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Going Beyond the Hype of Green Investing
I found an excellent article over at http://news.morningstar.com called Going Beyond the Hype of Green Investing that should be a good place to start for anyone thinking of going green with their investments. If you have some spare money around and were thinking of investing in anything green, I wou …
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$135 Million for innovative Solar Technology
From: 16, 2007 Schueco Develops new Thin-Film Modules Press Release from Schuco-USA, L.P. Newington, Conn., November 16 Newington, Conn., Sch??co International KG, German parent company of Sch??co USA L.P., and German energy giant E.ON AG are jointly investing $135 million …
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Solar Hot Air Balloons
Just ran across a post on a forum about making a solar hot air balloon, so I did some searching around.. http://www.solar-balloons.com has lots of good information about making your own solar hot air balloons, pre-built balloons you can buy from them, as well as videos and photos (some from the air! …
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“Home solar collectors create buzz”
The Cincinnati Post put an article up today about DIY solar technology. Since it fits so well with the topic of solardiy.info, I submit it here for the readers observation. By James and Morris Carey Associated Press Are your electric bills going …
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Varied Solar Stock Prices
money.cnn.com put an article up today titled: Nasdaq Sinks 2.5%; Tech, Solar Stocks Get Hit Here are some excerpts: PC makers, Internet and solar stocks were among the days biggest losers. JA Solar Holdings JASO sank 15.05, or 22%, to 54.51 on five times usual turnover. The stocks weekly chart shows …
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Solar-powered ferry could be headed to San Francisco
??From Engadget.com: A DIY nuke detector wont be the only oddity out in the San Francisco Bay before too long, as were hearing that Hornblower Yachts is currently lobbying for Coast Guard approval to operate a solar-powered ferry in the area by 2009. The sails (but not the actual vessel) would be c …
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Netfirms Green Hosting Attracts Small Businesses
Here is some more green hosting info from prweb.com Some very interesting information in here about the preferences of customers, and this is coming from a company with a rather large customer base. Toronto, ON (PRWEB) October 23, 2007 Netfirms, Inc. a green web host that uses energy efficient serv …
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“Green Web Hosting”
If you are visiting this site, I am sure you have heard of green web hosting. Basically just regular web hosting but using renewable energy sources to provide the energy, be it the sun, the wind, biomass, or anything else. The majority seem to be wind, solar, or a combination of the two. The idea is …
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Starting a fire with the sun
Stuck in the woods and need to start a fire? Aside from matches, a lighter, or flint/steel, the sun is a great way to start a fire or heat something up. You can use a Fresnel lens, which are also used in Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants to produce energy. I would explain how they came about, an …
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Solar energy boom may help poor
Here is an interesting article from Manila Bulletin Online about lower PV costs in developing countries. Hopefully their predictions come true and the increased production will lead to lower costs overall, enabling more people across the globe to afford photovoltaic systems. Any thoughts? LONDON, No …
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DIY Solar Panel
Well I finally got around to wiring together some of these solar cells I got on eBay back in August. First up is the .5v 1750mA silicon cells. Unfortunately it was late and I wired them up so that it will only be putting out 3v in its current configuration. Ill fix that tomorrow after work. The stri …
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“Solar Hot Water Set To Go Mainstream with California’s AB 1470?
From www.renewableenergyaccess.com by Sara Parker, Staff Writer Sacramento, California [RenewableEnergyAccess.com] Its a technology that has been used in California in one form or another since the 1800s. But, like its photovoltaic counterpart, solar hot water heating …
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“SunPower Teams With RAcell and Danfoss to Power Largest Scandinavian Solar Installation”
From money.cnn.com 125-Kilowatt System Offers Environmental and Modern Architectural Design for the New National Danish Radio and Television Buildings in Copenhagen October 17, 2007: 08:00 AM EST SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ SunPower Corp. , a Silicon Valley-based manufactu …
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DIY Solar Tracker info
DIY means not shelling out way too much money for something you can easily put together yourself if you have the patience and time. In this spirit, Ive started compiling a list of resources for DIY solar trackers for PV panels. Increasing PV output sounds good to me. Here is a site that has some inf …
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“Concentrating Solar Power by Solucar Power”
Found an interesting article while doing some research on parabolic troughs. My favorite quote from the article would have to be this little gem of knowledge I wasnt aware of: At least 30 million Chinese households have a solar thermal system; and, 4 of every 5 systems sold in the world in 2005 were …
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Solar Water Heaters
I still have not committed to a final design for my solar space heater. Continuing research leads to ever-changing ideas. Today I found a document with a list of references as long as my arm, with some information that I havent found in other places. The article is available on ScienceDirect.com. He …
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SunPower and Agilent Technologies to Install 1-Megawatt Solar System in Santa Rosa
The fine print in this article is a little scary, but at least these companies are working together towards a common goal. From http://money.cnn.com : SAN JOSE and SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ SunPower Corporation , a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency so …
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Photovoltaic Power Systems And the 2005 National Electrical Code, and other reference material
Wandering around the internet often leads to vast stores of information you didnt know existed. Here is another one I found is 143 pages of pdf goodness. I only wish I had my own laser printer to make a paper copy of it. Electronic documents often annoy me as I dont have good connectivity at the hou …
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Net-Metering in West Virginia, a Rant, and some other stuff
Today I stumbled upon another news article that touches on some topics worthy of note.?? Net-metering isnt going to get us everywhere we need to go, but I am certainly glad to see that it is catching on in more areas. The most important part of the article though I believe, was more or less tucked i …
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“Solar start-up Ausra hires ex-Calpine exec”
Coming from the IT industry, I have been witness to many executives jumping ship to work for a competitor or offshoot. Glad to see it finally happening in a manner that will possibly benefit us all: Solar start-up Ausra hires ex-Calpine exec NEW CEO PLANS TO GO SOLAR ON A LARGE SCALE By Matt Nauman …
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