Stephanie on August 12th, 2009

Its been years since I lived in Massachusetts, or visited Harvard Yard, but there’s a new reason to visit the historic Ivy League Campus.  Harvard University goes solar, as announced this week, with plans to install a 500 kilowatt (kW) solar panel array on an office building originally constructed in the early 19th century.  I [...]

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Most people are unaware that environmental problems such as climate change can be easily avoided, at a profit, through the intelligent application of appropriate technology. The Carbon Buster’s Home Energy Handbook describes how to achieve this goal in the residential field. The first book in North America to provide a detailed carbon accounting of a [...]

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Stephanie on August 10th, 2009

News this week shows that India could lead the world in solar power.  That’s right – India is implementing a solar energy target in September that should increase its renewable energy output to 20 gigawatts by 2020, which will exceed the current world-wide solar energy installation (about 14 gigawatts) by another one-third.  And that’s just [...]

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Stephanie on August 7th, 2009

One of the most important factors to a successful transition to solar energy is solar battery storage.  So, I was very excited to read about Cerametec, Inc., a Salt Lake City-based company that is developing solar batteries that allow customers to store energy generated by solar panels for the majority of a 24-hour period, while [...]

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Stephanie on August 6th, 2009

Amazon.com The ICP Solar battery saver battery clamps make it easy to connect and disconnect your solar module from the battery. This set includes two universal battery clamps. (more…)

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Stephanie on August 4th, 2009

Review “The chapters I have seen amount to a useful simplification in an unusual format of some very complex issues”. –Sir Crispin Tickell GCMG, KCVO “helps to make a complex body of factual material accessible… useful to the climate change novice and seasoned eco-crusader alike.” –Law Society Gazette- November 2008 “This is an excellent, witty [...]

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