Tag Archives: rooftops
In Focus: CLEAN L.A Solar
Los Angeles recently revealed an ambitious plan to turn rooftops of local homes, businesses and multi family buildings into one giant solar farm. Put together, all the potential buildings for solar rooftops add up to 12,000 acres of surface space and if all of this is covered with photovoltaic panels that can efficiently tap into [...]
Getting Solar on 100 Million American Rooftops
Get a load of this: Nearly 100 million Americans could install over 60,000 megawatts of solar at less than grid prices – without subsidies – by 2021. That’s from a new report by John Farrell at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance called “Rooftop Revolution: Changing Everything with Cost-Effective Local Solar.” It’s about the spread of [...]
Trina Solar Partners With Enfinity on Rooftops $TSL
Trina Solar (TSL) is partnering with Enfinity of Belgium, a largerenewable energy developer, to provide solar rooftop installations tothe Belgian-European Pavilion and the Theme Pavilion at the 2010Shanghai World Expo. The Belgian-Euro Pavilion will use about 700 Trina modules for the 160kW system. ===> Click Here For Your FREE Trina Solar Analysis “We are delighted [...]
A Solar Water Heating Revolution on Rooftops Worldwide
The harnessing of solar energy isexpanding on every front as concerns about climate change and energysecurity escalate, as government incentives for harnessing solar energy expand, and as these costs decline while those of fossil fuels rise.One solar technology that is really beginning to take off is the use of solar thermal collectors to convert sunlight [...]
Ontario: The Race for Solar Rooftops Begins
Much like the California Gold Rush in 1848, the introduction of Ontario’s renewable energy Feed-In Tariff (FIT) program last October has prompted an all out race for renewable energy companies of all sizes to secure commercial rooftops across the Canadian province. Through what is being regarded as the strongest Feed-in Tariff program in the world, the Ontario [...]
Global Solar Market Will Grow On Rooftops, Not Farms
A new report from analyst WinterGreen Research, Inc. predicts thatover the next six years, growth in the global solar industry will shiftfrom huge industrial solar farms to commercial rooftop solarinstallations. The 700 page report, “Photovoltaic Solar Panel MarketShares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2010 to 2016?, is brokendown into the the following topics: Solar Technology Market [...]
Where Will Solar Power Plants Be Built—Deserts or Rooftops?
Solar energy, despite all of the effort to increase its usage, stillonly accounts for less than one percent of the energy we consume. Theamount of solar energy that reaches the Earth’s surface every hour isgreater than mankind’s total demand for energy in a whole year. Thetotal energy stored in the world’s supply of fossil fuels [...]
Armageddon’s Three Leafed Solar Clover for Rooftops!
Going Solar has been always easier said than done because of manylogistics factors apart from its efficiency. They are mainly sheermagnitude and number of solar panels that would be needed to generateenough energy to run a household and cost effectiveness. Technology ischanging it all and Armageddon’s Three Leafed SolarClover design forrooftop solar panel takes care [...]
In Spain, Solar Rooftops Make Sense
Spain is a powerhouse for solar energy production in Europe becauseit has excellent sun resources and because it has a feed-in tariff forrenewable energy production, as does Germany. With a feed-in tariff,project developers are ensured that electricity will be purchased at acertain rate over a fixed term (currently €0.34 per kWh), usually for20 or 25 [...]