The news for solar power is good again, the industry is growing at a record pace. While solar incentives are starting to ebb, installations are still expanding. According to a report by Solar Energy Industries Association, solar grew by 66% in the First Quarter of 2011 compared to Q1 in 2010. Great news again. Have you [...]
Dave wanted to power his pop-up trailer with solar power for camping trips. Naturally we assumed this meant lights, maybe a radio, you know the usual camping stuff. Little did we know that he meant he wanted to rock out in the Rockies. Checkout Dave’s one man band video here: >>>> Solar Jam High in [...]
Riaz and his friends are going green and loving it. They are using solar on the roof of their complex in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Iqbal Town, Faisalabad, Pakistan, to power small electronics, computers, fans, lights, and chargers. Riaz hopes to be completely off grid before too long to avoid the all-too-often grid outages. We love your solar [...]
Xcel Energy, Colorado’s largest power company, is talking about suspending its solar program. This program helps homeowners install solar panels on their homes and it serves two purposes: it helps homeowners go green while reducing their own power bills; and it helps Xcel meet its renewable energy mandate that Colorado voters implemented a few years [...]
Q: Can we power our 1000W electric wheat grinder with a solar kit? We use it for about 5 minutes every other day and would like to power it and a few other things. – Richard Powell, USA A: Yes, there is a kit that is ideal for this application here: http://www.spheralsolar.com/products/90W%252dAC-Plug-and-Play-Solar-Power-System.html This kit can [...]
Q: I have a porch that was converted to a room off the left side of my house. The room has electricity but it doesn’t have heat or AC…Its very cold in the winter and hot in the summer. I have a plug in electric heater that I use in the winter and it heats the room nicely [...]
Whether trying to lower their utility bills or drop themselves from the power grid completely, a growing number of homes are looking for ways to increase their energy efficiency. To accomplish this, more and more homeowners are looking to renewable energy to power their life. To take advantage of this movement, a number of companies [...]
Some friends of ours here at Solar Sphere just got a brand new solar power system – and it didn’t cost them one thin dime to get it installed. “A solar lease made it immediately accessible for us to reduce our dependency on fossil based energy and teach our young family about caring for the [...]
The Japanese are working on a project that could potentially power the world with solar power. The idea is to use the two things that the Sahara Desert has in abundance: sun and sand. The idea is to start with silica, the main ingredient in sand, and build solar panels. These solar [...]
We covered the story of the New York Jets going green a while back. They placed a massive solar array on their roof this summer. Not to be outdone, the Philadelphia Eagles have plans to make their stadium completely energy self-sufficient. How are they going to do that? With some cutting edge renewable energy tools: Vertical wind [...]
We have an exciting new vendor to tell you about. We’ve just signed up to be a dealer for Westinghouse Solar, which has what is really one of the best designs for a small solar grid-tie kit we’ve ever seen. We’ve shown you our solar grid-tie starter kits in the past that allow you [...]
I hate parking meters. With the exception of the city bearuacrats that collect the revenue, I think everybody hates them. When they start using my technology, though, I have to give them a brief shoutout. A company called IPS Group is now making parking meters that use solar power. There is a small solar panel [...]
Sometimes the military gets a bad rap. People don’t often associate the guys in green with green practices. In this case though, the US military is on the cutting edge of renewable energy. Ray Maybus, Secretary of Navy, announced last week that he is pushing for the military to use 50% renewable energy by 2020. [...]
We’ve been talking about choosing a solar kit for your situation, see part 1 here and part 2 here. Now that we’ve established what kind of kit you need, now we can talk about what size of kit you need. Many people think ‘Well I need to power a 100W light, so I need [...]
The Onion makes fun of solar power, too: http://onion.com/djVXBc FUNNY!