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LA Marathon Hails Vets with Mobile Solar-Powered Stage
More than 25,000 people witnessed 1940’s music powered by 21st century technology, as a Hybrid Mobile Solar Power System™ was used topower the US Veterans Administration’s entertainment stage at the VAHospital in Westwood. Solar-Powered Swing Singers, LA Marathon 2010 As the racers coursed through the Veteran’s Administration inWestwood at Mile 21, they were energized by [...]
2.4 MW Portland Solar Project To Use PV Powered Inverters
PV Powered Inc. says its commercial invertersare being installed in a 2.4 MW project in Portland, Ore. Theinstallation, which will be managed by a joint venture between PortlandGeneral Electric and U.S. Bank, will cover approximately 900,000 squarefeet on the rooftops of seven ProLogis distribution warehouses in thePortland area. Thin-film solar panels will be installed. For [...]
Solar Powered Sports Stadiums
Whether it’s touchdowns, goals or record-breaking sprints, energyefficiency — and solar lighting — is the name of the game in newer prosports stadiums around the world. More frequently, fans are rooting fortheir favorite squads in venues that won’t leave the environment on thelosing side. Light Emitting Diode (LED) panels, wind turbines and solar-poweredlights are becoming the norm; they’re a [...]
PV Powered Supplies Inverters For Solyndra Commercial Project
PV Powered Inc. says its commercial inverters have been installedin a new office -uilding project in Lakewood, N.J., that employs newhigh-density thin-film cylindrical solar panels by Solyndra Inc. Thedesign, engineering and installation were completed by Premier PowerRenewable Energy Inc. of El Dorado Hills, Calif. The project uses acombination of PV Powered’s 75 kW and 100 [...]
PV Powered Inverters Installed In Two Warehouse PV Projects
PV Powered Inc. says its commercial inverters have been installedin both the Corona, Calif., and Peachtree City, Ga., warehouses of theAircraft Spruce and Specialty Co., a supplier of private aircraft partsand pilot supplies. The installations were handled by AlisoElectric Inc. of Laguna Hills, Calif. Aircraft Spruce and Specialty Co.estimates that 65% of its power needs [...]
Radio’s Solar-Powered Comeback
Solar energy can act as an anti-aging ingredient for almost anyproduct. It is able to rejuvenate some of our oldest, seeminglyoutdated gadgets, and give them fresh appeal for the techie and theenvironmentally conscious consumer alike. For example, the transistor radio of yesteryear seems as old as dirtwhen compared to iPods, online radio and MP3-playing sunglasses. [...]
Kieran Timberlake Designs Solar Powered American Embassy in London
Kieran Timberlakehas been announced as the winner of the Embassy of the U.S. LondonDesign Competition for their entry that was stated to have “most fullysatisfied the requirements outlined in the design competition’s missionstatement. The concept holds the greatest potential for developing atruly iconic embassy and is on the leading edge of sustainable design.” Thenew embassy [...]
Solar ddok – The solar powered multi-socket power outlet
Solar multi-socket outlets aren’t very common today. That’s probablywhy the ‘Solar ddok’ won the Red Dot award for concept design. Theportable product is sleek unlike the ones you use today to plug in yourlaptop and mobile phones today. The device has a circular shape thatprovides maximum surface area and that too with a slim and [...]
MVRDV’s Solar Powered Water Cube Pavilion
MVRDVhas unveiled the design of “The Water Cube Pavilion” for the World Expo2012 to be held in Yeosu, Korea. Designed under the theme of “TheLiving Ocean and Coast”, the Water Cube Pavilion will focus on thepower and beauty of oceans by making a pure visible block of water thatseems to be extracted from the ocean. [...]