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- There's still VC juice out there for greentech firms
- A Washington State solar power company just got over three million dollars in additional funding. Earlier Infinia had investments from both Vinod Khosla and Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft. That's another little tech company based in Washington State. Infinia uses parabolic dishes to focus...
- Tags: Solar Energy, Infinia Website, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-10-26
- Get a charge out of this (or, more solar power to go)
- i.Tech Dynamic has added another mobile solar charging gadget to its steadily growing line. Actually, it has taken the solar charger part of its i.Tech SolarSet 905 carkit and broken it out as a separate product that carries a suggested list of $59.99. The latest product is...
- Tags: Solar Energy, USB, i.Tech Dynamic, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-10-26
- Tracking the sun for more efficiency
- Two solar energy companies are partnering to provide a system that not only captures solar energy but tracks the path of the sun to maximize efficiency. Array Technologies Inc., which makes innovative solar tracking systems, announces that its DuraTrack HZ™ solar tracker has been selected for Suntech’s Reliathon Utility...
- Tags: Solar Energy, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- Solar homes take root at Solar Decathlon
- Student competitors frantically try to finish building powered only by solar energy for the Solar Decathlon this week in Washington. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Solar Energy, Telecom & Utilities, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-10-07
- LG's 3-in. 'Pop' touch smartphone offers solar power, glassy appearance
- LG has announced its GD510 "Pop" smartphone, a full touchscreen device that strips excess space and features for "the illusion of an uninterrupted sheet of glass." It also offers a solar-powered replacement battery cover. by Andrew Nusca
- Tags: Touch Screen, Smart Phone, Solar Energy, LG Electronics Inc., Keyboards, Monitors & Displays, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Hardware, Peripherals, Components, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, product photos, LG, Pop, GD510, smartphone, mobile, phone, cell, 3G, Andrew Nusca
- Image galleries 2009-09-30
- LG's 3-in. 'Pop' touch smartphone charges with solar power
- LG on Wednesday announced its GD510 "Pop" smartphone, a full touchscreen device that strips excess space and features for "the illusion of an uninterrupted sheet of glass." by Andrew Nusca
- Tags: Touch Screen, Smart Phone, Solar Energy, LG Electronics Inc., Keyboards, Monitors & Displays, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Hardware, Peripherals, Components, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-09-30
- Solar Energy Investment Model for Excel 1.0 (Windows)
- If you are building a new property or manage large commercial property projects and would like to assess the payback of using solar energy to help offset your energy bill, use Solar Energy Investment Model for Excel for quick and easy evaluation of your investments .
- Tags: Solar Energy, Investment, Microsoft Windows, PropertyExpressCRM, Telecom & Utilities, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Software downloads 2009-08-01
- Is $400 billion a lot of money?
- One U.S. Senator says we spend that much every year importing petroleum from our friends in Saudi, Nigeria, Canada, Mexico, Russia and Venezuela. I use the term "friend" advisedly. They are in fact pushers for the American addiction former President George W. Bush called out so pointedly. ...
- Tags: Car, Solar Energy, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-07-24
- New financing alternatives for solar power installations
- One very tangible reason that people have been slow to adopt solar technology, other than its questionable current efficiency posture, is that very few of individuals or businesses have excess money to plunk down on the systems. There have been all manner of financing and credit and...
- Tags: Solar Energy, kW, Financing, GRID Alternatives, Capital Structures, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-07-24
- Sunwize on wise use of solar
- Were near the longest period of daylight in the Northern Hemisphere. So in honor of the pending solstice, I spoke with a man who's mission is to spread the harvesting of solar energy. David Kaltsas, SunWize Executive Vice President, explained how his firm is helping spread residential use...
