Golfers spending time on the courses are always thinking Green, the Putting Green. Fortunately unknowingly they may also be driving around the links while being environmentally green in a Solar Powered Golf Cart.
Electric vehicles are going to be more common whizzing quietly down our streets in this decade. On the Golf course they have been [...]
Keeping your loft or attic cool and well ventilated is another task where Solar Energy cant step in with the Solar Powered Attic Fan.
As the outside weather and temperature varies over the day, a poorly ventilated attic can slowly build up problems with condensation witch in the long run may cause mould and rot in [...]
Desertec an ambitious project to harness the solar energy of North Africa`s Sahara Desert has taken a step further to become a reality. A consortium of companies have formed the Desertec Industrial Imitative among the names are ABB, Abengoa Solar, Cevital, Desertec Foundation, E.ON, HSH Nordbank, MAN Solar Millennium, Munich Re, M+W Zander, RWE, Schott [...]
As china’s solar initiative program gather speed, LDK Solar steps up to the plate as one of the first beneficiaries. LDK Solar, along with the Chinese city of Yancheng, is to build photovoltaic solar projects over the next five years which will have, in total, a generating capacity of 500 megawatts.
The exact specifications of the [...]
Think of generating energy in your home and you will most likely imagine solar panels, Large rectangular shiny plates adorning your roof. For some residences this might be unsightly and dissuade you from the idea of installing photovoltaic solar panels in your home. If you could just make them fit in more with the look [...]
Germany Steams ahead with one of the worlds largest photovoltaic solar energy developments. The state of Brandenburg hosts what is currently the worlds second largest solar energy site.
Erected on a disused military training ground that was used by the East Germany forces then plant consists of 560,000 solar modules and was symbolically finished with the [...]
First solar and EDF Energies Nouvells have recently announce a venture to build the largest solar panel manufacturing plant in France. The plant would have an initial annual capacity of 100 megawatts of production building panels with First Solar`s thin-film photovoltaic technology.
The Plant being built in France at a cost of 90 million Euros will [...]
Solar Energy is normally associated with the sun and therefor daytime. As the industry grows and matures the lack of sunlight becomes an easy problem to overcome. Using modern battery technology you can store the suns solar energy for later use, even when its dark.
Along comes the solar powered flashlight. Chinavasion has come up with [...]
Solar powered Barn.
Architects Gray Organschi of Connecticut have designed and built and ecological barn that utilizes renewable energy. The scrap lumber barn has solar panels installed on that roof for lighting and ground source heat pumps that heat the building using geo-thermal energy.
This off-grid bard was constructed with raw materials in the erection and with [...]
Solar panels crop up in the news all the time, but what exactly are solar panels. How are they different and are some better than others? The answers are relatively easy as there are only a few types of solar panels to choose from and each type has a specific purpose. Solar panels can be [...]