solar power

Converting the sun's rays into usable energy is an integral step in decreasing our dependency on fossil fuels and lowering our greenhouse gas emissions. While solar panels have been used in buildings since the 50's, we're just starting to reach the tipping point for their widespread adoption. 

With subsidies that lower the costs of installations and feed-in-tariffs that pay for the electricity solar energy produces, going solar is more than an environmental decision; it makes sense economically.

The technology is actually simple, but everything surrounding it — not so much. It's going to be up to innovative entrepreneurs and policy makers to make solar power more economical, the grid smarter, homeowners and businesses more receptive, and coding and permits more uniform so that all the pieces fit nicely together.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “solar power”

• in Green
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• in Technology
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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “solar power”

 

• Solar Panels Kits

  
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• New Technique Hijacks Photosynthesis To Create Electricity From Plants

  
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  Plants use energy from the Sun through photosynthesis, and humans use energy from the Sun through things like solar panels. A new technique created by researchers at the University of Georgia allows humans to get electricity from plants by hijacking the photosynthesis process . This research could someday lead to ...
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• Solar panels and radar mounted on snowmobile tracks? Meet Nasa’s new … – Daily Mail

  
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  Solar panels and radar mounted on snowmobile tracks? Meet Nasa’s new … – Daily Mail http://tinyurl.com/cllghbt shared via www.newshog.co
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• Green Energy – More Than Just An Alternative Choice

  
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  Getting in on the green energy trend doesn’t have to involve a time-consuming or costly effort. There are numerous changes that you can make to help the environment. This article will show you how to benefit from using green energy. Using less electricity saves a lot of money and energy. When you aren’t using ...
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• Solar Energy Tips And Techniques Straight From The Energy Experts

  
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  Everyone isn’t sure how to get all of the benefits that solar energy provides. The good news is that viable information and discussion can quickly shed some light on the topic. Read on to learn more. TIP! If you are just starting with solar energy, you should start small. Buy some solar-powered lighting to ...
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• Toyota Green Hub Combines EV Sharing, Solar Power, Energy Storage

  
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  Toyota has been on a bit of a tear lately when it comes to examining the intersection of transportation and sustainability. It, for example, showcased at the recent Shanghai Motor Show the FT-HT hybrid concept and also unveiled the all-electric Me.We vehicle as a study in ecological responsibility. Now word comes ...
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• Update: Minnesota Senate Passes Energy Omnibus Bill

  
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  Today the Minnesota Senate passed its omnibus energy bill by a vote of 37-26.  This follows the Minnesota House of Representatives’ passage of its version of the bill on Tuesday.  The bills now move to a conference committee for consolidation.  After the conference committee completes its work, the ...
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• Researchers Use Microwave Oven to Produce Solar Cell Material

  
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  Metallurgists at the University of Utah have fabricated a nanocrystal semiconductor using a common household microwave oven and abundant and cheap metals, which could lead to advances in PV solar cells, LED lighting, and heat-to-electricity applications. The researchers were able to construct CZTS photovoltaic ...
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• Scientists Interrupt Photosynthesis To Snatch Plants’ Clean Energy

  
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  Planet Earth is the ultimate zero-waste operation. Left to her own devices, Mother Earth wastes nothing. Using only the sun’s energy, each and every natural process is supported, with the waste from one being used to fuel another. With all of our sophisticated technology, we’re still far from achieving this type ...
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• The Benefits of Switching Your Golf Cart to Solar Power – Switching Solar Energy

  
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  With new breakthroughs in technology it has under no circumstances been easier or far more economical to switch your golf cart to solar energy, and also the positive aspects couldn’t be greater! The increased gas prices go, the more persons will search out an option usually means of transportation. Solar Read More ...
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• How cool WAS that? Not that cool, it turns out.

  
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  Michael Giberson While digging through the KP archives looking for another old story, I can across a 10-year old post titled “ How cool is this? “ ( Let me warn you now that there isn’t much more to this 2013 post other than to observe that not every cool-sounding technology in 2002 turned out to work. You ...
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• Earl: The World’s First Solar-Powered Backcountry Survival Tablet

  
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  Out in the wilderness, there are few places to charge electronic devices. Those who are looking to slim down their packs and consolidate their GPS, maps, books, and radios into  one rugged machine may want to check out Earl , the world’s first backcountry survival tablet . Solar powered and able to withstand ...
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• New battery design efficiently stores solar and wind energy

  
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  Lab demonstration of the group’s new lithium-polysulfide flow battery contained in a simple flask. The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University scientists have developed a relatively cheap, long-life “flow” battery that can be used to mitigate power ...
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• Enphase Joins the Team - Donates Microinverter System to USC Solar Decathlon Effort

  
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  Team USC keeps building steam with the latest boost coming from our good friends over at Enphase Energy who have just completed the donation of 36 M215 microinverters complete with cabling and an Envoy monitoring system for fluxHome™ - USC’s Solar Decathlon entry . As you can see from this image taken from the ...
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• Breakthrough Renewable Energy Forecasting Coming To US Grid By 2015

  
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  Breakthrough renewable energy forecasting technologies may be two years away from revolutionizing the efficiency of wind and solar generation on America’s grid. Storm front image via Shutterstock The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is adding to its already impressive list of renewable ...
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• SOLAR POWER: Photovoltaic panels beating other technologies – Press-Enterprise (blog)

  
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  SOLAR POWER: Photovoltaic panels beating other technologies – Press-Enterprise (blog) http://tinyurl.com/dynk7eh shared via www.newshog.co
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• Renewable Energy Solar

  
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  Power Sources – Fossil Fuels, renewable energy , And Other … Electric power can be generated from a wide range of natural resources, including fossil fuels (coal, oil, and gas), renewable energy (solar , wind, wave, geothermal, and biomass), and nuclear energy . … Read Article Renewable ...
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• Never run out of battery at a music festival again with an exclusive discount from Crosskase

  
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  Because having cool things doesn’t have to cost the Earth… With the music festival season almost upon us we’ve been reminiscing about last year. We can’t wait for the sunshine beers and good tunes, but we’re not looking forward to missing our favourite band hunting for that inevitable “lost” pal ...
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• Taiwan Stadium Goes Solar

  
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  One industry that’s been making great strides on sustainability in recent years is the sports industry. We’ve been treated to an increasing number of stadiums that are net-zero energy, producing more energy from solar and wind than the stadium needs. Here’s the incredible Kaohsiung World Stadium in Taiwan, ...
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• Advice From The Masters: Solar Energy Tips

  
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  There isn’t any question about the benefits solar energy has on the environment. This energy source will be around for a long time. However, you have to figure out if solar power is financially sound investment for you. This article will enable you to make the right decision. TIP! The efficiency of your ...
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