August 23rd, 2008
This is no ordinary plane. It can fly high above the clouds for months on end. It can also fly without having to go back down to earth for some fuel. And it is a spy plane.
A group of British scientists created this spy plane which runs using solar power. And this has actually just […]
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August 22nd, 2008
General Motors is one of the most trusted and most well-known car manufacturers not only in the United States but in the entire world. It has been doing its share to help our environment be clean and to go green, it has already gone through with the production of green vehicles. But that is not […]
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August 21st, 2008
A solar home is something that most of us have been planning to build. But living in a solar subdivision would be something really different.
In East Blue Hill in Maine, this is where you would find a solar subdivision. It has not been built yet but it soon will be there. The people behind such […]
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August 9th, 2008
Of course, we all are familiar with the Amazing Race. And we know that there is such a thing known as the Pit Stop.
For Louis Palmer, there have been pit stops and one of upcoming pit stops that he would be doing would be in Boulder, Colorado. Yes. The solar powered vehicle that Swiss Palmer […]
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July 29th, 2008
I was browsing through YouTube early today and I came across some really cool videos. And one of the most interesting videos that I found was this one about how you can create your very own solar USB charger. And that is why I have decided to share this with you.
So come to think of […]
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July 23rd, 2008
Now that the 2008 Beijing Olympics is just around the corner, lets talk about why this olympics is green. Apart from the solar showers I mentioned in one of my old posts, this year’s olympics in Beijing features some of the most artistic building there is, such as the Bird’s Nest and Water Cube […]
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June 8th, 2008
B5media has another promo day called “The view from my window”. From my window, I literally see a lot of roof. Tying this up with unpluggedliving, I see huge energy potential. Just imagine if solar panels are installed on all of those roof, how wonderful it be to have a […]
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May 27th, 2008
Extremetech’s Senior Tech Analyst Loyd Case wrote a detailed post about his experience when he shifted to solar energy. It is quite a lengthy post but a lot of details are there which some of you guys who are thinking of installing solar energy systems in your house.
He started out with discussing the bidding process […]
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May 4th, 2008
Would it be possible to concentrate the suns rays using some sort of magnifying glass and concentrate those light energy to a smaller PV cell to produce more energy using less PV material? Well, that’s exactly what sungri did. They created a system that would use 2000x magnification.
This new solar technology is expected to bring […]
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April 25th, 2008
I came across this pdf document developed by the US Department of Energy and I think people who are thinking of going into solar energy will find this useful.
The document contains information such as
Investing in a PV system
Tax Incentives
PV Sizing
Selecting a PV provider
Connecting PV to the grid
Here’s the link to the document.
Tags: alternative energy, Solar, […]
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