Posts Tagged ‘Solar’
Solar Roof Leases Hitting The Market
Installing a solar paneled roof can still be a fairly costly proposition. Even with federal and state tax credit incentives in place, for the average homeowner it can still be a daunting financial burden to add solar to your home. The return on investment for most homeowners could take the. . .
13 yr-old Discovers New Solar Array Theory
Out of the mouth of babes oft times comes gems so goes the famous idiom. In an example of this, it came from a 13 year old seventh grader from New York that has the potential to change the solar industry’s approach on how to array solar panels. Thirteen old. . .
Solar Roadways Receives FHA Grant
Solar Roadways, a company we’ve featured in the past, received a $750,000 grant to build a parking lot paved with solar panels. The grant was issued by the Federal Highway Administration. Solar Roadways has built a prototype road in Idaho that was made up of solar panels, heating elements, and. . .
Home Solar Costs Plummet
Good news for those who are considering a solar installation on their homes. Prices plummeted 20 percent this year as more and more manufacturers jump on the solar bandwagon. The solar industry is adding manufacturing capacity to meet demand despite the current economic climate. Solar installations are growing at an. . .
Ford To Provide Home Solar Option For Its EV’s
Ford Motor and solar panel maker SunPower have come up with a novel marketing idea for future buyers of Ford’s soon to be released all-electric Focus. Calling it the “Drive Green For Life” program, consumers who buy Ford electric vehicles will have an option to buy and have installed a. . .
Summer’s Next Weather Event
This summer has been quite a season for weather extremes. Various degrees of drought, and rainstorms have afflicted much of these United States. This coming week another storm is getting ready to hit planet Earth that could cause some serious issues for telecommunications and our electric grid. According to the. . .
DOE To Fund Major Solar Project
Solar rooftops are coming to American industrial buildings courtesy of the Department of Energy. The DOE is issuing a $1.4 billion conditional loan guarantee to fund a massive project that would install solar panels on unused industrial rooftops across the U.S. DOE funding of the project is coming from the. . .
Europeans Add Solar Power To Rail Line
In a novel way to harness solar power the European rail company Infrabel, has installed solar panels to help a segment of their Paris to Amsterdam service. Solar power is used in a 3.6-kilometer (about 2 mile) stretch of tunnel crossing Antwerp, Belgium. 16,000 solar panels were installed on the. . .
Germany Plans To Abandon Nuclear Energy By 2022
Germany has announced that it intends to abandon nuclear energy over the next eleven years. The German move comes after reconsidering their nuclear strategy in the wake of Japan’s Fukushima disaster. Germany plans to move ambitiously into renewable energy sources to replace their nuclear power plants. Germany currently has 17. . .
Solar Carports Will Change EV Landscape
One of the obstacles facing electric car acceptance is consumer range anxiety. Even though most people drive an average of 42 miles per week, people just want to know that they can pull into any service station and top off their gas tank on a moments notice. You really can’t. . .
Japan Wants Solar Roofs For All New Buildings
Sometimes it takes a tragedy of such consequences to get governments to change their minds. The recent tragedy at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant, which was hit by an earthquake and tsunami, seems to have changed that country’s approach to sustainable energy. At this week’s G8 summit in France, Japan’s. . .
Why Isn’t There A Solar Powered iPad?
As a kid I remember getting pretty excited about owning one of the first solar powered calculators. I thought it was pretty cool to be able to operate this device from any light source. You can still find solar powered calculators in retail stores, but the question I’d like to. . .
Solar Power For The Masses
Finding a source that can install solar panels onto your rooftop is just about to get easier. Lowe’s and solar-based leasing firm Sungevity have cut a deal to help consumers decide if solar is a good fit for them. Sungevity will be setting up kiosks in 30 California Lowe’s stores. . .
Renewable Energy Can Power Most Of The World
Imagine a world where renewable energy could account for the majority of the world’s energy needs, and that you may live to see that day. The good news is that according to the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change it is achievable by 2050. The U.N. panel said that renewable. . .
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