The Other Tragedy of Solyndra
Despite all the positive facts about solar energy, there are still skeptics. Like other forms of alternative energy, it is clean in its output, but there are still environmental issues surrounding its...
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Pyramid Windows May Be Future Of Solar Energy For Buildings
Making buildings more environmentally friendly is a growing business sector, especially since many projects reduce costs as well. It is estimated that retrofitting projects to make buildings greener...
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Eco-Cites of the Future
What would the world look like without petroleum-powered cars, or buildings powered by carbon-producing plants? A number of cities in Europe and Asia are on-track to build prototype future-cities using...
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Turning Window Panes into Solar Gains
Let’s call them ‘organic solar collectors’, for want of a better word. But it is exactly what this new development in glass technology does. We get it directly and indirectly everyday, but solar power...
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MIT Students Build Advanced Solar Car
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) students have built an advanced solar powdered car which they are calling “Eleanor”. The students are entering the car in the World Solar Challenge in...
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Getting Into Hot Water
Our hot water heater is so central to the household, it’s practically a family member. Without it, there would be no hot baths or showers, no warm water for dishes, and only freezing cold hand-washing....
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First Of Its Kind Solar Power Plant Opens in United States
This week a new solar power factory opened in New Mexico owned by the Schott Solar company. The factory is considered unique as it will produce photovoltaic panels and thermal receivers for solar power...
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Largest Solar Park in the World Opens in Germany
The ribbon was cut on the World’s largest continguous solar plant on 27th April 2006 in Germany. Construction on the 40 million euro (US$48 million) photovoltaic installation started August 2005. This...
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Solar Power Tower
As you drive through the Andalusian countryside you may be greeted by a strange sight, a giant tower gleaming in the sun’s light surrounded by a sea of mirrors. It may seem like something out of the...
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Pyramid Windows May Be Future Of Solar Energy For Buildings
Making buildings more environmentally friendly is a growing business sector, especially since many projects reduce costs as well. It is estimated that retrofitting projects to make buildings greener...
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Fairfax Theater first to go Green
Oldie but Goodie: The Fairfax Theater is bringing some new technology to their historical venues and making new headlines in the process. A prominent Northern California landmark, the Fairfax...
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Solarize Your Home
Right now putting solar panels on your house is not very cheap. Depending upon how much energy your house needs, you could be looking at thousands of dollars in solar investments. But would you...
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Carbon Free City
What would a carbon free city look like to you? Well, if you see no cars and a large amount of wind turbines and solar panels, you’re starting to get warm. Creating a carbon free city requires...
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Outdoor Solar Lighting
Since the beginning of time, the Sun has been provided us with the light needed to nourish the life-force of our planet. As mankind advanced, along with our technology, we have learned how to harness...
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Starting With Solar
Most of us cannot feasibly afford to install a full solar power system into our homes. Energy Refuge suggests starting small. One solar panel and a sealed battery would hold about 400 watts of...
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Armed Forces Increasing Conservation
Reducing energy consumption is an important step for all citizens of the world to make. In addition to individuals, companies and organizations must look towards being environmentally responsible as...
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Solar Decathlon: A New Kind of House
Good ideas for energy efficiency come up all the time in this day and age. And a newer event is sparking the imagination of students to go beyond what we have today and invent new ways to conserve...
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9 Most Unusual Solar Gadgets
The human race has entered into the new millennium with great expectations of what futuristic products will become available to them. While flying cars and teleportation devices may still be well out...
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Google Banking on the Sun
Internet giant Google announced on Monday that it will build a 9,200 cell solar power installation to provide roughly 30 percent of the power needed by its Mountainview, CA campus. Google estimates...
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The Tortoise Vs. The Solar Farm
The state of California wants to attain one-third of all of their electricity needs from renewable energy by the year 2020. One step toward reaching this goal is a massive solar farm to be placed in...
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