Let’s call them 'organic solar collectors', for want of a better word. But it is exactly what this new development in glass technology does. We get ... Read More
Recent Solar News
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Turning Window Panes into Solar Gains
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The Other Tragedy of Solyndra
Despite all the positive facts about solar energy, there are still skeptics. Like other forms of alternative energy, it is clean in its output, but th... Read More
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Solar Project In California Receives Approval
Many renewable energy projects are in the process of being approved and others are being built across the United States. One such project which was ap... Read More
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Eco-Cites of the Future
What would the world look like without petroleum-powered cars, or buildings powered by carbon-producing plants? A number of cities in Europe and Asia ... Read More
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EU Likely To Exceed Twenty Percent Renewable Goal Of 2020
Countries around the globe have set forth various goals for renewable energy and reducing overall energy demands. The goals vary depending upon the co... Read More
Interesting Solar News
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Alternative Energy - Things you didn't know
As our energy needs rise, as our supplies of fossil fuels run out and as the state of our planet become more precarious, we increasingly need to look ... Read More
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New Solar Technology Doubles Use of Sunlight
New technology could, within the year, lower the price of solar energy below that of conventional energy. Developed by the U.S. Department of Energy,... Read More
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The sun is not to blame for global warming
It’s global warming, it’s climate change, it’s our fault, no it’s volcanoes… wait, actually it’s the sun! Or maybe not. The arguments abo... Read More
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Thin-Film Photovoltaic Sheets: Solar Panels for Everyone!
Solar panels that come as ink, and can be printed onto foil using printing-press technology, seem a little far-fetched- or maybe too good to be true. ... Read More
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Sun power gets cheaper
Last month, a Spanish company opened a solar power plant in the Nevada desert that produces more power than any other solar installation in the countr... Read More
Solar Panels
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Thin-Film Photovoltaic Sheets: Solar Panels for Everyone!
Solar panels that come as ink, and can be printed onto foil using printing-press technology, seem a little far-fetched- or maybe too good to be true. ... Read More
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How Solar Panels Are Made
Have you wondered how they make solar panels? This video gives us a rough idea. First, photovoltaic cells made of silicone with conducting grooves a... Read More
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Personal, Portable Solar Panels
Solar panels that fit in your pocket are ideal for today’s world, when most people carry at least two different electronic devices on them at all ti... Read More
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British Castle Installs Solar Panels
Dunster castle in Somerset in the UK, has been protecting Britain from the threat of invading armies for nearly 2000 years – and now, with rising se... Read More
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Solar Panels Everywhere
As energy prices soar, the world is seeking out new ways of bring electricity to the public. And solar power is a big contributor to these new ideas. ... Read More
Sponsors
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Going Green? Where is my Green!!!
Some environmental government initiatives are well known; bottle deposit and refund programs are immediately visible to the consumer, a... Read More
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Green-Roofs, is your city alive?
So, you're finally a homeowner. You've scrimped and saved, and bought the closest thing to a castle that you could afford in a seller's... Read More
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The Melting of Greenland is Accelerating!
Data gathered by a pair of NASA satellites orbiting Earth show Greenland continued to lose ice mass at a significant rate through April... Read More
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Keep it a Green Christmas this year
Now that Halloween is over, the Christmas season is being shoved into our faces almost as aggressively as political ads. The d... Read More
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Green Computer with Biodegradable Peripherals
Imagine this: you buy a new computer monitor, take your old one and just bury it in the garden. 3 years later the monitor has biodegraded and your pr... Read More
Solar Life
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Barbecue Green
Hey, barbecue fans! Spring is here. If you don’t have the grill out yet, you’re late. Keeping the oven off in the sweltering heat will help keep... Read More
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Greener Backpacking
Backpacking can be a unique and wonderful experience, whether it is done in a natural or urban setting. Unfortunately it can sometimes be difficult to... Read More
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Personal, Portable Solar Panels
Solar panels that fit in your pocket are ideal for today’s world, when most people carry at least two different electronic devices on them at all ti... Read More
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Cooking By The Power Of The Sun
Unless you live under a rock on Mars, with your fingers in your ears and your eyes shut, you know that oil is at a record high. Reaching $140 a barrel... Read More
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Want Solar? Go to Sam’s Club
Buying Solar power just got easier for Southern California Residences, who will now be able to make purchases from their local Sam’s Club. The ... Read More
Solar Homes
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Do-it-yourself Solar Heating
Energy is a limited resource; at least in the forms we are now using to produce it. Gas, petroleum, oil, and coal are very expensive, quickly running ... Read More
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Thin-Film Photovoltaic Sheets: Solar Panels for Everyone!
