renewable solar energy resources and articles
- Ikea to start selling solar panels.
Very exciting news today. Ikea is investing 77 million dollars to GreenTech energy fund to eventually start making solar panels. This investment marks the start of great things! Solar panels in a huge retail market. GO IKEA!
More info here.
- Johnny Depp Goes Solar
Johnny Depp is seeking solar and hydrogen power systems for an island he purchased in 2005. Super stars going green make me feel fuzzy inside. View more on this story right here: Depp Goes Green
- First Solar Community in North America
The Drake Landing Solar Community is the first solar powered community in North America. 800 solar panels produce 1.5 mega-watts a day from the top of 52 homes. Lets make some more communities like this folks!
- Solar Energy All Night Long.
Just an awesome article. A way to store solar energy that could possibly make solar energy mainstream. Another article on the same subject here.
- Sunflower for rooftops concentrates sunlight x 1000.
I just came across this article about a new rooftop system that concentrates sunlight more than 1000 times. This ratio makes the system cheaper than PV systems we see today. Did I mention this is the first system that is certified safe for rooftops by Underwriters laboratories. More info here.
- Solar panel prices expected to fall.
A report from the Prometheus Institute states that the prices for silicon solar panels should drop from $3.66 per watt (2007) to $2.14 per watt (2010). Will this persuade more people to install solar panels? You can count on it.
View the whole article here .
- Village runs on 100% Solar Power
In 2004, the South Korean government helped install solar panels on top of houses in the city of Donggwang. Solar panels were attached to 40 houses and even the school runs on 100% solar technology. Donggwang’s motto is for a clean city - clean island. That would be ideal! Check out the article here.
- How solar energy works.
I came across a great article for newbies about how solar energy works. There are some great statistics on this site. Did you know 92% of homes in Cyprus use solar energy for heating their water? As gas prices increase, so does the cost to heat our homes and water. This could be a cold winter for folks that are not running solar!
Great read, check it out: How Solar Energy Works
