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By Grace on December 21, 2009
Ontario aims to phase out its coal power plants within five years according to the Canadian province’s new Green Energy Act. Canada is one of the highest carbon gas contributors among major economies.
Posted in Alternative Energy, Broad Scale Clean Energy, Clean Energy, Clean Power Plants, Solar Energy, Wind Power | Tagged biogas, Canada, conservation, Copenhagen, Copenhagen Summit, electricity, emissions, energy, energy conservation, George Smitherman, Government, Green, green energy, Green Energy Act, grid, home solar power, Installation, Kitchener, Ontario, power plant, Renewable, renewable energy, solar, solar panel, solar panel installation, Solar Power, solar power system, solar power systems, sustainable, Sustainable Energy, wind turbine |
By Grace on December 10, 2009
Solaren hopes to raise enough money to develop a solar farm that will orbit in space. That’s just a portion of the total budget that runs in the billions of dollars, as a single rocket costs $150 million.
Posted in Alternative Energy, Environment, Global Warming, Solar Energy, Solar Power | Tagged California, California Public Utilities, California Public Utilities Commission, electricity, energy, gas, generator, Japan, JAXA, Pacific Gas and Electric, PG&E, Public Utilities, solar, Solar Farm, Solar Power, solar power generator, solar power system, solar power systems, Solar Space, Solaren, Space, space solar farm, space solar unit, sustainable, Sustainable Energy, Technology, UB |
By Grace on December 9, 2009
Santa Barbara County commissioners urged Edison Mission Energy to proceed with its planned 45-megawatt commercial solar project installing ground-mounted solar modules on agricultural land in Cuyama.
Posted in Alternative Energy, Clean Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Home, Solar Power | Tagged Community Environmental Council, Cuyama, Edison International, Edison Mission Energy, electricity, energy, Environment, environmental, gas, Green, grid, Installation, Lompoc, oil, Pacific Gas and Electric, Renewable, renewable energy, Santa Barbara County, solar, Solar Farm, solar panel, solar panels, UB |
By Grace on December 3, 2009
TIME named Solar Shingle the 13th best invention of 2009. Dow Chemical Co. developed the Solar Shingle, a type of roof shingle that doubles as a solar panel.
Posted in Alternative Energy, Home Solar Power Systems, Solar Electric, Solar Energy, Solar Heating, Solar Home, Solar Power, Solar Shingles | Tagged alternative, Dow Chemical, efficiency, electrical, electricity, Installation, inverter, photovoltaic, photovoltaic panel, photovoltaic panels, solar, solar panel, solar panels, Solar Power, solar power system, solar power systems, Solar Shingle, Solar Shingles, UB |
By Grace on November 23, 2009
Great things are happening in Inner Mongolia when it comes to solar power. This Mongol autonomous region located in northern China is becoming a powerful player in the alternative energy sector, and as such China wants to use the region to house various solar farms.
Posted in Alternative Energy, Photovoltaics, Solar Electric, Solar Energy, Solar Heating, Solar Panels, Solar Power, Solar Power Plants | Tagged alternative, Alternative Energy, bio, biomass, Business, California, China, electricity, energy, First Solar, Government, hydro power, Inner Mongolia, Ordas City, photovoltaic, photovoltaic panel, photovoltaic panels, power plant, Renewable, renewable energy, solar, solar cell, solar cells, solar energy, Solar Farm, solar panel, solar panels, Solar Power, Solar Power Farm, solar thermal, Suntech, sustainable, Thin Film, wind energy |
By Grace on November 17, 2009
Around one-fourth of the country’s utilities offer green power programs, and at present big utility companies can’t deliver 100 percent renewable power to their customers. Rather, their electricity comes from different sources such as coal plants, solar power farms, and wind farms and go through the same power grid.
Posted in Solar Energy | Tagged alternative, Alternative Energy, alternative power, Clean Energy, clean solar power, clean wind power, climate change, electricity, emissions, energy, energy security, Florida, Florida Power and Light, fossil fuel, fuel, gas, Government, Green, green energy, green power, greenhouse gas, grid, Renewable, solar, Solar Power, Solar Power Farm, Sunshine Energy, sustainable, Sustainable Energy, UB, Utility Companies, Wind Power, wind turbine, wind turbines |
By Anna on October 13, 2009
There are many applications for solar power, from your humble calculator, to chargers for cell phones and iPods, to automobiles using panels to top up batteries. Solar panels can even be found on road side signs where it can be impractical to run an electrical cable.
Posted in Broad Scale Clean Energy, Clean Energy, Environment, Home Solar Power Systems, Photovoltaics, Solar Energy, Solar Heating, Solar Home, Solar Panels, Solar Power, Solar-Powered Gadgets | Tagged electrical, electricity, energy, evacuated tube, gas, generator, generators, Green, green energy, grid, Incentives, oil, solar, solar panel, solar panels, Solar Power, Space, UB, Water heating |
By Anna on October 1, 2009
Solar chargers come in many shapes and sizes. Some are the size of the palm of your hand. Others, with slightly larger solar panels, easily fit on a small section of the roof of your camper or the cabin of your boat.
Posted in Portable Solar Battery Chargers, Portable Solar Panels, Solar Power for Camping | Tagged alternative, Amazon, Categories, electrical, electricity, energy, eSolar, generator, grid, solar, Solar Camping Gear, solar charger, solar chargers, solar energy, solar panel, solar panels, Solar Power, Solar Powered, Technology |
By Anna on August 22, 2009
The news on solar power in use around the world continues to pour in. Increasingly, individuals, companies, and governments are turning to the sun’s clean energy source for solutions to problems ranging from financial, to environmental, to logistical. Here are just a few of the recent items in the news.
Posted in Alternative Energy, Solar Energy | Tagged Archives, Arizona, Around the World, California, Car, China, Clean Energy, Colorado, Denver International Airport, electrical, electricity, emissions, energy, Environment, environmental, eSolar, fuel, Germany, Government, Green, photovoltaic, power plant, Renewable, renewable energy, renewable energy sources, solar, solar energy, Solar News, Solar Power, Solar Power News, Solar Power Plant, Solar Powered, Solar Tower, Southern California Edison, Technology, Texas, UB, United States |
By Grace on August 6, 2009
NASCAR might be one of the organizations that have faced the ire of environmentalists, but things are about to change.
Posted in Broad Scale Clean Energy, Clean Energy, Clean Power Plants, Solar Electric, Solar Energy, Solar Power, Solar Power Plants | Tagged Around the World, Car, department of energy, electricity, energy, Environment, environmental, environmentalist, Environmentalists, fuel, Green, NASCAR, photovoltaic, photovoltaic panel, photovoltaic panels, power plant, Race Cars, Races, solar, Solar Farm, Solar Power, Solar Power Plant, solar power system, sustainable, Sustainable Energy, Switzerland, Taiwan, United States, wind turbine |
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