Latest Stories in Solar Technology - Page 15
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Solar Blossom Pop Up Art Gallery Powered By the Sun
Outdoor art galleries can do more than just house beautiful creations. They can also be a way to promote sustainability and renewable power. DeMarco Architecture came up with the Solar Blossom, a proposal for a pop up
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Solar Companies Inundated: Feed-In Tariff Prompts Massive Interest
While some may be arguing that solar feed-in tariffs are a rip off for the general public, there is no doubt that they have made the prospect of installing solar panels a whole lot more feasible for many UK citizens. In fact,
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Smart Thinking for Summer - Homemade Automatic Rain Barrel Watering System
Spring rains are still flowing and hopefully you're able to catch plenty in rain barrels for later in the summer when there isn't a cloud in the sky. The only thing that makes a rain barrel storage system cooler is
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Robot Builds & Tests Thin-Film Solar: Huge Gains in Efficiency & Speed
There's long been speculation that thin-film solar could compete with fossil fuels in the near future. So when the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory produced record-breaking thin-film solar cells that achieved 19.9% efficiency
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Joos Solar Charger Tested In A Tub of Water In The Shade, Still Charges (Video)
The Joos Solar Charger makes some bold claims. First, the company states that it generates 20 times the charge of other personal solar chargers on the market. There is no data on their website showing exactly what numbers
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A Party for a Solar Powered New York
If you are anything like me, you can be supportive of a particular piece of legislation. But that support doesn't always turn into action. From clean energy legislation to local feed-in tariffs, there is plenty that law makers
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Are Solar Feed-In Tariffs a Rip Off?
With the launch of the new UK renewable energy feed-in tariffs, the Government will now be paying every homeowner that installs solar panels and other renewables a guaranteed income in addition to the energy savings they are
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World's Biggest Wind Turbine Generates 10 MW And It Floats!
In an attempt to make offshore wind farms more
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Solar Aid Plans Three-Fold Increase in Solar Development Efforts
It's not just in Haiti that solar can play a huge role in development and aid work. In fact, solar could prove to be a game changing innovation anywhere in the world where electricity is unavailable or unreliable. Solar
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Highgear Solarpod, A Snappy Little Solar Charger
Ski magazine included this in their January list of "Stuff We Like", and it does seem kinda nifty. The SolarPod is a small, lightweight solar charger, than can fill its 3.7V 650 mAh Lithium-Ion battery in eight hours of direct sunlight,
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Spirit Lives On. Bogged Mars Rover Gets New Job
It's now six whole years since NASA's little Rovers landed on Mars, for what were only to be three month long exploration projects. But the Rovers Spirit and Opportunity have been living up to their names, continuing to pursue their missions with power
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Solar Powered Petal Bench Unfurls for Daytime Seating
Designer Ji Sung Park offers up an idea for a solar powered park bench that acts like a flower. During the day, the petals are unfurled and act as seats for passers-by, while at night, the petals fold up and it becomes a path
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Solar in South LA: Honoring MLK with Clean Energy (Video)
Having just finished reading The Solar Century—Jeremy Leggett's inspiring and ambitious manifesto for a solarized world—I'm all fired up about the potential to harness the power of the sun. But while high-end
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The Solar Century? A Vision for a Solarized World (Review)
"Building houses that use no fossil fuels, directly or indirectly, is surprisingly easy..."
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Solar Affordable Housing Project Hires Residents for Install
Although Kristin may have written about the first 100% solar-powered affordable housing project in San Diego, and there was some debate whether these prefab solar homes in Chicago were fairly priced, in general the terms
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Solar Bonus Scheme Allows Householders to Farm Energy
1 January 2010 might've be hangover recovery day for many people. But in the Australian state of New South Wales it was commencement day for the Solar Bonus Scheme.
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Solar Powered Dog Sweater Gathers Power From Your Pooch (Video)
How can you make your dog earn it's keep? Tape a solar cell to its sweater and add a battery pack to its collar, then send it outside. That's what Erik Schiegg has done with his Solar Dog prototype invention. Check out how your
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UK Solar Pioneer Expands to Middle East
From installing solar on hundreds of UK schools to developing a unique combined solar thermal and solar electric roofing system, Solarcentury have always been pioneering and ambitious. In fact it's this ambition that led them
