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DOE Pursues SunShot Initiative to Achieve Cost Competitive Solar Energy by 2020 Announces $27 Million in Projects to Advance Solar Development and Manufacturing Washington, D.C. – U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced additional details of the Department of Energy’s “SunShot” initiative to reduce the total costs of photovoltaic solar energy systems by about 75 percent so that they are …

One of our main concerns today is home energy usage. We won’t escape the fact that we need electricity to power our lives. Our level of civilization needs electricity to maintain it. But many people believe that the price we pay is simply too much for the amount of electricity we use. It is natural for folk to feel dissatisfied …

If you want to look into the future of sustainable energy in the United States, look at solar power. If you want to look into the future of solar power, look at the prices for solar panels. If you want to look at the future of solar panels, look to China.

In order to understand how efficient condensing boilers are it is crucial to know how they operate. Whether or not you have a standard boiler which operates to heat just your residence or a combination boiler that not only heats your residence but the hot water you use, these products use some kind of fuel to work. This can be …

Craig Massey asked: Homeowners now have choices to generate energy at home, including Wind Power Electricity. Obviously, at the moment, fossil fueled generators are the most commonly used. But the alternatives are beginning to make more of an impact, such as a Solar Power Panel, the Magnetic Power Energy Generator, and now, Wind Power Electricity. We can achieve clean energy …

Steve Stillwater asked: Electric cars have been in the news recently, with Tesla Motors raising large amounts of money from investors and General Motors banking on the Chevy Volt to renew its prospects for becoming a viable company again. GM is planning to roll out the Chevy Volt next year (OK, the Volt is not an all-electric car, but it …

2 One of the biggest household expenses is the electricity bills The amount you pay for power is next to the bank home mortgage Many home owners are looking into using solar energy to supplement their home energy needs A complete system installed by a professional contractor can be quite expensive Be prepared to invest upwards of for a home …

Utility Sees Transformation of Solar Photovoltaic Power Market Seven new solar power plants capable of providing electricity for 8,125 average homes are now online for Southern California Edison (SCE) customers, the utility announced today. The newest solar photovoltaic installations, located in Ontario and Redlands, Calif., have a combined peak generating capacity of 12.5 million watts (AC). The new plants bring …

It is Super Bowl week. The countdown is on! We are T-minus four days until Super Bowl XLV. Do you have Super Bowl fever? We have been to and watched games at giant stadiums around the country for many years but have you ever stopped to wonder who is doing anything to make them more efficient? All eyes will be …

Jonnie Blaylock asked: Electric cars are not a new idea. They have come about many times through the years but have not stuck around. Today’s concerns about global warming and the expense of gasoline may have finally changed that. Several major companies are catching on to the possibilities of providing a clean running car and have added hybrid cars to …

in home natural gas fuel cell Fuel cells and fuel cell technology has been a big buzz now for the last couple years with lots of talk and plans for cars that run on them and so on But it has seemed to be very much a thing of the future and not of today in terms of consumer use …

how to make a handmade solar system One of the biggest household expenses is the electricity bills The amount you pay for power is next to the bank home mortgage Many home owners are looking into using solar energy to supplement their home energy needs A complete system installed by a professional contractor can be quite expensive Be prepared to …

Cem Sinan asked: There is a lot of action in the “electric car” scene recently. A few days after GM and Segway introduced their two-wheel two-passenger scooter-car, P.U.M.A., details on more electric cars have begun to surface. One of these electric vehicles is Peapod, developed by Chrysler’s Global Eco Mobility unit. Peapod accommodates up to four people and goes as …

In order to comprehend how effective condensing boilers are it is important to know how they work. Whether or not you have a standard boiler which operates to heat just your house or a combination boiler that not only heats your house but the hot water you use, these products use some kind of fuel to work. This can be …

Following a 41.6 percent boom in 2010, revenue growth in the global power management semiconductor market will slow significantly in 2011 but still will manage to increase at a double-digit pace, according to new IHS iSuppli research. Global power management semiconductor revenue will climb to $36.2 billion in 2011, up 13.9 percent from 2010. Growth will occur during every quarter …

To meet 21st century energy challenges, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) “must go beyond best practices in merit review to the adopt a set of best practices in human resources, procurement, contracting, public-private cooperation, and technology transfer that is currently practiced by leading edge applied research organizations in the public and …

Richard G Watson asked: Range: how far can I drive and where can I recharge? This is probably the biggest current drawback of electric vehicle technology. Not only are current electric vehicles limited by range, there is minimal current recharging infrastructure in place for high speed recharging of EV’s and batteries become prohibitively expensive when trying to increase the range …

Kon Lus asked: Martin Luther King had said I have a dream. Everyone has dreams, even just one dream. Have you ever dreamed that you could drive a car by yourself to travel around the world? Or when you was a child, and when you sat in a car, would you want to go around everywhere by yourself? When I …

Kum Martin asked: Electric cars, known for their eco-friendly features, are run using electric motors powered by electrochemical cells. As these cars use inbuilt battery packs, they are often called the Battery Electric Automobiles. Thus, they run on electricity, rather than on conventional sources of energy like petroleum and gas. These cars have become increasingly popular nowadays, when the whole …

Are you aware that photovoltaic panels, or perhaps pv panels for short, existed dating back to 1958? This kind of technological innovation was created in order to run geostationary satellites in outer space orbit and has now been steadily, if perhaps quite slowly, making its way into our own everyday lives ever since then. Although the technology is a little …