If you’re thinking about finally switching out your regular light bulbs for something more environmentally friendly, LED light bulbs might be just the ticket. LED (light emitting diode) light bulbs use only 3-7 watts, while fluorescent bulbs use 20-35 watts per bulb. A regular 100-watt bulb can use as much as $20 a month, if [...]

Renewable energy program loan guarantees have been frozen for four years, but not anymore. The Department of Energy has finally broken the ice with and granted on to Solyndra, Inc. Solyndra will happily take the $535 million guarantee in loan dough and use it to boost its solar panel production. The company’s specialty lies in [...]

If you have been wanting to make your home greener, the time is now, friends. With Barack Obama’s eco-initiatives taking hold, you could seriously supplement the cost of green renovations with tax credits. For those of you who feel like you’ve been gipped by the recent drop in real estate, here’s a way you can [...]

The International Space Station (ISS) has completed installing its solar panel power grid today with the deployment of its final solar array. The solar panel arrays which were installed during a space walk yesterday, are the last piece in the ISS energy grid that has been almost 10 years in the making. The solar panels [...]

According to the most recent New Energy Finance report coming out later this week, the cost of the silicon used in solar panels is dropping. The firm predicted this drop in August of last year and, according to them, it seems to be coming true. Oddly however, this is the opposite of  the findings of [...]

It seems weird to look to the sun when you want to cool off, however,  CEO of new company Chromasun and former CEO of Ausra, Peter Le Lievre, says solar air conditioners could become a key element for relieving stress on the grid during peak periods. Because we all know that when there’s a heatwave, [...]

Scientists are getting closer to producing artificial photosynthesis. Science Daily is reporting that researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have broken new ground with artificial photosynthesis with the discovery that nano-sized crystals of cobalt oxide can effectively carry out photosynthetic reaction of splitting water molecules. “Photooxidation of water molecules into [...]

Solar power is a great thing – but you know what they say about too much of a good thing. And California is feeling the burn. California’s Govornator Arnold Schwarzenegger and Energy Secretary Stephen Chu are among the politicians vying to get California out of the mess the drought has brought on – and by [...]

Now as much as we love the idea of solar lights by IKEA, with an extremely thrifty price-point (the above SUNNAN desk lamps retail for just $19.99), we are a little bummed that they came up with a totally fug design like these solar desk lamps that are often placed beside living room phones. However, [...]

Today, the Austin City Council unanimously approved a $250 million solar plant that would be among the largest in the world.  City officials say it would help them get closer to the city’s goal of using more renewable energy. The council approved a partnership with Gemini Solar Development Co. to build and operate the facility [...]