Category Archives: Boots On The Roof
Less Nuclear Means More Solar
With the Fukushima disaster earlier this year people have begun to rethink using nuclear power as the main source of energy. Siemens, the global energy corporation, is at the forefront of this shift away from nuclear power. They are responsible for the building of all 17 nuclear power plants in Germany. They have recently announced [...]
3 Reasons Why The EnviroMission Solar Tower is Amazing
Solar power is normally thought of as coming through black panels that absorb the energy of the sun and convert it into power for our homes. However, as amazing as these panels are we are often at a loss of where to place new ones. On our roofs is the obvious solution, but where else? [...]
Ukraine to Get Mega Solar Facility
Solar power plants are nothing new, but they are far too rare. The Ukraine has decided to help fix the problem, of lacking of solar power, by funding the development of what might become the largest solar power plant in Europe. The solar facility, which is located in Okhotnykovo, Crimea, is part of the country’s [...]
Saudi Arabia Talking Big About Solar
Finally a little good news from the Middle East; green sources report that Saudi Aramco Power Systems is making plans to built a huge solar energy plant that could produce as much as 10 MW of electricity. In fact,Saudi Arabi’s Oil Minister, Ali Al-Naimi states that his country isplanning to eventually produce enough solar electricity [...]
Simple Home Solar Estimates
The home improvement folks at Lowes have joined forces with Big Brother, and California-based solar leasing firm, Sungevity to provide customers with their very ownpersonalized solar panel installation estimate at the touch of a button. Why Big Brother? Because said estimate would be produced from a kiosk equipped with Sugevity’s iQuote system, a web-based application [...]
Do Your Solar Homework!
It’s important to make smart investments and avoid scams when investing in solar energy; so says the president and CEO of Georgia’s Better Business Bureau (BBB) While Fred Elsberry may be in Georgia, his advice is valuable to anyone considering investing in a home renewable energy system. “Consumers need to know how solar energy works [...]
Sierra Club Hoping More of its Members Go Solar
So all you Nor-Cal East Bay-ers that have been wanting to, or at least thinking about going solar, now you have yet another reason to bite the sunshine bullet. The good folks at the Sierra Club are joining forces with good folksat Oakland-based solar contractor, Sungevity. How it works see is thatthe Sierra folks are [...]
Europe #1 For Wind Farm Production
USA! USA! USA! Wait, what? Really? Sorry. Europe! Europe! Europe! Time to step it up, America. According to Pike Research, Europe is currently besting us in the offshore wind farm race. I, for one, am green with envy. Bad pun. Sorry. Anyway, according to my sources, Europe’s wind power capacity isexpected to climb from 4.1 [...]
A Look at the Solar Airplane
A dollop of the cool stuff for your Friday; my green sources have seen the future of pollution-free travel, and it is theSolar Impulse, a solar-powered plane which just made its firstinternational flight today when it flew from Switzerland to Brussels. The Solar Impulse, a one-seater, four-engine prototype powered by 12,000 solar cells, flew from [...]