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Solar-powered Photobioreactor generates biofuel using algae
We recently showcased Emergent Architecture’s Flower Street Bioreactorthat was designed to be installed in Los Angeles. The architecture firmhas designed an even better bioreactor system that is being envisionedto be installed in Perth. The Perth PhotoBioReactor will use colonies of red and green algae to generate biofuel. Theouter shells of the Photobioreactors are fiber-composite monocoqueconstruction, [...]
Xunlight Delivers Flexible Solar Modules From 25 MW Production Line
Xunlight Corp. has delivered its first shipmentof flexible and lightweight, triple-junction amorphous silicon solarmodules manufactured on its newly installed 25 MW wide-web roll-to-rollplasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition production line. Theannouncement was jointly made by Xunlight Corp., the University ofToledo (UT) and the Ohio Department of Development. Thisshipment of modules is part of a 10 kW [...]
Inflatable Solar Skin allows inefficient buildings to generate solar energy
Architecturalfirms are envisioning new buildings that will be able to generateenergy for themselves with a solar energy generating façade. But withmost of the metropolis already converted into a concrete jungle therehas to be a way to make the already existing skyscrapers green.Designers over at Studio Formwork have tried to do just that with a new [...]
New Hampshire Solar Rebate Cash Now Available
New Hampshire homeowners who installed solar panels over the pastyear have been waiting for the Public Utilities Commission to releasesolar rebate funds via the state’s residential renewable energy rebate program. On Tuesday, July 14th, the NH PUC flipped the switch, making the solar rebate application form (PDF) available online. The current round of funding applies [...]
Toyota installs solar energy generating flowers to promote Prius
Auto manufacturers do everything they can to promote their newest vehicles. While most manufacturers rely on ingenious adverts, Toyotahas taken the upcoming launch of the Prius to the streets, by installedoversized solar-energy generating flowers in Boston. The installed willbe installed in different parts of the world over a period of four months. Thecompany has installed [...]
Is Smaller the Future for Residential?
Right now, the average California consumer might put 3 kilowatts ormore of solar on their house, but the new trend might be toward one andtwo kilowatts. Small systems can be financed on a credit card, said Mark Goldman, co-founder of Armageddon Energy,which wants to make modular solar systems for homes, during apresentation at a panel [...]
Las Vegas Announces Solar Carport Project
Las Vegas city officials just announceda new plan to install solar panels on dozens of carports throughout thecity as part of a solar initiative funded by stimulus money. Of the $11million in question, a little over $1 million is from the Community Development Block Grant,a HUD program intended to create economic opportunity (”jobs”, inEnglish) and [...]
Maine Solar Rebate is Back
Good news for homeowners and businesses in Maine looking to getsolar: the state has re-opened its solar energy rebate program. Here’sa quick rundown of the solar rebate levels: Solar thermal systems are eligible for a rebate worth up to 25 percent of installed costs, capped at $1,000. Solar photovoltaic (PV) panel systems receive a rebate [...]