Here’s a video touting the benefits of the “SmartFlower,” a unique design in solar PV. Note that it didn’t happen to mention the MSRP of the product, from which one could deduce the cost per kWh of electricity it generates. …
Here’s a video touting the benefits of the “SmartFlower,” a unique design in solar PV. Note that it didn’t happen to mention the MSRP of the product, from which one could deduce the cost per kWh of electricity it generates. …
I just got off the phone with a manager of construction projects who has used a portable array of solar panels and a small wind turbine with battery storage to power his sites before grid electricity can be brought in, …
Hate to say I told you so, but it looks like solar roads (i.e., roads paved with solar PV), are not going to get off the ground (pun intended). Of course, the experiment described in this article in Northwestern France, …
I’m in Las Vegas Tuesday and Wednesday for Solar Power International (SPI), one of the two largest shows (along with Intersolar) on solar energy internationally. In addition to meeting an important client, I look forward to milling around the enormity …
I had a cute little encounter yesterday at the Intersolar show in San Francisco that I thought I’d relate. I dropped by the Pennwell booth, the huge B2B publishing concern that owns Renewable Energy World, and introduced myself to the …
Robert Benedict, a fellow I met at last year’s Intersolar show in San Francisco writes: Amazingly solar (photovoltaics) have already passed its golden anniversary (50 years) by the 11th year now or 61 years total. The birth of photovoltaics took place in …
A reader asked for my comments on this piece on Jinko Solar and this one on algae. Here’s my position on this: 1) Jinko is extremely well-positioned to expand further its already-existing mega-presence in solar. I ran into them at Intersolar …
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I got home last night from a couple of days in San Francisco at the InterSolar show, an event whose purpose is to promote the numerous technologies that surround humankind’s efforts to power our planet from our local star. And …
Solar Energy in the U.S., Run-of-River Hydro in Brazil Read More »
Those of you who may have checked out our page on renewable energy investment opportunities will recall our relation with a company called RRC and its unique approach and capability in thermal anaerobic gasification. I’ll be taking a break from …
I’m here at the Intersolar show with Auburn University professor emeritus Norbert Lechner who has just given me an unbelievable talk on heliodons, i.e., instructional devices used to teach people about the path of the Sun overhead during the different …
Heating, Cooling and Lighting — Sustainable Design Methods for Architects Read More »