News about Solar, Wind and alternative green power technologies

The Clean Energy Potential Is Everywhere In California

Energy generation in California is moving from Fossil Fuel burning facilities toward the renewable energy technology of wind turbines and solar photovoltaics. The plan moving forward to make this green energy shift happen appears to be centered on erecting huge solar developments out in the desert and snaking wind farms on hills and ridges. The [...]

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Canadian Physicist’s Invention Uses Stored Summer Air As Heating System

Ron Tolmie is a physicist who lives in Ontario and he has a unique way of heating and cooling his home. Tolmie uses a system that utilizes stored summer air. He has named it the Atmospheric Energy Street System, and it captures the heated air from the summertime and directs it below ground via pipes [...]

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Emergent Design And Engineering Of Organic Photovoltaics

Expectations are high for emerging organic photovoltaic [OPV] technology with the potential of extremely low cost renewable power due to the prospects of its rapid manufacturing based on a roll to roll fabrication process. OPV’s are at the same time light in weight, thin, with flexibility for many varied uses. However, right now they are [...]

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China Revolutionizes Solar Power

Rizhao, China is a port city whose name originated from the idea that it was the first to receive sunshine each morning. It is situated along the coast of the Yellow Sea, and its name is derived from the words ri qu shien shao, which in English translates, “first to get sunshine”.  Rizhao is a [...]

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Chinese Office Tower Creates and Conserves Energy

There is an office tower being built in China that is becoming known as the Green Tower of Guangzhou City due to its unique design and ability to produce its own power because of that design. The office building itself towers above the polluted air in South China’s Guangzhou City and the American architects who [...]

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Wave Power Generator Electrifies Grid In Scotland

The Oyster is a new wave energy generator located offshore of Scotland, and according to its manufacturer, is the only ocean hydro electric unit that is producing energy. Renewable energy from wave power became a bit more popular when the Oyster hydro electric unit began generating power to Scotland’s electrical grid only recently. Aquamarine Power [...]

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Solar Energy Costs Fall And Wind Power Increases

The increase in temperature during the daylight hours is a measure of the amount of energy gained from the sun, and is often called “solar gain”.  The cost of harnessing this solar energy power has dropped over the past decade, due in part to a commitment to increase the amount of renewable energy available to [...]

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Solar Wind Power Systems An Exciting Energy Option For DIY

Solar wind power might just be the one form of alternative renewable energy that is the most prevalent power option obtainable today. The reasons are many and varied as to its popularity as an alternative energy producer and if you have not already investigated this renewable energy option, look into it soon. Many individuals believe [...]

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Can Green Energy Be Our Future If Cost Of Oil Plummets?

The high price of fossil fuel makes it quite easy to spend money on alternative sources of energy. historically, whenever the cost of oil rises so does interest in breaking the conventional energy trap. We are well aware of the drawbacks associated with imported oil and out of country energy dependence. Likewise, when the cost [...]

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Solar Business In San Diego Plans To Keep Photovoltaics Initiative Afloat

A business in San Diego is taking a chance that by incorporating water into their solar power system; they will get the optimal benefit from the sun. They are floating photovoltaic panels in a pool with a low water level that Pyron Solar hopes will aid in consistently aiming the panels in the direction of [...]

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