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Renewable Energy Is Promoting Employment and Lowering Electricity Cost
Colorado residents will be supported with a bill approved by the state Senate Committee. It will encourage renewable energy production nearer to households. This will create employment and decrease the price of the utility bill. The aim of the bill is to encourage utility companies to shift towards renewable sources of energy. The state is [...]
Continue reading...City Sparks Going for Solar Panels as a First Step Towards Renewable Energy
Saturday, March 6, 2010
At Larry D. Johnson Community Center, solar panels are being displayed. This is contributing towards the increasing spur to bring renewable energy to the surface across states. The media has focused on displaying solar panels at Johnson Center. Yet, attention might be diverted to other buildings and parking where solar panels have become present in the [...]
Continue reading...Photosynthesis and Other Sources of Solar Energy
Friday, March 5, 2010
The sun provides an incredible amount of energy, yet barely exploited. Just to make it clear, plants (biomass) use barely a thousandth of the energy emitted to them by the sun. In this sense, solar power can be considered as being limitless for plants. When talking about energy people seldom make the interconnection between a [...]
Continue reading...Enel Green Power – Growing Through Collaborative Efforts
Thursday, March 4, 2010
The expansion plans for Enel Green Power are enormous. A factory power plant that will be situated in Catania, Italy, will contribute to the production of around 160MW of electricity per year. Yet, this is expected to expand to 480 MW. However, Enel Green Power is joining forces with Sharp in creating a solar plant [...]
Continue reading...Solar Powered Boat on The Surface of The Oceans; PlanetSolar
Sunday, February 28, 2010
The largest solar boat will soon be on the surface of oceans of the world. The PlanetSolar, will be equipped with photovoltaic solar panels covering 500 square meters. This will be the sole supply of energy required by the innovative boat. The catamaran will be of a length of 31m and a width of 15m. A [...]
Continue reading...World’s Largest Solar Thermal Plant Granted $1.37 Billion for Construction
Friday, February 26, 2010
A total sum of $1.37 billion of federal loan has been guaranteed by the United States Department of Energy for BrightSource Energy Inc. This will finance the world’s largest solar thermal plant at Ivanpah, California. The announcement of the construction was approved after a second plan was submitted. The first plan was to construct a [...]
Continue reading...The Green Wave That We are Experiencing
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Green technology is not only a recent trend. The latest wave started to surface in 2000 B.C. However, Its history is yet much older, the Egyptians started developing buildings using passive air conditioning. Thereafter, Varius Avitus, the Roman Emperor permuted the trend by importing snow from the mountains to cool down his place. This gave [...]
Continue reading...Silicon Solar Cells Smaller and more Flexible
Monday, February 22, 2010
Solar technology is getting refined by researchers in the field. A new method has been discovered to construct silicon solar cells which requires only a fraction of the material used for typical solar cells. Some American researchers have successfully developed innovative and flexible silicon solar cells, having wiring system that uses only 1 percent of [...]
Continue reading...Promoting Renewable Energy can Save the Environment
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
The strong step taken to urge sustainable energy will practically protect the environment as alternative sources of energy are going to be harnessed. There will be a shift away from over-exploited conventional energy sources. The use of sophisticated technology to produce, transmit and convert electricity will decrease wastage of energy. This is likely going to [...]
Continue reading...Spain Going South to Harness Solar Energy in Morocco
Friday, February 12, 2010
Spain is becoming a hub for expanding renewable energy. Investments are coming from trans-Atlantic and Trans-Mediterranean as the economy grows green. The recent investment in South America by Spain is considered as minor in respect to expansions in the western hemisphere. BBVA is providing additional fund to Spain to expand, and the lender is being [...]
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