Solar power was once something for those who could afford it, since it was such an expensive product to invest in. Everyone talked of how the initial investment would give people more savings on their energy bills, and how it was so worth it. Now, those same people are encouraging the use of solar panels [...]

Economic times are tough. The environmental crisis is becoming something of national attention. Still, so many people see wind energy as something that they simply cannot afford, or something that isn’t for their home, but more for big corporations and actual power companies as a whole. They’re wrong. Wind energy is becoming increasingly popular with [...]

Many people often tout that they can’t afford solar energy because the conversion process costs too much money. Considering that the initial cost will save hundreds of dollars on electric bills, some people are still willing to give it a shot, even if it’s out of their price range initially. What people don’t know is [...]

In San Luiz, Obispo County, California, a solar farm – a wide expanse of land populated by hundreds upon hundreds of solar panels – is currently under construction. The field is 9.5 square miles big, and is said to rival the biggest solar farm in existence today which can be found in Portugal. Since California is a sunny state, the San Luiz solar farm is expected to collect enough solar energy to provide electricity to 190,000 homes in the US.

BrightSource is doing just that (Yes, 400 Megawat Solar Power Plant) and has filed an application with California to build these plants. (if only they were COOP, UGH!) The idea is to build 3 power plants, two 100 megawatt power plants and one 200 megawatt solar power plant. These power plants will be made up [...]

Are you planning on laying out on the sand and get your tan on? Do you plan on bring your iPod, iPhone, mp3 player, and/or electronic gadgets. Well if you are like me, you are always looking for an outlet to “recharge”, we theres a new green solution for an outlet. Reware is now selling [...]

Well okay, maybe not all the cool technology, but the researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology have created a way a solar cell can be painted on flexible plastic sheets. Somenath Mitra, PhD, professor and acting chair of NJIT’s Department of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences says, “Imagine some day driving in your hybrid car [...]

Spectrolab has developed a low costing solar cell. The average solar cell cost about $2.30 to generate one watt of electricity, where as these newly developed solar cells cost about 10 cents a watt! This is a BIG DEAL because the upfront cost of solar can be a hit to any persons bank account. By [...]

If you are planning on camping this summer and will need to “juice up” your ipod, you may want to think solar. Brando’s Solar Charger features various output voltages such as 4.5v, 5v, 6.3v, and 9v, great for all your gadgets. For only $69 USD you too can be going solar and charing all your [...]

Well that didn’t take long. It looks like Google is not only going solar, but they are showing it off. I posted a blurb about Google and their soon to install 1.6 megawatts of solar power. At time of writing this (June 19,2007) Google Solar Panel Project has produced 9,810 kilowatt-hours of electricity. This project [...]