Category: Photovoltaics

Those wishing to get at the truth behind the rapid migration to renewable energy, as contrasted by the rubbish that is Michael Moore’s film “Planet of the Humans,” should check out the video below, by the popular YouTube Channel “Just …

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According to this article in Bloomberg: Solar and onshore wind power are now the cheapest new sources of electricity in at least two-thirds of the world’s population, further threatening the two fossil-fuel stalwarts — coal and natural gas. Currently running …

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I ran into a guy at my last college reunion whose career involves selling enormous sculptures made from solar PV to corporate campuses.  I seem to recall a life-size brontosaurus out in front of some IT company. Obviously, the levelized …

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These people promote their product as follows: Spring is coming… are you SunFlower ready? These solar trackers follow the suns azimuth direction like a real sunflower.  Some people may find these aesthetically pleasing; to each one’s own. Being a practical …

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Back in 2010, I interviewed a gentleman at NREL (the National Renewable Energy Laboratories) as part of my first book, Renewable Energy–Facts and Fantasies.  A ran into him a few years later at the Intersolar show in San Francisco and …

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We come across lots of different concepts that invoke renewable energy to charge off-grid devices–most of which are solar, though one sees an occasional use of micro-wind or even micro-hydro. Normally, ads depict an affluent white hiker sporting $400 worth …

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Promote of concept shown here: Productivity just got greener! Made from eco-friendly materials and powered by the Sun, our solar workstations help create a new place to connect.  File this one under the category: “renewable energy concept that is theoretically …

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We have a reader in Adana, Turkey who loves to submit renewable energy concepts, but I’m beginning to think he’s pulling my leg, as each one is so obviously defective. Here’s a prize-winner. He calls this “the future of street …

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The guy promoting the device here writes: Solar cells capture up to 40 percent more energy when they can track the sun across the sky, but conventional, motorized trackers are too heavy and bulky for pitched rooftops and vehicle surfaces.

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People have been talking about building roads out of solar panels since long before I developed an interest in renewable energy.

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