While the growth of electric and hybrid cars is a significant step towards finding a solution to our gas problem in today’s world, the bigger impact may come from the adoption of green initiatives on the commercial level. There are so many diesel trucks running the streets of our cities everyday. If commercial fleets can be converted to use all …
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New Way To Make Energy From Solar?
Check out this release today on what appears to be a breakthrough in technology to create new energy from solar power. This company has found a way to mimic the natural process of photosynthesis to create natural gas that can be burned for clean energy. And…. no fracking need to accomplish it. HyperSolar Discovers Method to Make Renewable Natural Gas …
Read More »Despite Solyndra’s Death, the future of Solar Energy is Sunny
By Steven Pleging I believe that the loss of industry players Solyndra, Evergreen, and SpectraWatt opens the market for more innovative solar companies to succeed with smarter tactics and mainstream products that fit into existing manufacturing models. Remember when the dot.com bubble burst in 2000 and, seemingly overnight, some companies ceased making millions hand-over-fist? Flash forward to 2011, when nearly …
Read More »Solar Power Benefits Might Lead Us To Other Galaxies And Beyond
The advantages of solar energy are contributory factors that would seriously affect the way ahead for humankind. Irrespective of how you look at it carbon-based fuels will eventually run out and even in the event that they didn’t they’d become out of date if man ventures into outer space. You’ll notice that none of the “Mars Rover” type cars are …
Read More »Home Wind Turbines – Learn How To Build Your Own Wind Turbine
Wind mills will be the future energy generator. So it is actually really significant to obtain knowledge regarding their operations. Together with the operation it’s also significant to be aware of the method to build your own wind turbine. How you can build a wind turbine just isn’t as complicated as men and women feel it is actually. For those …
Read More »Solar Industry Leaders Meet To Promote Solar Growth
SOLAR POWER INTERNATIONAL BREAKS NEW GROUND IN TEXAS Executives Come Together To Affirm Growth of Solar Industry Washington, D.C., – November 1, 2011 – Energy leaders from around the world descended upon Dallas, Texas for Solar Power International ’11, October 17 – 20. For the first time in its eight year history, SPI was staged outside California proving that the …
Read More »How You Can Build Solar Panels for Your Home
Everyone can create solar panels. It is possible to create solar panels for your home yourself too even if you don’t have knowledge creating them. All you’ll need is really a dependable guide that contains step by step instructions in creating solar panels. You are going to surely have massive savings in on your electric bills. Constructing solar panels for …
Read More »Breakthrough Aims to Cut Solar Costs in Half
Despite great leaps in solar panel technology, the biggest obstacle hindering their widespread use is quite pedestrian: stubbornly high installation costs. While the cost of panels has dropped by half since 2007, total installation costs, which include panels, labor and additional equipment, declined just 20% over the same period. Charlie Korman, manager of Solar Energy programs at GE’s Global Research …
Read More »Planning a Green Business Event
A business event has the potential to be a major source of carbon emission – namely due to travel and the amount of energy required for the venue/promotional materials. Over 60,000 tons of CO2 was emitted in 2009 from UK conferences and exhibitions alone. However, with some careful thought and planning, such emissions can be significantly cut. The following does …
Read More »Great Things About Solar Technology and it’s Disadvantage
There are numerous more positive aspects than negatives of solar panel technology. Solar energy Benefits are often reviewed in the news; the most important positive aspects can be that this is definitely an option to obtain power convenience on an individual basis possibly at your own rate. We wish the information below is going to be of good use for …
Read More »SOLAR POWER INTERNATIONAL (SPI 2011) DAY 2
THE PRESENT & FUTURE OF SOLAR Julia Hamm, President and CEO of the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) took the audience 20 years into the future during today’s General Session with a visionary presentation about the role of solar energy within an electric utility in the year 2031. Hamm stressed the importance of collaboration between the solar industry and utilities …
Read More »Why Food Waste is Rife in the Winter Months
As winter descends and cold weather takes hold, it seems that humans aren’t so different to other animals after all. It seems humans’ animal instinct takes over in the winter months, much like animals who are planning to hibernate for the winter, shopping trolleys are stacked to the roof with food and the refrigerator door requires a sharp kick to …
Read More »Public Shows Lack Of Faith In Energy Development Policy
Poll: Americans Believe U.S. Headed in Wrong Direction on Energy AUSTIN, Texas — A poll released today by The University of Texas at Austin found less than 14 percent of Americans think the country is headed in the right direction on energy. Of more than 3,400 consumers surveyed, 84 percent were worried about U.S. consumption of oil from foreign sources …
Read More »Tangent Energy Solutions Brings 3 Colonial School District Solar Energy Projects Online
Projects provide district with 689 kW of clean, solar power Plymouth Meeting, PA (October 18, 2011) – Tangent Energy Solutions today announced that solar energy generation installations at three Colonial School District (CSD) schools have been fully tested and commissioned – enabling them to start providing power. The three schools are the sites for two separate solar energy projects; one …
Read More »What Will It Take To Lift-off Electric Cars With Consumers?
This is an interesting post on ZD Net today about the electric car industry and the things the big car makers are doing (or not doing) to create a wider market for their electric cars. This week, seven of the auto manufacturers with a vested interest in the electric vehicle market got together to say that they will standardize around …
Read More »The Future of Renewable Energy
Whether you live in the UK, the United States, Australia or any where in the world for that matter, you will undoubtedly be seeing renewable energy sources popping up on your neighbour’s homes or even on commercial properties around your area. This is because the renewable energy industry is booming at the moment, there are solar panel companies cropping up …
Read More »Smart Electric Windows: Innovation Time
Found this interesting article at the Txchnologist site today. Windows that can change color at the touch of a switch, could be a great energy conservation resource in coming years. Smart window technology, thermally insulating fenestration that changes color at the flip of a switch, is the next wave in windows. Smart glass’ most visible application right now is in …
Read More »Optimizing Your Refrigerator
Going green doesn’t just apply to recycling and carpooling. You can implement small measures around the home that can help decrease your energy bill. Keeping your appliances running in top condition will reduce or eliminate entirely the need for repair or replacement. Start in a room like the kitchen by optimizing your fridge to run at maximum efficiency. Here are …
Read More »Portland Community College Partners with ClearEdge Power to Support Environmental Sustainability Practices
A Guide to Solar Panels
Solar power is the generation of electricity using solar energy. It consists of a series of chemical reactions, all of which happens in the solar panel. But how do they work? Solar panels are made up of photovoltaic (or PV) cells, which can be manufactured from a variety of materials; the most popular being crystalline silicon. These cells are produced …
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