The world’s oceans are a new frontier in the renewable energy world. Ocean energy is emerging and will be ‘make or break’ in the next five years, says the firm Pike Research that focuses on research and analysis of renewable …
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Life is full of coincidences. On the way back from dropping my daughter off at school this morning, I heard a piece on NPR on Black Swan technology (see press release linked) which is based on a unique “optical rectification” process …
The efficiency of converting sunlight into electricity becomes much lower (about 10 times lower) than the former solar panel. So it is difficult to generate enough power for equipments. So seems that it will take us really long period before we could see great amount of solar street lights with Graphene rather than Solar Panel.
I’ll be at the Utility Scale Solar show in San Diego on Wednesday. I know this is a debatable topic, but I tend to get more excited about utility scale anything, not because I think we can count on utilities …
Progress Energy Florida claims that its “Save the Watts” program is a success. The Fortune 500 company says in a recent announcement there has been a 45% drop in energy use since it started the program in 2007 through 2009. That …
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When I started to think about this, I Googled “renewable energy job creation,” I noticed that the first item offered me was an article from Fox News, that, predictably, ridiculed the idea that significant numbers of new jobs could come …
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The largest rooftop solar installation in the American Northwest is now online. Portland General Electric (PGE) has a 673,000 square foot installation of 2.4 MW on seven ProLogis warehouses. PGE ranked among the top 10 utilities in the west for …
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I got a high-quality rowing machine (Concept2) on Craig’s list yesterday, and have committed to daily use. It’s really the perfect tool for strength building and cardio simultaneously. But the reason I bring this up is that it will essentially …
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Solar Electric power also called photovoltaic, is the term used to describe the conversion of sunlight directly to electricity. The solar cells available today use semiconductor materials. To create useful amount of power, they are wired together in varying numbers to create solar modules (or solar panels). Because the electric grid provides AC power, the systems also include inverters that convert the DC electricity to AC electricity.
It seems that affection for renewable energy often breaks down across political (conservative vs. liberal) lines. I’m not sure I understand how this can be. Obviously, everyone cares about the quality of the planet we live on and leave to …
