Tag: Solar Power
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U.S. states ranked by how solar-friendly their policies are in 2013
Solar power's progress has been strong in the U.S. lately, but there can be a huge difference in solar-friendliness from state to state.
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World's biggest solar boat reaches New York City
They will stay in the city until June 20th. After that, they continue their journey which will end in Norway.
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New Yorkers get juiced with solar charging stations
"My battery died!" may no longer be a valid excuse for missing an important text or phone call, thanks to new public cell phone charging stations from AT&T, Goal Zero and Pensa.
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Project Permit simplifies solar permitting process
A new community-based database helps people encourage their municipality to improve the solar permitting process and guide them toward best practices for residential solar permits.
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Solar-powered kids! U.S. Elementary and high schools are going solar
These days, kids are not just learning about solar power. They're also learning with solar!
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The US added 723 megawatts of solar power during the first 3 months of 2013
During the first quarter of 2013, the U.S. has added 723 megawatts (MW) of new solar capacity to its power grid, a 33% growth rate year-on-year.
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MIT creates super accurate solar potential map of Cambridge
The mapping technology will eventually be used to get precise solar power potential information for any location around the world.
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Google invests in 96 megawatt solar project in South Africa
Google has been investing a lot in traditional wind and solar, and in other more innovative renewable energy projects. But most of that is in the U.S. and so far they had not invested any money into renewable in Africa.
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Solar Impulse team doing Q&A on Reddit
We've written about the Solar Impulse solar plane a few times. It's not only a great feat of engineering, but it's also a project that follows in the footsteps of a long tradition of pioneers and explorers who attempted things that nobody else had done be
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Kansas City to install solar panels on 80 municipal buildings, save taxpayers $40k/year
Kansas City has announced that it's going to put leased solar panels on about 80 municipal buildings, including police and fire department buildings and most of the city’s community centers.
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Make a portable solar phone charger for $5
If you've always wanted to quickly make a purely sun-powered charger for your phone (no battery), here's how in 4 easy steps.
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DIY solar foundry reaches temperatures of 3800 degrees farenheit
Melting metals with the sun, this DIY project shows just how hot it can get when you concentrate the sun's rays for a task.
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Student designed Solar Garage produces energy, grows food too
This smart redesign of the common garage uses solar power to optimize the charging of electric vehicles and the germination of food crops.
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South-Korea's largest rooftop solar installation (10 MW) to be built on a Hyundai factory
Hyundai has announced that it will build what will be South-Korea's largest solar rooftop solar installation on its Asan factory, near the West coast of the country.
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Solar Electric Scooter spares the environment, gives to charity
SES sponsors a program to provide its scooters to students with financial difficulties. Called “Giving Back”, a portion of the business’s net profit is set aside to finance the new vehicles.
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Solar Impulse: Flying from San Francisco to New York City in a solar plane
The ultimate goal of the Solar Impulse sun-powered plane is to fly around the globe powered by only the sun's rays. But before you can run, you have to crawl and then walk...
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New discovery allows low-grade silicon to be turned into high-efficiency solar panels
Some technical breakthroughs are great because they push back the limits of what we can do, bringing us to new summits, while other are great because they allow us to do more with what we already have.
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Investments in clean energy could reach $630 billion by 2030 (but probably more)
“Three years ago, we thought wind and solar would be cheap as chips, and they’ve even gone below that.”
