Student researchers in Arizona have created a way to bring medical care to areas in desperate need. It’s a solar powered medical clinic inside a shipping container. The container is 40 feet long and 9 and half feet high. Arizona State University student Cody Van Cleve is part of the team that created this containerized […]
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For two decades, coal has been pulled from a Bent Mountain mine in eastern Kentucky. In a startling move in the heart of coal country, a rival — solar — is preparing to move on to the land. From Appalachia in the United States to Queensland in Australia and Chernobyl in Ukraine, solar and wind […]
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How will you celebrate Earth Day? Earth Day is here and people around the world will show their appreciation for our Earth by participating in Eco-friendly projects and community cleanups. So, what can you do to celebrate Earth Day? Here are a few ideas for any age to get you started on the green path: […]
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There’s no better place for watching sunlight turn into electricity than a garden—plants, after all, are just living solar panels, capturing light and turning it into the energy that fuels life itself. So there’s a kind of synchronicity in turning to the sun when you need power in the garden. At its simplest, using solar […]
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4 Reasons Spring is a Great Time to Go Solar You will be All Set for Summer. Solar installation is more involved than having a central air conditioning unit installed, so it’s important to allow more time for it. Bank Your Excess Energy Credits Shorter Solar Installation Wait Times Solar Tax Incentives are Shrinking Spring is the Perfect time to get your Solar […]
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A new solar project is installed every 2.5 minutes, and yours just may be the next one. One of the biggest decisions you’ll have to make before getting started, though, is between rooftop-mounted panels and ground-mounted. Ground-mounted solar panels can be installed anywhere on your property — including the front, side, or backyard — whereas rooftop-mounted […]
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Solar panels require very little regular maintenance. Generally, any failures that do occur are related to electricity production or corrosion in the wires that tie your system to the inverter, rather than with the panels themselves. Remember, though, that solar panels produce electricity only if the sun is shining directly on them. Any obstructions from […]
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As solar has entered the mainstream in the past decade, corporations and institutions with massive energy bills have started to realize how much money they can save by switching to solar power. There’s already a strong case for residential rooftop solar, but you can make an even more convincing argument for solar in the commercial sector […]
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It’s undeniable that humanity’s dependence on fossil fuels needs to change if we are going to mitigate the disastrous impact of climate change. One of the best alternative energy sources is solar power because it is so plentiful–to meet the Earth’s current energy needs, we would only need .025% of the energy the sun emits […]
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China is planning to build the world’s first solar power station in space to provide “inexhaustible clean energy” according to a story in Science and Technology Daily, the official newspaper of China’s Ministry of Science and Technology. They claim to be already testing the technology and intend to build the station by 2050. Xie Gengxin, deputy head of the Chongqing Collaborative Innovation […]