Tag Archives: solar hot water
The Solar Elevator Has Arrived
The last place you want to be when the power goes out is stuck in an elevator, and although you’ve probably never thought about it, wouldn’t it be much safer if it was powered by renewable energy? Schindler, one of the biggest manufacturers of elevators, is marketing a solar-powered elevator starting this year. Drawing power from roof-top [...]
Promise Energy: Solar Hot Water Rockstar
Promise Energy is a newcomer to southern California’s solar hot water market, but the company has wasted no time building a strong business. Promise, which is just a year old, has focused on solar hot water installations for multi-family affordable housing complexes in Los Angeles and San Diego, said spokesman Andy Mannle. “Solar hot water [...]
Georgia Power to Triple Solar Capacity
Georgia Power filed a request with the Public Service Commission (PSC) today in order to expand its solar energy capacity between now and 2015. The utility is looking to triple the amount of solar from 61 MW annually to 210 MW over a three-year period. This is an abrupt shift from Georgia Power’s previous position [...]
California Breaks Solar Record in August
Earlier this week, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) reported that more solar was installed in the second quarter of 2012 than during all of 2009, thanks in part to California’s solar activity. California installed 217 MW in the second quarter, according to SEIA’s report and the state’s power grid operator just announced solar generation topped [...]
Spinach: The Key to Powerful Solar Cells?
Remember when your parents used to pester you about eating your spinach? Even Popeye touted spinach as a great way to pump up those biceps. Well, it looks as though they were right. Spinach is proving to be a valuable green. And not just for your body, but for environmental science as well! There are [...]
Update: Israel’s Solar Market
Fifty years ago, Israel was on the cusp of developing a promising solar industry. Solar hot water systems in particular made a splash in the country, but many decades later, those same systems are just about all that exists for solar development in the country. Bloomberg Businessweek reported that while the climate is appropriate for [...]
Australians: Loving their Solar Panels
Suntech’s latest solar search and photo competition generated pictures and short statements from more than 400 customers across the country. All showed great enthusiasm for their Suntech products, lower energy bills and a reduced environmental impact. One woman called herself a “groovy granny” who decided to “go green, minimizing her power bills, lessening her [...]
Why You Need Solar
More people are beginning to realize that solar panels are not a luxury – they are a necessity. Just take cellphones, for instance… IN 1973, New Yorkers stopped and gaped in amazement as Dr. Martin Cooper demonstrated the very first cellular telephone call, right on the city street. The invention and combination of the radio, battery, [...]
Solar Hot Water at Intersolar America 2012
The crowds swarming this year’s Intersolar North America at San Fransicso’s Moscone Center did an unusual thing. After combing the aisles and aisles hosting the photovoltaic (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies’ booths, they wandered over to the two aisles dedicated to solar thermal and stayed to ask questions. What they found was lots [...]
POLL: 75% of America Supports Solar Water Heating
Good news. Despite solar hot water getting less attention in the U.S., a new poll conducted by SEIA shows strong public support for solar water heating and agree that solar water heating helps the economy and create jobs. The independent poll conducted by Gotham Research Group shows that 74% of Americans agree with the statement, [...]
The Cost of Residential Solar Power
Nowthat climate change is public enemy number one and with all this talkof rising energy prices and dependence on foreign energy sources – whatis preventing solar panels for homes from reaching their fullpotential? The growth of solar panels for homes is currently estimatedat around forty per cent per year and solar hot water is being [...]
Paul Ryan’s Threat to Renewable Energy
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney announced his running mate this weekend, Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan. Romney supporters are thrilled with the candidate’s choice for vice president, particularly his background as Chairman of the House Budget Committee with a long-standing record of solid “fiscal disciple and accountability to the federal government.” The announcement was not good [...]