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- Photo of Powerhouse Solar Shingle
- YES!I've been waiting for this kind of solar option for years. I'm glad someone has finally made the push to make it a reality!RE: Photo of Powerhouse Solar ShingleWe need more of this technology as soon as possible. I wonder if new building codes will be necessary to optimize...
- Tags: Powerhouse Solar Shingle, solar panel, photograph
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- Could solar slump be a solar boon?
- Solar panel purchases are in a slump. Blame Spain. The cash-strapped government there has cut its subsidies despite continued sunny climate. So with solar panels in over-supply, is this a time for price cuts and consolidation? We shall see. by Harry Fuller
- Tags: Solar Panel, Slump, Solar Panel Purchase, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-08-13
- Solar gets green, I mean really green, like chlorophyll green
- What are the best solar collectors in the world. Dandelions, Douglas-fir, agave, tulips--any number of plants youmight see in nature or a garden. Now some British scientists say they've found a way to build solar panels that mimic plants. Plants light harvest, and so do...
- Tags: Solar Panel, Scientist, Nanoparticle, Plant, Nanotechnology, Emerging Technologies, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-03-02
- 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
- Bright days ahead for solar in California
- Today the California Air Resources Board approved state standards that will push utilities there to use less fossil fuel for generating electricity. The express reason for the new, tougher anti-emissions regs: combat global warming. There are now 31 new rules in California affecting utilities, large factories...
- Tags: Installation, Solar Panel, California, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-12-11
- Meraki seeks resellers for its new solar-powered Wi-Fi mesh device
- Yes, I am officially one of those people addicted to mobile e-mail, text messages, mobile Facebook. Whatever. Which is why I had to blog about the existence of a new solar-powered Wi-Fi mesh device that promises to fulfill the connection addiction of people like me. Meraki Solar,...
- Tags: Solar Panel, Meraki, Mesh Networking, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-12-09
- First cell towers, now solar panels? Expect squawking over "appropriate" sites
- First cell towers, now solar panels? Expect squawking over "appropriate" sitesSolar PanelsI say the Cemetery probably isn't the best place for them, but outside of that why not have them on every building capable of supporting them.Doesnt matter where you put them.. only which ones you put where matter.They could...
- Tags: solar panel, cell tower
- Discussion threads 2008-12-04
- First cell towers, now solar panels? Expect squawking over "appropriate" sites
- Last year, there was a major fight in my modest-sized north New Jersey town over whether or not there should be a cellular tower built up at the high school. Are we destined to start hearing the same sort of flack about solar panels? Over the past...
- Tags: Solar Panel, Southern California Edison, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Keeping clean for clean energy
- Got solar panels on your home or business? Keeping them clean is necessary if you want to get efficient conversions of solar to electricity or even to heat water. Some roofs are less that congenial palce for a person with a sponge mop. I recently heard a...
- Tags: Solar Panel, Roof, OCS Energy, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-11-30
- Oerlikon Solar sees a shining future despite dark clouds over Wall Street
- Wafer processing equipment and personnel. Courtesy: Oerlikon I blogged about Oerlikon last summer. Now the publicly-traded, Swiss-based company has come out with a new version of its turn-key thin solar panel manufacturing gear. Oerlikon Solar has developed new equipment that promises 50% more...
- Tags: Solar Panel, Tax, Manufacturing, Oerlikon Solar, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-11-16
- Speculation among speculators: what's green under Obama?
- I mean what'll be profitable, that kind of green. The Wall Streeters and those with money to invest are already gaming what sectors of the American economy look to benefit from the shift in the political winds. One piece in an MSM pub says green tech could do...
- Tags: Solar Panel, Government, Transportation, Manufacturing, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-11-09
- The AMD Opteron Processor Helps AISO Grow Its 'Green' Business by Courting Eco-Friendly Customers Like Live Earth
- AISO.Net has been a trusted name in environmentally-friendly Web hosting since 1997, providing a level of service that is outstanding in the industry. All network and server hardware is fully redundant with 24x7-automated systems monitoring to ensure high uptime. AlSO founders envisioned a Web hosting company that was environmentally friendly....
- Tags: Sustainability, Solar Panel, AMD Opteron, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., AISO.Net, Web Hosting, Managed Hosting, Processors, Internet, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Case studies 2008-05-14
- Trees block solar panels, and a feud ends in court
- Trees block solar panels, and a feud ends in courtgrandfather clause anyone?This situation never should of went further then two words, grandfather clause. Areas all around the country are exempt from certin laws that were passed after the fact. Such as salvage yards that are now held to higher standards...
- Tags: solar panel
- Discussion threads 2008-04-07
- Researcher: forgot those solar panels, get back into the lab
- Researcher: forgot those solar panels, get back into the labBorenstein's report is focused on financials only, out-of-contextProf. Borenstein does make sense in strictly financial terms.Yet, he forgets that the oil and gas industries still are gettinghuge incentives, i.e. every tax-payer is subsidizing them!We could become ahead in R&D, but, we...
- Tags: Borenstein, solar panel
- Discussion threads 2008-02-24
- Anycom SCK-1 Solar Bluetooth Car Kit
- Solar power is a hot topic nowadays, and even Bluetooth speakerphones are getting in on the action. While a complete switch of the all the world's speakerphones to solar energy won't make much of a dent in total energy conservation, the idea of including a photovoltaic panel into a calling...
- Tags: solar energy, Anycom Solar Car Kit, speakerphone, solar panel
- Product reviews 2007-12-05
- NASA: Spacewalkers to work on torn solar panel
- NASA: Spacewalkers to work on torn solar panelFixing a torn solar panelThis is a no-brainer: use duct tape!Duct tape?I don't think Duct tape will work in that environment. It's too hot (over 300F) for a while then within minutes it gets too cold (about -470F).Even if it could work at...
- Tags: Sales tools, solar panel, Duct Tape, Spacewalkers, NASA
- Discussion threads 2007-10-31
- Cutting solar panels' high price tag
- Cutting solar panels' high price tagI want to see more of this.. with even more indepth analysisI am really interested in deploying these the home i plan to build in a few years.I want to see easy installation, reduced cost, high efficiently, upgradabilityswap out old for new or plug and...
- Tags: high price tag, solar panel, grid, Citizenre, Solar Electric
- Discussion threads 2007-09-25
- Google to get 30 percent of its power from the sun
- Google to get 30 percent of its power from the sunWellthey wasted a lot of money on an inefficient technology and will waste more keeping it going (breakage, dust removal), but, hey, they feel good about themselves and that's all that counts, right?I guess it's a growing trend among the...
- Tags: Data centers, Telecom & Utilities, Google Inc., solar panel
- Discussion threads 2007-06-22
- Tesco USA to get 'world's biggest' solar roof
- Tesco USA to get 'world's biggest' solar roofTesco USA to get 'world's biggest' solar roofIf only solar panels were cheaper for the ROI.Solar power: Clean yes. But durable?Solar power may be one of the cleanest forms of energy we have after manufacturing the equipment first of course.But what happens if...
- Tags: tagging, solar panel, pollution, Tesco USA, solar roof, Tesco, powerline
- Discussion threads 2007-01-19
- Solar start-up snags $35 million as CIGS ignites
- Solar start-up snags $35 million as CIGS ignitesThis is excellent.Since a solar panel that is made with quality can last 30 years, it would be great if this product can last as long. If the alternate energy suppliers could lower the price and make it up in volume like Henry...
- Tags: megawatt, CIGS, MegaWatt, solar panel
- Discussion threads 2006-10-28
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