Solar panels that come as ink, and can be printed onto foil using printing-press technology, seem a little far-fetched- or maybe too good to be true. ... Read More
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GAP to go Solar Powered
It wasn't too long ago that clothing brand Gap Inc faced naked protesters and country wide boycotts over their questionable treatment of factory wor... Read More
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Solar Decathlon: A New Kind of House
Good ideas for energy efficiency come up all the time in this day and age. And a newer event is sparking the imagination of students to go beyond what... Read More
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British Castle Installs Solar Panels
Dunster castle in Somerset in the UK, has been protecting Britain from the threat of invading armies for nearly 2000 years – and now, with rising se... Read More
Solar Home Projects
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Starting With Solar
Most of us cannot feasibly afford to install a full solar power system into our homes. Energy Refuge suggests starting small. One solar panel and a se... Read More
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Install a Solar Panel
The best way to reduce your fossil fuel-derived energy consumption is to switch the energy source. Homeowners across the world are making the switch ... Read More
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Do-it-yourself Solar Heating
Energy is a limited resource; at least in the forms we are now using to produce it. Gas, petroleum, oil, and coal are very expensive, quickly running ... Read More
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Solar Decathlon: A New Kind of House
Good ideas for energy efficiency come up all the time in this day and age. And a newer event is sparking the imagination of students to go beyond what... Read More
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Turning Window Panes into Solar Gains
Let’s call them 'organic solar collectors', for want of a better word. But it is exactly what this new development in glass technology does. We get ... Read More
Controversy
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Quick Fix Versus Long-term Solutions
We really do live in a fascinating time. Future generations could look at this era in the same way we do at the period between the Dark Ages and the R... Read More
Companies & Governments Going Solar
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Google Going Solar
In the largest solar panel system ever constructed in the US, Google Inc. is planning to incorporate 9,212 solar panels to power 30% of their Mountain... Read More
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GAP to go Solar Powered
It wasn't too long ago that clothing brand Gap Inc faced naked protesters and country wide boycotts over their questionable treatment of factory wor... Read More
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World’s first solar electric bus unveiled in Adelaide
Bright red double decker buses have long been one of the iconic images of London, but with the days of the diesel dinosaurs at an end, it is solar and... Read More
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GM Launch Solar Car, Win Green Award
GM's hybrid concept car, the Chevy Volt, is already gracing TV screens as part of the company's 'From gas friendly to gas free' campaign, but now GM h... Read More
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The Greenification of Walmart
A company long vilified for its business practices and low prices is starting to concentrate on their environmental impact. Walmart has a couple gree... Read More
Big Solar Projects
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Solar Sea
A new environmentally friendly energy source may be found in the world's oceans. Marine bacteria DNA contains 'proteorhodopsin', a light capturing pi... Read More
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Rebuilding Green In New Orleans
For many residents of New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward who saw their homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, the future of their neighborhood is still unce... Read More
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B.C. to be Energy Self-Sufficient
By the year 2025, the Province of British Columbia could create enough energy to be completely energy self-sufficient while also reducing greenhouse g... Read More
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Outdoor Solar Lighting
Since the beginning of time, the Sun has been provided us with the light needed to nourish the life-force of our planet. As mankind advanced, along wi... Read More
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Carbon-Free City In the Desert
Masdar. A carbon- and waste-free city, in the middle of the desert of the emirate of Abu Dhabi. Now, it hasn’t been built yet, but the plans sound... Read More
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