This dude is pretty impressed with his do-it-yourself cheap home solar panel system with lights. Check out the video as he takes you on a tour of his house, explaining how he installed this inexpensive solar power system (45 watts total). He got the cheap solar panels off Ebay and is thrilled to bits!

With 2008 being a bust financially, many industries are putting their faith in the new economic stimulus plan, which will hopefully resuscitate the economy. Now, things are looking bright for the solar and wind power industries, as news that the U.S. government is set to spend nearly $100 billion to push America’s energy industry and [...]

With the solar power industry looking down the barrel of a tough 2009 it definitely has high hopes for Barack Obama’s economic stimulus package. The question is, what exactly can the solar power industry expect to receive? Considering President Obama’s long-term energy plans involve seeing solar energy production doubled, you can expect to see a [...]

U.S. based Suntrof Systems LLC has just announced their new Alubond Solar Collectors and it sounds like the collectors could have a major impact on the solar power industry by reducing the cost of production by 50 percent. Among the drawbacks of exploiting solar power are the high costs and the long time before the [...]

Gloomy Oregon is looking to become the hottest state when it comes to solar power. Get it? Hottest? Ahh, tough crowd, tough crowd. Several exciting projects such as Solar World, which has the largest solar cell manufacturing facility in North America and Solaicx, a silicon manufacturer for solar energy applications, as well as Sanyo Solar, [...]

If children out the future, then the folks over Sharp Electronics Corporation have the right idea. Employees from the company, a solar panel manufacturer, visited a New Jersey elementary school to to teach a lesson on climate change and renewable energy to a class of fifth graders. Sharp began its Solar Academy program in the [...]

Texas is the latest state to look to solar power, as legislators have announced they want Texas to be in the forefront for alternative energy sources. Plans for new legislation include incentives and rebates that would provide affordable solar panels. The hope is these incentives would spur a boom similar to the one that started [...]