Posted on 13 December 2009
This home solar panel kit is perfect solution for off-grid backup power and rural electrification. This kit includes ten 123 Watt solar panels, one 2500 Watt Pure Sine Wave inverter, and two 50 Amp charge controllers. The solar panels are easy for anyone to install, maintenance free, and completely weatherproof.
The panels contain high efficiency [...]
Posted on 02 November 2009
Looking to set yourself up with some home solar panels? Great idea! These midsize 40-watt Solar Modules meet most of your modest power requirements without costing you an arm and a leg. They’re the ideal choice for smaller single applications like high-volume water pumps and high-performance attic and greenhouse fans. Kyocera’s advanced cell processing technology [...]
Posted on 19 October 2009
The Sunforce 50044 60-Watt Solar Charging Kit comes with everything you need to start generating your own solar power. It includes four 15-Watt amorphous solar panels, a 200-Watt modified sine wave power inverter, a 7-Amp solar charge controller, and a wiring kit with accessories for easy installation.
This solar charging kit is designed to protect against [...]
Posted on 05 October 2009
Midland-based Dow Chemical is announcing the latest in energy independence, the Powerhouse Solar Shingle. Roofers install the solar shingles just like regular asphalt shingles. They are due to be available in 2010 and readily available in 2011.
Dow Chemical says, it’s the first affordable, neighborhood-friendly solar shingle. With it, the company says, it’ll create jobs and [...]
Posted on 08 September 2009
An American firm is currently working on a prototype solar panel that could be embedded into existing roads. The company, Solar Roadways, won a $100,000 grant from the US Department of Transportation.
The panels would also be covered with a mosaic of small lights, which could be illuminated to provide road markings and warning messages [...]
Posted on 27 August 2009
Now is the time to start outfitting your home with solar panels. Why? Because solar panel prices have dropped about 40% since the middle of last year, driven down partly by an increase in the supply of a crucial ingredient for panels, according to analysts.
The price drops, which are paired with recently expanded federal [...]
Posted on 10 July 2009
The beautiful Italian city of Milan will very shortly be home to a 2.9 million-square-foot, 18-MW solar array atop the Milan Trade Fair. The array will become the largest rooftop array in the world, surpassing the current record-holder, a 12-MW array on the General Motors factory in Zaragoza, Spain.
In comparison, the largest rooftop array [...]
Posted on 07 June 2009
The first of 1,100 planned solar-powered bus shelters has been opened up in the progressive California city of San Francisco. The other 1,099 will be installed across the city over the next four years.
The roof of the shelter is made up of thin-film solar panels which have been embedded in a 40 percent post-industrial recycled [...]
Posted on 20 March 2009
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 are [...]
Posted on 19 February 2009
Jenkins High School (not pictured above) in Savannah, Georgia, just added a new solar panel which will not only save them on energy bills, but teach the students about going green and alternative energy.
Mike Joyner, an executive of Georgia Power, and one of the strongest advocates behind Jenkin’s new solar panel said, “Green energy has [...]