The Department of Defense has been on a roll with new solar energy installations, but the real action is going on behind the scenes in laboratories where DoD is quietly supporting research into low cost, lightweight solar cells enhanced with quantum dots. In the latest project, researchers from the Army Research Laboratory and the Air Continue reading →
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Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. recently signed an agreement to expand a state and federal partnership that has, over the last two years, paved the way for more than a dozen utility-scale solar energy projects and more than 130 renewable power projects in California. These projects, which underwent Continue reading →
The price of solar electric systems has fallen rapidly in recent years, making solar energy more accessible than ever. In 2010, the installed cost of residential and commercial solar photovoltaic power systems fell by 17 percent from the previous year, falling an additional 11 percent in the first half of 2011, according to a report Continue reading →
I found myself stumbling across a lot of discussion about solar energy the past few days. There is both good news and bad news. San Francisco where I live is host to the U.S. Solar Market Insight conference which is officially sold out so conference organizer GTM Research has teased those of us not attending Continue reading →
Beginning next year and running for four years, some 2,000 residents and business on the Danish island of Bornholm will be the subject of an experiment. The goal: To determine how to develop a grid powered by at least 50 percent renewable energy sources, such as wind power, solar energy and biogas. In announcing its participation in Continue reading →
Kansas City Power & Light on Friday announced plans to build the biggest solar-energy system to be installed so far in the area. A 100 kilowatt system, which should be enough to power about 10 homes, will be built at Paseo Academy, in part for students and teachers to learn about solar energy. The electricity Continue reading →
With the earth’s energy resources dissipating at a rate faster than they are being built, it is only smart that we use the abundant energy available for free – solar energy. Apart from the easy availability, solar energy aids in controlling pollution. Many of us shy away from installing solar power devices in our homes Continue reading →
