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Solar Power Partners, Inc. (SPPTM)
America’s premier independent solar power producer, officially announced that several of its solar energy facilities in the Los Angeles area are in full commercial operation and generating electricity
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students' solar car burns competition
Three years ago, Dan Myers needed a senior project for an environmental design course at South Plantation High School in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Myers wanted to be an engineer, so his teacher Allan Phipps showed him photos of college-built solar race cars.
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The Best Solar Gadgets for Road Warriors
As solar technology evolves, sun-powered gadgets are becoming less clunky and more reliable. Here are four new solar devices for business travelers who might find themselves away from an outlet.
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Solar Power
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Definition...Solar Energy is the heat and light radiated from the Sun that drives Earth's climate and supports life. Solar technologies make controlled use of this energy resource is a synonym of solar energy or refers specifically to the conversion of sunlight into electricity by photovoltaics, concentrating solar thermal devices or various experimental technologies. Resource: Wikipedia (Solar Energy)
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How it Works...Solar energys power from the sun is free and inexhaustibleThis vast, clean energy resource represents a viable alternative to the
fossil fuels that currently pollute our air and water, threaten our
public health, and contribute to global warming. Failing to take
advantage of such a widely available and low-impact resource would be a
grave injustice to our children and all future generations. In te
broadest sense, solar energy supports all life on Earth and is the
basis for almost every form of energy we use. The sun makes plants
grow, which can be burned as a biomass fuel or, if left to rot in
swamps and compressed underground for millions of years, in the form of
coal and oil. Heat from the sun causes temperature differences between
areas, producing wind that can power turbines. Water evaporates because
of the sun, falls on high elevations, and rushes down to the sea,
spinning hydroelectric turbines as it passes. But solar energy usually
refers to ways the sun's energy can be used to directly generate heat,
lighting, and electricity.
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Power From the Sun
General Electric
GE's solar electric power systems and products offer high quality,
reliable power generation technology for residential, commercial and
industrial applications. By partnering with the sun, solar energy can
supply local power for on-and off-grid applications with zero noise
pollution and air emissions. Contact GE for information about their solar products. |
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Solar Hot Water
While most people are captivated by the high-tech nature of
solar-electric (photovoltaic; PV) systems, in most cases, a solar hot
water system will harvest more energy at a substantially lower cost. In
fact, compared to PVs, solar domestic hot water (SDHW) collectors are
more than three times as efficient at producing energy from the sun.
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Solar Cars
Insistence by the California Air Resources Board that electric vehicles
(EVs) could be the solution to California's air-pollution problems and
the develop-ment of the ZEV (zero emissions vehicle) mandate in 1990
resulted in the development of General Motor's EV1 and similar electric
vehicles. EVs suffered a setback by the elimination of this mandate in
2003 and the crush-ing of many of these cars, but the electric car has
not been killed far from it.
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Solar Homes
Building or buying a home is a long-term financial commitment. Good
passive solar design offers big payoffs in thermal comfort, energy
efficiency,
and conservation, with miniscule monetary commitment. Poor design has
the opposite effect it can obligate a homeowner to unnecessarily high
energy bills and living in an uncomfortable house.
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Solarscapes
The conceptaptly dubbed solarscaping is a new take on building
integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) systems. Unlike traditional BIPV systems
that are designed into a structure from the blueprint phase,
solarscapes work with both new and existing structures and can minimize
the aesthetic concerns of adding PV to your home. Read entire article... |
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 New Nanostructure Technology Provides Advances In Eyeglass, Solar Energy Performance
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ARC + Anti-Soiling for Solar Modules
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 Innovalight Draws the Curtain (Just A Bit) On Its Cougar c-Si Cell Tech
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 Companies See "Shining" Opportunities in China
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 Mitsubishi Electric Enters North America Photovoltaic Inverter Market
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