Thursday, May 23, 2013
Should solar energy only be accessible to those who can afford to invest in a solar system? The California Solar Initiative (CSI) has created financial incentives to encourage California citizens to adopt solar, helping homeowners across California...
It has become increasingly difficult to lump the entire solar industry into the "Solyndra" category since last September. On Friday, The Solar Foundation's 2012 Census Press Release announced that the solar industry has added 13, 872 jobs in the last...
You've heard about the devastating effects of the hurricane on the northeast of the United States. Brutal 80-90 mph winds swept across the east coast, hazardous saltwater flooded New York's subway system, extensive damage was done to infrastructure,...
If you were to google "siemens solar" right now, you'd probably see a number of headlines regarding Siemens' role in the solar industry. This last Monday, the 22nd of October, Siemens AG made the announcement that Siemens Solar & Hydro division of Siemens...
Martin Halloway, a green building designer, had been living without electricity for five years before he purchased his first solar panel in 1980. This exact module, an Arco Solar 16-2000, 33 Watt solar panel, was manufactured in 1979. In 2010, Halloway...
At GoGreenSolar.com, we are often asked about the federal tax credits that apply to customers who use solar electric systems to power their homes. Though we're not tax experts, we've spent some time gathering information about these federal tax incentives...
DIY Solar Tip: Why cross-mating may not be the best idea. There are over thirty other connector manufacturers in the PV industry today: Amphenol, Weiland, Radox, Tyco, Bizlink, and SMK, just to name a few. MC4, or Multi Contact connector for four square...
Tesla Motors recently revealed its first six solar-powered "Supercharger" stations for the all-electric Model S sedan. Strategically located off major California highways, these charging stations have an output of 90 kW to power the sedan's 85 kWh (or...
Just in the last two decades, we've seen our daily communications progress from landlines and pagers to smartphones. Though much of our day-to-day technology has been dramatically improving over the years, we're charging our iPhones with century-old...
This post will be a bit different from others. I invite you to explore the complicated intersection of truth, opinion, the age of information, and our cultural expectations of science. I'll provide a brief analysis of these issues and how they relate...
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