Sometimes when I read the news, I get a “not in my neighborhood” feeling when it comes to hydrogen development. I’m chomping at the bit for hydrogen technology to become normalized to the point where I can have casual discussions about it with … [Read more...]
Will Distributed Solar Drive Utilities into Bankruptcy?
Friday 02/25/ By Leave a Comment
Tom Konrad CFA Electric utilities today look a lot like newspapers in 2000: Too much debt in an industry primed for disruption. Speaking at the Economist's Intelligent Infrastructure Conference, Brad Tirpak, Managing Partner at the private … [Read more...]
Amazing Points On The Different Ways Of Adding Solar Energy In Your House
Tuesday 02/22/ By Leave a Comment
Everyone knows that we have to use solar energy and various other clean power options while we move ahead. We cannot consistently depend on fossil fuels. Quite in addition to the simple fact that they’re, of course, finite assets, the price tag … [Read more...]
SunRun Nominated for Another Solar Innovation Award – For Psychology
Sunday 02/20/ By Leave a Comment
Although we cover solar breakthroughs in the lab here at Cleantechnica, solar is actually already at or below grid parity for consumers in some states through leases and power purchase agreements (PPAs). Solar is cheaper because the cost can be … [Read more...]
HyperSolar Makes Thin Solar Concentrator Prototype
Wednesday 02/16/ By Leave a Comment
Innovative solar cell maker HyperSolar has completed a prototype design of its new thin solar concentrator. As you might remember from my post from Oct. 26, 2010, the company is focusing increasing solar cell output by magnifying the sun’s … [Read more...]
Solar Panels on Sale at Supermarket
Friday 02/11/ By Leave a Comment
Image credit: Andreas Demmelbauer, used under Creative Commons license. Whether it's turning food waste into electricity, keeping bees near its stores, or launching city-wide electric vehicle chargingRead the full story on TreeHugger Read more.... … [Read more...]
SHARP® TO SUPPLY SOLAR PANELS FOR 1.8 MW CITY OF BREA SOLAR POWER PROJECT
Friday 02/11/ By 1 Comment
BREA, CA, February 7, 2011 – The largest municipal solar power project in Orange County is currently under construction in the City of Brea. The project, located at the city’s Community Center, Civic and Cultural Center and Reservoir City Pump … [Read more...]
Effort To Create Cost Competitive Solar Energy
Friday 02/11/ By Leave a Comment
ShareDOE Pursues SunShot Initiative to Achieve Cost Competitive Solar Energy by 2020 Announces $27 Million in Projects to Advance Solar Development and Manufacturing Washington, D.C. – U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced additional … [Read more...]
350Green plans nationwide network of electric vehicle chargers
Tuesday 02/08/ By Leave a Comment
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, HybridFounded in June of 2008, 350Green, a San Diego, CA-based company, announced plans to install a nationwide network of electric vehicle charging stations. 350Green will launch its first charger install project in the San … [Read more...]
Alternative Energy Sources For A Cleaner Future
Friday 02/04/ By Leave a Comment
One of our main concerns today is home energy usage. We won’t escape the fact that we need electricity to power our lives. Our level of civilization needs electricity to maintain it. But many people believe that the price we pay is simply … [Read more...]