If you are thinking about installing a solar panel system on your home, you may be wondering whether solar electricity or solar hot water is the way to go. There are probably several factors that you are thinking about: Cost Efficiency Appearance Return on investment Energy savings Tax rebates and incentives Comparing solar electricity (photovoltaic, [...]
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Renewable Energy Co. (REC) has recently developed new solar technology that allows its solar PV panels to achieve energy payback time in one year. So-called energy payback time is the amount of time it takes for a photovoltaic (PV) solar module to produce as much energy as was used to manufacture it. Efficient solar cells [...]
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All across the “Land of Enchantment” the state of Nevada is shining bright with a solar power future. To the south, near Boulder City, over a million solar panels cover desert lands, generating utility scale solar electricity. Using First Solar panels, the project will generate enough clean electricity to power about 26,000 homes, saving 123,000 [...]
Solar panels installed at Sedona Red Rock High School in Arizona were unveiled this week! Using over 3,800 Kyocera Solar PV panels, Kinney Construction Services completed the solar electric system as part of the Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District Alternative Energy Project. The Sedona, Arizona school district is turning to solar power to help it [...]
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Yesterday, Astronergy (also known by the name of its parent company, Chint Solar) announced that the largest photovoltaic system in the world would be constructed in China next year. To be located at the Hangzhou East Railway Station, the 10 MW solar panel system will be grid connected and fully building integrated. The cost of [...]
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Solar panels on the rooftop of Anheuser-Busch’s beer manufacturing plant in Newark, New Jersey help generate clean solar electricity for operations. Famous for its Budweiser beer, Anheuser-Busch has installed 3,000 photovoltaic (PV) solar panels over 65,000 square feet of its facility’s rooftop. Its the second time that the company has installed rooftop solar panels at [...]
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Wal-Mart has fought against negative press regarding its mega-retail stores, competitive practices and even the way it treats is employees. However, one news story that doesn’t get a lot of press is Wal-Mart’s efforts to go green. For the past 3 years, Walmart has quietly been working with Environmental Defense Fund to promote thin film [...]
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A new world record for PV solar cell efficiency was recently reached by Silicon Valley-based SunPower Corporation. Last week, it claimed to have accomplished over 24% conversion from sunlight to electricity with silicon solar panels at its manufacturing plant in the Philippines. U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) confirmed the solar panel [...]
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You’ve likely heard of photovoltaic (PV) solar panels. But do you really know how photovoltaics work? Just how do those blue-colored surfaces convert sunlight into electricity? In other words, how do we tap into solar energy? PV technology was “born” in 1854 through research of the Bell Telephone Company. Within a decade PV solar panels [...]
Its hard to imagine a better place for large scale solar power generation! Last week, a new solar array in Arizona was launched using a unique concentrating solar power system: the SunCatcher from Stirling Energy Systems. Sixty giant parabolic dishes – also known as solar collectors – concentrate solar heat at a hydrogen-filled piston, which [...]
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