All Posts Tagged With: "Solar Energy"

post thumbnail

Los Angeles launches clean-tech website

“Cleantech is the biggest opportunity of the 21st century, and I am committed to making Los Angeles a global clean tech capital,” said Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

“Our long-term future depends on our ability to capitalize on the growing opportunities of the new green economy and this site will bring together our partners under one virtual roof.”

25Nov2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
post thumbnail

China’s first 0.5-MW desert solar PV power plant to get on-grid in December

This solar power plant lies in the desert area of Badanjilin Desert in Wuwei of Northwest China’s Gansu Province, rich in light and heat energy resource.

25Nov2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
post thumbnail

Renewable Energy – Sources That Never Get Exhausted

As you can see, there are various renewable energy sources available to us as an alternative to fossil fuels. There are many advantages to them among the most popular being that they will not deplete in supply, meaning they will be around forever. Renewable energy sources are not new. They have been utilized in some way for many years. Unfortunately, low fossil fuel prices have stunted renewable energy’s popularity and growth in the United States. But an increasing awareness of human and environmental concerns, as well as, a need to find non-exhaustible energy sources, will keep it as a mainstay for the future.

24Nov2008 | | 7 comments | Continued
post thumbnail

Energy Trust helps rural businesses compete for USDA energy grants for solar energy systems

“There’s a bright future for solar energy in Oregon’s rural areas, and we’re pleased to be able to help Oregon farmers, ranchers and other rural small businesses apply for USDA dollars to help pay for solar projects,” says Betsy Kauffman, renewable power outreach manager, Energy Trust. “We’re expanding our support for interested applicants based on the success of past, smaller efforts.”

24Nov2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
post thumbnail

Solar powered Cooking

A stove powered by the sun is making a big difference in impoverished communities

22Nov2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
post thumbnail

BP Solar to close manufacturing plant in Sydney

“The challenge for solar power is to reduce its costs to the level at which it competes on an equal footing with conventional electricity delivered through the power grid. To do this we need to expand at scale and reduce costs.” says global CEO of BP Solar, Reyad Fezzani.

22Nov2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
post thumbnail

Patrick touts solar energy at Cambridge public housing complex

“Many of our Cambridge residents are bracing themselves for the high cost that will become of heating their homes this winter,” said Cambridge Mayor Denise Simmons. “This is an important step in this city’s evolution into a greener, more environmentally friendly place to live.”

20Nov2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
post thumbnail

Solar Power Concentrator that concentrates sunlight 900 times to produce 1,500 watts of power

Imagine a machine that can concentrate sunlight 900 times and direct a precisely controlled, white-hot beam at a nearby target.

A solar death ray?

No, far from it.

Click on graphic to download PDF.
It’s a 1.5 kilowatt power plant. And two poeople can assemble it in half a day without a crane or other special tools. Plus, it generates prodigious amounts of usable heat as well as electricity.

Standing 18 feet high with “wings” spanning 13 feet, the generator is small enough to tuck into some backyards or plant 90 to an acre in a kind of high-tech orchard farm.

16Nov2008 | | 15 comments | Continued
Newer Entries

    Enter your email address:

    Delivered by FeedBurner

  • Follow EcoFriendly.in on Twitter

    Twitter Updates

      follow me on Twitter