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Solar Towers: The Holy Grail of Solar?
The Achilles heel of renewable energy has been its challenge withintermittency. Other problems include its use of natural resources suchas water for cooling. What if you could design a utility-scale solarpower plant that was persistent, not intermittent, and also used zerowater? Turns out you can. Unlike photovoltaic technology and other solar technologies, two Solar Towers [...]
KYOCERA solar modules illuminate ‘Cathedral of the Holy Cross’ in Turkey
Kyocera Corp. has supplied solar modules that help to illuminate theArmenian Cathedral of the Holy Cross — located on the island of Akdamar, Turkey. This year church services were held there for the first time in 90 years. As an important cultural landmark, the church isilluminated in the evenings throughout the year. The energy required [...]
Isentropic Energy: The Holy Grail of Renewable Energy?
It’s almost cliche to claim that large-scale energy storage is the holy grail or missing link of renewable energy. (That will not stop me from using that bromide a bit longer, however.) Today, the only economical method of storing energy at a large scaleis pumped hydro (pumped hydro accounts for almost all large-scaleelectricity storage) or [...]
Holy Cross Electric adds $250,000 to Solar Rebate Program
Holy Cross Electric in Colorado has announced an additional $250,000 in solar rebates for 2009. Holy Cross has already given out over $1.1 million in rebates thisyear, and given the overwhelming demand, has decided to reallocateother funds into more solar rebates. The rebate will remain at $2 per watt, with a cap of $12,000. For [...]