Using solar panels at parking garages and other parking facilities is a smart way to provide shade for cars and generate electricity for lighting and even electric car charging stations. Solar parking arrays in California will be created by Envision Solar International, Inc., pursuant to a contract with a major California utility. The project will [...]
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New York Fire District FDNY District #9 (Bellevue) installed solar panels on its roof, going cleaner and greener than ever before! The new solar roof array cost taxpayers very little and will save them significantly more over time. FDNY District #9′s solar panels were funded primarily by a grant from the New York State Energy [...]
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What if there was a magical way to increase solar panel efficiency by 20%? This is not a fairy tale! National Semiconductor has developed Solar Magic technology to boost solar panel output and increase power optimization. At first, the product was introduced as an add-on accessory for existing solar panel arrays. Now, National Semi’s solar [...]
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German automaker Audi has apparently declared 2010 its green year. Recent news of how Audi goes green with both solar and electric cars is a breath of fresh, renewable-energy air! A huge solar panel array has been installed at Audi’s primary factory in Ingolstadt, Germany. From there, the company has plans to add 14,000 megawatts [...]
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What will drive solar power investment in the future? You may think that a concern for the environment would drive funds toward renewable energy, but actually, its much like any other capital venture: how to make more money. In a recent Reuters blog post, Ray Kurzweil, a futurist and inventor, discussed the fact that billions [...]
