solar energy
Holiday Gift Guide: Solar Tech for your Home, Kids, and the Outdoors.
Holiday Gift Guide: Solar Tech for your Home, Kids, and the Outdoors.
The Benefits of Floatovoltaics.
by Maria Juniper, Contributing Editor Now that most governments, environmental organizations, scientists and even the Catholic Church have agreed on the need to combat climate change, innovative solutions are being sought in many quarters. The old ways of doing things simply won’t cut it now that we’re aware of the harmful effects of traditional means …
All About the LightSail – Bill Nye’s Kickstarter Project
All About the LightSail – Bill Nye’s Kickstarter Project
The way of the solar “panel” may be reaching the end of the line, spray solar is coming!
The way of the solar “panel” may be reaching the end of the line, spray solar is coming!
First exposition in Central America focused entirely on solar power.
ExpoSolar, which takes place Oct. 31- Nov. 1 in downtown San José Costa Rica, will be the first event of its kind in Central America to focus only on solar power. It is organized by the Costa Rican Solar Energy Association (Asociacion Costarricense de Energía Solar, or ACESOLAR). During the event a wide variety of …
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Solar “tree” from Israel.
An Israeli solar “tree” was designed by artist Yoav Ben-Dov. It features solar panels positioned as leaves on metal branches made of pipes and was designed to blend into parks and other green public spaces. Apart from offering shade, Sologic’s eTree has a water fountain, a WiFi hotspot, a docking station to charge devices, and …
American Solar Companies Most Likely Have Been Installing Solar Panels Facing The Wrong Way For Years.
There’s a configuration to installing solar panels. The rules that are all pretty rigidly prescribed. There’s also a direction they face: South. However they might actually be facing the wrong way. Photograph: Cultura/Rex. By having them face south — which almost all the rooftop panels in the U.S. do — they’re in peak position to …
