In news that is both good and unsettling, Chevron has decided to add a slightly green tinge to their day-to-day dirty brown operations. How? By installing 7,700 solar panels generating about 740 kilowatts of electricity – to help power their oil refineries. “By bringing together seven emerging solar technologies, Project Brightfield represents one of the [...]

Solar Energy Trade Shows recently announced that the Solar Power International (SPI) 2011 conference and trade show will take place in Dallas, Texas, at the Dallas Convention Center on October 17-21. SPI is the largest B2B conference and trade show in North America for the solar energy industry and was recently recognized by Tradeshow Week [...]

Is there an app for that?? Not yet. But USA Solar and Digital Communications Technologies, aka Muzatch, has developed the iphone’s first ever solar battery charger. The charger, which weighs just under 10 ounces, will provide up to 2000 separate charges for your iPhone. Apparently this solar charger is strong enough that it could last [...]