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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008USA Today reports that SUNRGI, a Silicon Valley start-up with big plans, says that they have developed technology that will deliver solar power in about one year at prices competitive with coal-produced electricity. If they can pull it off, it would dramatically cut the cost of solar electricity, and put SUNRGI far ahead of other […]
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New solar carport goes online at East LA College
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008East Los Angeles College has just turned on a 1.2 megawatt solar farm spread over a 3-acre 530 spot parking log in Monerry Park, California. The farm consists of 5,952 solar panels - its expected to provide up to 45% of the college’s electricity. Currently, the solar farm is performing even better than expected, […]
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San Fran Chronicle: Will solar panels save you money? Yes!
Monday, April 21st, 2008The San Francisco Chronicle has an interesting article on your return on investment should you decide to have solar panels installed. While their numbers apply to California homeowners, similar programs and initiatives apply to residents of other states, so your mileage may vary.
The article brings out a number of interesting points. One […]
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Want to build your own Solar Electric Car?
Sunday, April 13th, 2008Well, now you can with the SUNN Solar Electric Car Kit. The plug-in electric is even legal in the US, since it includes all the needed equipment for roads under 35mph - top speed is 25 mph. Range for the plug-in portion only is about 20 miles, but with solar panels, the […]
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Southern California Edison to add 250 megawatts in solar cells
Saturday, March 29th, 2008Southern California Edison announced on Thursday that it would build a network of 250 megawatts of photovoltaic solar cells, making it the largest solar cell project in the US.
SCE said that the project was possible because recent advances in solar cell technology had halved the cost of solar generation in California. Their plan, […]
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If you live in San Francisco and are interested in solar power, you might want to check this out
Thursday, March 27th, 2008SFSolarsubsidy.com has lots of information to help promote San Francisco’s solar power incentive program. Rebates of up to $5,000 are available for residential installations, and up to $10,000 for businesses. So if you live in San Francisco and are interested in getting a solar power setup, check out the available information.
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CIGS thin film solar cell hits 19.9% efficiency - a record
Monday, March 24th, 2008Researchers at the US Dept of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) have developed a thin-film CIGS solar cell that competes with the efficiency of silicon photovoltaic solar cells.
Their new copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) cell hit 19.9% efficiency, which is a world’s record for this type of solar cell. Most thin-film cells […]
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Bucks County, PA to be new home for largest east coast solar power facility
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008Ground was broken today on the new Exelon-Epuron Solar Energy Center, located in Falls Township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The plant will consist of 17,000 solar panels on 16.5 acres of land that belongs to Waste Management. When completed around September or October of this year, the plant will be the […]
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Solar cell paint
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008A couple of days ago I told you about using inkjet printers to create solar cells. Now comes word from Swansea University in Wales of solar cell paint. Dr. Dave Worsley and his team of researchers have been working on creating an inexpensive solar cell paint that can be applied to steel […]
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Rainbow solar cells?
Sunday, March 9th, 2008Physorg.com is reporting that University of Notre Dame researchers have created solar cells from different sized quantum dots, with each dot tuned to a specific wavelength of light. By arranging this quantum dots in an orderly pattern, the researchers hope they can make “rainbow” solar cells, which can then harvest a much greater range […]
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