Tag Archives: Solar

Comparing Solar Energy Panels And Wind Turbines, Which May Be Best Solution For A Householder To Install As A Green Initiative?

While the home market is being served with renewable energy energy solutions, in particular Solar Energy Panels and wind turbines, these two solutions have advantages and disadvantages that can change suitability for the domestic customer. The Solar Energy Panels work by converting daylight into electricity and the more daylight there is, the more electricity is supplied. Wind turbines must be …

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Safer than Nuclear – Renewable Energy, Natural Gas, Energy Efficiency

“In 88 minutes, the sun provides 470 exajoules of energy, as much energy as humanity consumes in a year.” In Scientific American, Ramez Naam adds, “In 112 hours – less than five days – it provides 36 zettajoules of energy – as much energy as is contained in all proven reserves of oil, coal, and natural gas on this planet.” …

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Comparing Solar Energy Panels And Wind Turbines, Which May Be Best Solution For A Customer To Install As A Renewable Energy Initiative?

While the home market is being served with environmentally friendly energy choices, in particular Solar Energy Panels and wind turbines, these two choices have advantages and disadvantages that can influence suitability for the domestic customer. The Solar Energy Panels work by converting light into electricity and the more light there is, the more electricity is made. Wind turbines need to …

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New Hands-Free Inductive Charging at Google

Google makes innovative use of electric vehicles and charging stations. For employees, Google took an early lead in converting Toyota Prii (yep that’s the official plural of Prius) to be plug-in hybrids. Then Google installed beautiful solar covered parking including charge stations so that electric cars can be charged with sunlight. At its headquarters, Google is now showing us how …

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Is The Greenhouse Effect A Appropriate Reason For A Customer To Think About The Installation Of Solar Energy Panels?

While it might seem laudable that a domestic customer would consider a personal environmentally supportive initiative such as Solar Energy Panels when the Solar Energy Prices are about ?12,000 for a typical family home, surely this is a large personal decision to make? Indeed for many families that sort of outlay might well mean a lot and would need some …

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Is The Greenhouse Effect A Suitable Reason For A Householder To Think About The Purchase Of Solar Energy Panels?

While it could seem admirable that a home owner would consider a personal green initiative such as Solar Energy Panels when the Solar Energy Prices are about ?12,000 for a typical family building, surely this is a large personal decision to make? Indeed for many families that sort of commitment could well mean a lot and would warrant some investigation …

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Comparing Solar Energy Panels And Wind Turbines, Which Could Be Best Solution For A Domestic Customer To Install As An Environmentally Supportive Initiative?

While the domestic market is being served with renewable energy energy answers, in particular Solar Energy Panels and wind turbines, these two answers have advantages and disadvantages that can change suitability for the householder. The Solar Energy Panels work by converting sunlight into electricity and the more sunlight there is, the more electricity is generated. Wind turbines need to be …

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Rethinking the Power Pole

If there’s one segment of the energy sector that you’d think might be beyond significant technological innovation, it would be power transmission poles. And you’d be wrong! As profiled in a recent article in The Economist a novel transmission tower design called the Wintrack pylon has been co-developed by TenneT, the operator of the Dutch electricity grid, and KEMA, a consulting and engineering firm.  …

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Company Working To Develop Solar Energy Windows

SolarWindow(TM) technologies which enable see-thru windows to generate electricity by 'spraying' their glass surfaces with New Energy's electricity-generating coatings. These solar coatings are less than 1/10th the thickness of 'thin' films and make use of the world's smallest functional solar cells, shown to successfully produce electricity in a published peer-reviewed study in the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy of the American Institute of Physics.

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Will Oil Price Rises Affect Private EnergyBills And Might Solar Energy Panels Help In Lowering The Costs For Householders That Can Afford The Solar Energy Prices?

The present unrest in the Middle East has hiked the price of oil up to high levels, which could well mean increases in prices for both organisations and for members of the public also. As far as heating goes, it is likely that the householders who only have oil for heating will probably be directly affected by increases, but the …

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How Can A Home Consumer Be Certain That Companies Advertising Installation Of Solar Energy Panels Are Experienced To Carry Out The Work?

When a domestic customer is thinking of taking up environmentally supportive technology in the form of Solar Energy Panels, they might well want to know how they can distinguish between the many businesses offering Solar Energy Panels packages. There is at present a certification system called the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS), which is an industry recognised qualification for Solar Energy …

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Comparing Solar Energy Panels And Wind Turbines, Which May Be Best Solution For A Customer To Install As A Green Initiative?

While the family market is being served with green energy answers, in particular Solar Energy Panels and wind turbines, these two answers have advantages and disadvantages that can change suitability for the domestic customer. The Solar Energy Panels work by converting sunlight into electricity and the more sunlight there is, the more electricity is created. Wind turbines need to be …

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Solar Energy Update

Europe Continues to Dominate Solar Market in 2011 El Segundo, Calif., March 25, 2011—Despite brewing trouble for the solar industry in the region, Europe in 2011 will continue to account for the lion’s share of photovoltaic (PV) installations in the world, claiming 68.6 percent of the global total, according to the latest IHS iSuppli research. Comprising nine of the world’s …

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