Here’s a website whose tagline is that solar energy applied to agriculture “pays for itself.” Indeed it does. Even farmers who choose to pay cash up front for solar PV and/or solar thermal hot water heating (e.g., PlexiSun) get all …
Tag: Photovoltaic system
Solar Photovoltaics Is Rooted in a Discovery Published on this Date
Today is the 113th anniversary of the publication of a paper that revolutionized science and ushered in the age of electronics. On this day in 1900 Max Planck published his paper on quantum mechanics, in which he explained that light …
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Tagged with: Albert Einstein, grid parity, Max Planck, Navigant Research, Photoelectric effect, Photovoltaic system
U.S. Solar Market Booming
I have an old friend who sometimes gives me investment advice, and, when he feels especially confident regarding a certain item, he’ll add the warning, “If you don’t do this, Craig, you’ll be crying in your beer.” Well, that’s certainly …
From Guest Blogger Blake Meredith: Make Your Business into a ‘Net Zero’ Workplace
We’re reaching the closing months of 2013, a year that many were afraid would never even occur (we can recall the craze of December 2012, despite zero scientific evidence the world would end). Luckily, 2013 not only happened, but also …
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Clean Energy Concepts That Show a Misunderstanding of Physics
At an average rate of one or two a week, I get suggestions for clean energy concepts that demonstrate a lack of understanding of the laws of physics. The last 24 hours has represented a spike; I received both: • A …
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2GreenEnergy on "Issues Today" (Radio Show)
Here’s a podcast of about 10 minutes in length; it’s an interview in which Bob Gourley of “Issues Today” interviews me. I try to do as many of these as possible to promote my new book: Renewable Energy – Following …
Media Matters Covers Solar Photovoltaics
Media Matters published this fantastic myth-busting report outlining the “facts and fantasies” on solar energy. I’ll be sending this along to Bob Gourley, who hosted me on the terrific radio show “Issues Today” last week, but who steadfastly (and incorrectly) …
From Guest Blogger Leslie: Why US Solar Soft Costs are so High, and What's Being Done About It
The U.S solar industry keeps putt-putting along instead of moving full steam ahead. Why? The go-to answer is soft costs. But that doesn’t tell us much. The term “soft costs” doesn’t even have a universally accepted definition. What does it …
Military and Commercial Microgrids
There are many different ways that the future of energy provisioning can go in radical and exciting new directions. One, as I often mention, is our standard utility model, but given a major shake-up so as to integrate an ever-greater …
Solar PV and Battery Back-Up — An Oddity
A reader asked me to comment on the article linked below, but frankly, I simply don’t understand it. If this is to be believed, a power utility (Southern California Edison) denied a homeowner’s application to connect his solar PV array …
