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Poll: 75% Support US Utility Solar Development
Written on 18 Mar, 2010 at 23:00 in Solar Power | viewed times | 0 Comments
As more utilities support the development of large-scale concentrating solar power (CSP) and photovoltaic (PV) plants in the around the U.S., some citizens have raised questions about the environmental sustainability of certain projects. However, a new poll released yesterday by... (Continue reading)
Energy Storage’s Quiet Revolution
Written on 18 Mar, 2010 at 23:00 in Solar Power | viewed times | 0 Comments
When A123Systems saw its shares jump more than 50 percent in a successful Nasdaq debut back in September, some industry insiders expected it would be the first of a bevy of big energy-storage headlines. Instead, energy storage seems to have... (Continue reading)
EnergyPeriscope.com Enters Production Mode
Written on 18 Mar, 2010 at 23:00 in Solar Power | viewed times | 0 Comments
EnergyPeriscope is a professional-level renewable energy project performance estimating and financial analysis engine. Use it to create financial performance reports for single- or multiple-technology energy solutions. ... (Continue reading)
Solar Roadways Solar Road Panels
Written on 18 Mar, 2010 at 0:29 in Solar Power | viewed times | 0 Comments
is a company with a big vision. They intend on covering America's highways with a type of solar panel that will replace asphalt yet still be engineered to be as safe for driving as asphalt. The panels can also... (Continue reading)
Suntech To Power Taiwan’s Largest Solar PV Plant
Written on 17 Mar, 2010 at 23:00 in Solar Power | viewed times | 0 Comments
Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. will supply solar panels for what will be the biggest solar power plant in Taiwan... (Continue reading)
Obama’s Nuclear Madness and the Future of "Clean"
Written on 17 Mar, 2010 at 23:00 in Solar Power | viewed times | 0 Comments
In early February, President Obama did something that his predecessor George W. Bush was unable to do: he pushed the restart button on the U.S. nuclear power industry. ... (Continue reading)
Clean Energy 2010 Trending Up
Written on 16 Mar, 2010 at 23:00 in Solar Power | viewed times | 0 Comments
Last year around this time, clean tech research and publishing firm Clean Edge predicted we'd be talking about flat or even downward clean energy revenue trends in 2009. However, the report the firm issued today, Clean Energy Trends 2010, shows... (Continue reading)
Florida Alliance for Renewable Energy Hosts Conference "Florida’s Deacde…
Written on 16 Mar, 2010 at 23:00 in Solar Power | viewed times | 0 Comments
This special event will feature keynote speaker Rhone Resch of SEIA, live video address from former CIA Director R. James Woolsey, Paul Gipe of the Alliance for Renewable Energy and a host of experts on solar and biomass technologies. The... (Continue reading)
FITs, PV and the UK: The Bigger Picture
Written on 15 Mar, 2010 at 23:00 in Solar Power | viewed times | 0 Comments
If the question is, what is the cheapest method of saving a ton of carbon today, then solar PV is not going to be the answer. If the question is instead, how do we solve the challenge of sustainability, then... (Continue reading)
Frogs, foam and fuel: Solar energy converted to sugars
Written on 15 Mar, 2010 at 23:00 in Solar Power | viewed times | 0 Comments
In natural photosynthesis, plants take in solar energy and carbon dioxide and then convert it to oxygen and sugars. The oxygen is released to the air and the sugars are dispersed throughout the plant -- like that sweet corn we... (Continue reading)
