Um, wow? Eventually this outta lower the price for the rest of us, don’t you think? From BizJournals: A Massachusetts company backed by Silicon Valley venture money said Tuesday that it has successfully conducted the first-ever demonstration of manufacturing solar cells by inkjet printing. Cool…
ACCIONA will dedicate Nevada Solar One, a 400-acre, 64 MW plant, which is providing clean energy to more than 14,000 homes in Nevada, this Friday February 22, 2008. The plant employs more than 184,000 enormous mirrors that track the sun”™s rays and convert that heat into clean energy. The result is a “sea of mirrors” [...]
But can it be built? The company EnviroMission Ltd. is working on a giant Solar Tower in Australia that should have the capacity of providing electricity for at least 200,00 homes – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Solar Tower technology is created when the sun”™s radiation is used to heat a large [...]
Because my wife and I fell in love with Taos, NM during our trip this past spring, I always enjoy reading about Taos and what is happening there. I read about real estate, art exhibits, what restaurants are good, etc…yes, it might seem strange seeing as how I don’t live there, but I think that [...]
Habitat for Humanity builds houses for the needy throughout the country (world?) and now those lucky enough to have a house built for them will have minimal, if any, electric bills to go along with the house. Pacific Gas & Electric has agreed to a $1.2 million partnership with Habitat to install solar electric systems [...]
I woke up this morning, stumbled to the kitchen for my groundwork organic free trade coffee, and made my way over to the front door to open it up for the cat. I caught a glimpse of a piece of paper stuck under my screen door and pulled it out from there, opening it as [...]
I don’t know anything about the company or the gadget, but $19.99 for a solar charger is a pretty good deal. The people over at Golden Gadgets have put the “SUN-PEC Portable Hybrid Solar Charger” on sale this week for much less than I paid for my charger from another company. Some info on their [...]
