operoseI have been getting more questions about the satellite dish mount that I used to mount my solar panel with, so here are some pictures that will hopefully give some more insigh ... Discussion
From smh.com.au (The Sydney Morning Herald)
FOR her 10th birthday, Nicole Kuepper received an inspirational present from her parents - her first solar-energy kit.
It sparked a ... Discussion
From Renewable Energy World:
Material May Help Autos Turn Heat into Electricity
by Pam Frost Gorder, OSU
Ohio, United States [RenewableEnergyWorld.c ... Discussion
Found this on is an open-source project and experiment to test a method of distributed energy production. It relies on continuous participation and cooperation of an online co ... Discussion
From but found on Slashdot
This is something I am very excited for, and hopefully the rest of you are as well. Especially the fact that it can be adapted to existing solar cel ... Discussion
From a German college town of about 80,000, has become the first in the country to make solar heating obligatory for newly built or renovated buildings. The green bill has som ... Discussion
I was asked to put together a setup to keep the batteries on a camper charged without having to plug into the grid or burn fuel.
We found this real nice 45 watt kit on ebay fo ... Discussion
Well folks, this is a first.
Ive never had to publicly call someone out on this site for using underhanded business practices, except for Becky from SiliconSolar, for what I w ... Discussion
Apologies for the infrequent updates lately. Finishing up the school semester and working more are beginning to take their toll.
I havent really been working on any neat proje ... Discussion
Found this article on SignOnSanDiego.com:
UNION-TRIBUNE
May 1, 2008
The Navy has built five solar carports at local bases as part of a project to reduce the militarys depend ... Discussion
I got a 15w panel, a charge controller, and a pretty nice battery as a christmas gift this year, and now that the snow is gone I decided to put it to use powering the couple o ... Discussion
I was griping before about having to have some certified person install systems to get a tax break. Here is something I just ran across in my travels of dsireusa.org:
Sola ... Discussion
I was wondering when the day would hit that people would be squabbling over space for their solar panels, or at least unshaded space.. Apparently that day has already arrived. ... Discussion
I ran across some pretty cheap pool heaters:
4x8 Enersol solar collector with 15 year warranty?? $190 from solarcovers.com
FAFCO 2x20 solar collector with 10 year warranty $13 ... Discussion
Just ran across this really cool double wall heat exchanger from Butler Sun Solutions.
This is not your normal heat exchanger though, it is made to be installed in an existing ... Discussion
If SUNY Cantons 4-year alternative energy degree (or any others offered by other schools) doesnt float your boat, you might be interested in this:
(From bizjournals.com)
Sierr ... Discussion
This is really cool. Hopefully more of it will be adopted in the future:
(from mercurynews.com)
Solar-powered hydrogen fuel station opens despite cutbacks
The Associated Pres ... Discussion
From Forbes.com, 2hrs ago.
Associated Press
Opening Glance: Solar Stocks Rise
Associated Press 04.02.08, 9:57 AM ET
Solar-power stocks rose sharply Wednesday morning, ... Discussion
The girlfriend and I made a trip over to Burlington, VT on Tuesday, and then crossed back over the lake into NY to stay at her sisters house for the night.
On the drive over t ... Discussion
Alright, I know it has been a while, but here is the second installment of the Designing a Solar Heated Structure series I promised Id write.
As Ive said before, I am a rank a ... Discussion
