Category: Photovoltaics

Here’s an exciting development (not) in solar PV, which claims (falsely) that it delivers 18 times more power from sunlight than traditional technologies. Let’s do some quick math, to see just how important (fraudulent) this breakthrough (scam) is.  Say today’s …

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According to this article in Bloomberg, China is making enormous progress in its effort to install solar PV in the north part of the country, near Mongolia. This is a critical step for the entire world in mitigating climate change, …

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“Stop Solar” writes:  We’re fighting to protect rural America and the way of life we love. Anyone who believes that farm land is being converted to solar farms is a true idiot. It’s almost as if there is an industry …

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At left is an ad whose copy reads: In addition to the damage to local communities, solar “farms” can cause deforestation, destruction of wildlife habitats and disruption of ecosystems. Think for a moment of the places you’ve seen where utility-scale …

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Here’s a video presented by a gentleman who calls himself “Rich,” making me wonder, for a millisecond, why he didn’t use his full name. It’s an offer to sell instructions on how to build a small solar PV array that …

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Here’s an investment opportunity for people who don’t understand that the amount of energy that solar PV generates is a function of how many photons are incident upon the panels.  The company writes: What makes Three Sixty Solar (OTC: VSOLF) so …

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As shown in the photo here, this is a genuinely good idea. Building PV canopies over the aqueducts stems evaporation and keeps debris out of the water as it makes its way from the rivers in the central-eastern part of …

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The video below on building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) reminded me that this subject really hasn’t come into its own, for reasons I don’t claim to understand.

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We Americans are good at politicizing everything and debating things that really only have one side.  The Russian invasion of Ukraine is a good example, but it’s only one of hundreds. What about environmental issues?  It’s common for conservatives to …

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Here’s an interesting piece of a unique solar-architected house, a concept that is under development in Morocco. From the piece linked above:

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