thin film solar cells. The nanocoax structures prove to be thick enough to absorb a sufficient amount of light, yet thin enough to extract current with increased efficiency. email this article to a friend
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Solar Panels – Are They a Threat to Biodiversity?
Solar panels are gaining more recognition as key ingredients to produce eco-friendly and renewable source of energy. With growing need for more energy, there will be in future, a plethora of solar panels all over the world. Now this has become a source of eco-conservative concern, according to Mr. Bruce Robertson, Research Associate, [...]Posted in: [...]
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New energy source from the common pea: Scientists create a solar energy device from a plant protein structure
Isolating the minute crystals of the PSI super complex from the pea plant, a biochemistry researcher suggests these crystals can be illuminated and used as small battery chargers or form the core of more efficient man-made solar cells. email this article to a friend
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SolarBullet Campaign shoots for high-speed solar train
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Solar, Transportation Alternatives, USA There’s no doubt that solar energy is one of the greenest sources of electricity and the idea of using it to power transportation is not new. We’ve seen solar-powered boats and solar-powered cars before, among other things, but we didn’t know until now that a solar-powered high-speed train [...]
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Bloom Box-The Bloomin’ New Energy Source
So, the “Bloom Box” is the new black in alternative energy! K.R. Sridhar is the inventor of the Bloom Box, a group of fuel cells stacked together to form a new alternative energy source. Sridhar puts oxygen on one side of the fuel cell stack and fuel on the other side that forms a chemical [...]
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The Future is Now with Light-Powered Circuitry
The brain of any electronic device is the circuitry that operated the machine. Without the circuitry, the device is not even worth the cost of the plastic that it is made of. Any electronics device requires some kind of battery or it is nothing more than a paperweight. Recently, some new technology was created [...]Posted [...]
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Audi to add solar power to Ingolstadt headquarters factory
Filed under: Manufacturing/Plants, Solar, Audi Automotive factories tend to be very large buildings, more often than not on a single level in order to aid internal logistics. A byproduct of such a configuration is a large, flat roof. Such a surface can be be ideally suited to the installation of solar power generation. With that [...]
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Solar One at COP 15, Day 2.
Today was a busy, busy day . . . so busy I didn’t get much of a chance to film anything or hit the streets. Sorry, more footage tomorrow. For now, hope you can settle for my talking head – CN A sobering graphic produced by 350 using climateinteractive.org data shows how far short the [...]
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Smart Grid-Green Energy Projects Receive Stimulous Funding
U.S. government will be funding many “smart grid” and green energy projects around the country to the tune of $683 dollars. Over 32 projects will receive the stimulus funding in order to produce a more efficient and smarter “smart grid.” Additional funding from the private sector will bring the total to over $1.6 Billion dollars! [...]
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SunRun launches its Holiday Lights Contest!
Happy December 1st! With the turkey long gobbled, the holiday season is now officially in full force. In other words, let there be light! Holiday lights, that is. This year, SunRun is holding a Holiday Lights Contest for its customers. SunRun customers are getting in the holiday spirit and showing off their clean electricity by [...]
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Red Tape Threatens Green Future
California’s renewable power boom is off to a slower start than planned. Delays have hit more than half of the big solar, wind and geothermal energy projects under development throughout the state, according to a recent government report. They’re still moving forward, but not at the pace their developers expected. As a result, California probably [...]
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Saginaw Hopes to Snag 500 Solar Jobs
Saginaw could land a $177 million solar modular production plant that officials say could employ 500 people within five years. Officials say the city is in a bidding war with a Texas community also vying for the courting of GlobalWatt, a San Jose, Calif.-based solar industry company. A GlobalWatt spokeswoman said the business could decide [...]
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Solar Device Prototype May Create Energy As Cheaply as Coal
The Steward Observatory Mirror Lab over at University of Arizona has created a solar-concentrating device could very well produce power as cheaply as coal. Inventor Roger Angel’s device could use about $200 in glass, which may allow for a retail price of about $1,500 if and when it gets that far. At that price, the [...]
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World’s Largest Solar Media Wall: Digital Media & Cutting-Edge Architecture
How cool would it be if you could look out your window on a beautiful evening and see a giant LED media wall displaying the most popular concerts, shows and events going on that night? Better yet, what if the entire, tens-of-thousand square foot wall was powered only by the sun? Now that’s tuned-in technology! [...]
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It’s the Little Things When Going Green
Guest Post: Shane Shirley-Smith from Environmental Booty I don’t know about you, but life seems to move very fast these days. I seem to never have enough time in my day to finish all the things that I would like to. Trying to fit in a green lifestyle, though, doesn’t have to be [...] email [...]
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The Skinny on DIY Solar
The U.S. is a proverbial mecca for do-it-yourselfers. From our ancestral days of pioneers and homesteaders, we’ve trusted nothing more than our own hands to get a job done right. America is a land of invention and innovation (even if the manufacturing has moved elsewhere). So, when the solar power took off in lieu of [...]
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New Solar Parabolic Mirror Design
Inventor Roger Angel has designed a lightweight aluminum framed parabolic mirror that may over time reduce the cost of solar power to the point it rivals the cost of coal-burning electrical plants. The mirror’s 21 sections focus sunlight on single solar cell. A prototype is being shipped next week that could be used to create [...]
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Jobs In Solar: Lead generator/Door to Door Sales (Portland Area )
Date: 2009-10-30, 4:15PM PDTReply to: job-pwnwx-1444946907@craigslist.org Rapidly growing company providing businesses and homeowners with renewable solar energy, is seeking door to door lead generators. No prior experience necessary, Individuals with sales experience a plus. Training provided for individuals who are self motivated, ambitious, confident, and have a professional appearance and friendly approachable smile. Must be [...]
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Sharp Solar Breaks Conversion Efficiency Record
We still have to miles to cover before solar power can replace the fossil fuels and become a cheap and effective solution for common folks. But it is indisputable that sun is the single greatest fuel source we can harness to our advantage. Solar energy can leave its impact on a global scale in [...]Posted [...]
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Acro Energy Signs Third Solar Acquisition at Solar Power International 2009
HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Acro Energy Technologies Corp. (TSX Venture:ART), a leading U.S. solar integrator, announced today that it has signed a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Energy Efficiency Solar, Inc., a California corporation headquartered in Pomona, Calif. (“EE Solar”) and William “Bill” Korthof, the sole shareholder of EE Solar. EE Solar is a full-service solar [...]
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