- Tags: Solar Energy, Tax Credit, Solar System, David Kaltsas, U.S. Sunwize, Personal Finance, Taxes, Free Trade, Telecom & Utilities, Financial Planning, Finance, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-06-19
- What solar energy does TO you
- What solar energy does TO youRe: Health effects of sunlight ...When it comes to sunlight the key is vigilant moderation. Sunlight contains both UVA and UVB. According to current understanding, UVA has little redeeming value. It is carcinogenic and the less of it one is exposed to...
- Tags: Vertical industries, UVB, UVA, UV Exposure, solar energy
- Discussion threads 2009-05-22
- What solar energy does TO you
- I'm a big fan of solar energy. But...not so pleased with melanoma. I've had my warning from a doctor to keep my sun-caused skin growths to a minimum. It's that time of year. Many of us are outside a lot in hot weather. And it does matter...
- Tags: Solar Energy, Telecom & Utilities, Federal Government, Government, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-05-22
- If green is the new black, then 100 MPG is new green
- Images of the IDEA, plug-in utility vehicle. Courtesy Bright Automotive. And today a car rolled into the heart of the beast, right up to Capitol Hill amidst all that government posturing and power. And this car's makers say THIS IS THE FIRST 100 MPG CAR...
- Tags: Fuel Cell, Car, Indiana, Solar Energy, Electric Vehicle, Plug-in, Bright Automotive, Envision Solar, Fuel Cells, Emerging Technologies, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-04-21
- A solar-powered sailboat: Counter-intuitive or just good design?
- A solar-powered sailboat: Counter-intuitive or just good design?consider sailor's state of mind One sails for the experience and the freedom from fossil fuels. A $40,000 sailboat is capable of sailing around the world and even some as shorter than 10 meters have done so. A multi-million dollar motor cruiser will...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Counter-intuitive, good design, solar energy, PlanetSolar
- Discussion threads 2009-03-19
- A closer look at one geo-engineering proposal
- It has been proposed that one way to curtail global warming is to put reflectors into the upper atmosphere, sending some of that solar radiation back out into space. Wait a minute, say some scientists. Let's re-think the idea of a solar sunshade. That idea could also lower the...
- Tags: Solar Energy, Radiation, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-03-16
- Atlantic City bets big on solar. Really big.
- How green is the convention center housing your next big business conference? Increasingly, the Garden State is becoming the Solar State, and the folks in Atlantic City are betting that will be a selling point to their advantage for selling space in their relatively young convention center. ...
- Tags: Solar Energy, Convention, Atlantic City, Telecom & Utilities, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-03-06
- The sun's a moving target
- Solar panels tracking sun at WCWD. Courtesy Solar Power Partners. Tracking the path of the sun seems simple enough, until you imagine moving huge solar panels so they collect the maximum rays all day long. Now, not so simple. But a...
- Tags: Installation, Solar Energy, kW, KWh, WCWD, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-02-20
- Small matters bringing huge change?
- H2O + CO2 with nanotubes= CH4 and O2. That's the basic formula of research done at Penn State. Scientists there make the hollow catalytic nanotubes from titania titanium dioxide. Each tube is 135 nanometres wide and a tenth of a millimetre long. The research at...
- Tags: Nanotube, Penn State, Solar Energy, Febrication, Nanotechnology, Emerging Technologies, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-02-10
- Will 2009 be a solar year?
- There are strong indications that eleven months from now, there'll more solar energy use around the globe than there is today. Just two months ago work was completed on Europe's first concentrated solar power plant CSP. These CS plants use mirrors to focus the sun's heat and don't...
- Tags: Solar Panel, Solar Energy, CSP, Solar Millennium, Bengladesh, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-01-17
- Solar advocacy group strikes deal for special pricing, financing
- If you're a San Francisco Bay Area homeowner interested in installing solar technology AND you're looking for a break on what it will cost you, this post is for you. Everyone else ... well, actually, the deal could have relevance for your own local community sometime later this year. ...
- Tags: Community, Solar Energy, Financing, Pricing Strategy, 1BOG, Telecom & Utilities, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-01-10
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