I spent an uncharacteristically long time in the state of New Jersey last week, during which time I realized that, apparently, these people actually did make good on their threat to install little PV panels on each of 175,000 telephone poles. …
Category: Photovoltaics
Solar Roadways
If you’ve come across the concept of the “solar roadway,” you know that replacing all our roads with this new kind of highly durable solar photovoltaic panel would generate more energy than all of us are using — three times …
Solar PV on Our Roadways?
What if we covered our roadways with solar PV? As this article suggests, there is no reason in theory that this can’t be done, since, apparently, durability isn’t an issue. And obviously, there is a lot to like about the …
From Guest Blogger Nick Tedesco: Why It Is Better To Own Than Lease A Solar Power System
A major driver of the recent push for residential solar powers systems has come by way of companies offering leases. These large, well funded companies have done well in selling lease arrangements to less than savvy homeowners. The fact is …
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From Guest Blogger Penny Olmos: Harnessing Solar Power for Your Homes
Energy bills are soaring and there seems to be very little you can do about it. Fossil fuels are our primary source of energy and are getting depleted really fast. It has become our responsibility and obligation to preserve and …
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From Guest Blogger Dana: Ikea Focuses its Attention on the Solar Market
In an unprecedented move for a furniture retailer of the likes of Ikea, the company is now actively entering the solar market and stands to make a huge impact in the spread of solar energy in the UK. As the world’s largest furniture …
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Super-Concentrated Solar PV – Looks Like a Breakthrough Here
Here’s an article about a breakthrough in super-concentrated solar PV from IBM researchers in Europe. Incident sunlight is focused from a large parabolic mirror onto a semiconductor chip, producing electricity. What’s new here? Well, the concentration rate is 1000:1, meaning …
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From Guest Blogger Matt: How Solar Powers your Home and the World
Solar energy is ubiquitous, free, green and easy to use. Many of the primary drawbacks — extreme expense, the need for clear skies and the capacity of the standard battery — have been minimized or solved in the last decade. …
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Google Offers Solar Energy
At a party last weekend, someone asked me to speculate as to what Google’s grand plans are. Of course, I have no more real insight into this than the next guy, but, given their $3.2 billion acquisition of Nest, one …
In the Battle of the Sexes, Who’s the Driver Behind a Solar PV Purchase?
Here’s an amusing little tidbit on the purchase of rooftop solar I just came across: “Researchers Raina Russo of SolarChat and Glenna Wiseman of Identity3 compiled some initial results from their survey of American women and mothers about solar power …
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