There is no dearth of news featuring grim stories about the world’s growing energy problems. These basically focus on the rise in price of electric energy which seems to be rising every year. Reason being, the utilities need to pay …
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Solar Power International Is a Learning Experience
Terrific day at the Solar Power International (SPI) show yesterday. I had the opportunity to take in a 30-minute presentation by an extremely senior analyst at Bloomberg, though it really wasn’t particularly good news for distributed solar. The over-supply midday …
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2Green Energy at Solar Power International
I’m in Las Vegas Tuesday and Wednesday for Solar Power International (SPI), one of the two largest shows (along with Intersolar) on solar energy internationally. In addition to meeting an important client, I look forward to milling around the enormity …
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From Guest Blogger Meghan Belnap: Five Ways Solar Energy Can Improve Your Business Productivity
In many countries of the world, solar-based power systems have become a lucrative business. You may be thinking that solar power is highly infeasible because it costs too much and is too overelaborate for the small amount of power the …
From Guest Blogger Justin Jersey: Three Tips to Install Solar Power by Specialists
Solar energy and its use have become extremely popular. It is a latest trend to install a high quality and energy efficient system that is solar power. It is possible both in houses and businesses. The companies that is committed …
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Solar PV Has a Remarkable Characteristic: It’s Actually Happening
Over the years, we’ve had many hundreds of comments from people who claim that solar and wind can’t scale to replace fossil fuels. This is amusing, since all these people need to do to disconfirm their beliefs is open their …
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Religious Freedom and Solar Energy: A Combination You Probably Weren’t Expecting To Encounter
Without question, the protections we Americans enjoy under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution have been used in some strange ways over the years. Most recently, we’ve seen the free exercise of religion used to defend certain people’s right …
Intersolar Show Boasts a Decent Amount of Exuberance
I feel like a giddy child gushing the way I do about how cool the Intersolar show was. But here’s an example I hope you’ll enjoy, a brass band wailing on the steps of the Moscone Center—at breakfast time. What …
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A Rare Bit of Whimsy at Intersolar
At least 99% everything one sees at the huge renewable energy trade shows like Intersolar is product and service offerings intended to be completely serious and practical, i.e., a more cost-effective approach to solving a certain problem that has ever existed before. The …
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Renewable Energy Hardware
Question: What do you suppose these screws are, pictured left? Hint: though they come in different sizes and shapes, these are approximately six feet long. Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance: There are three main methods of anchoring …
