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Solar Power Expands Around the World
The news on solar power in use around the world continues to pour in. Increasingly, individuals, companies, and governments are turning to the sun’s clean energy source for solutions to problems ranging from financial, to environmental, to logistical. Here are just a few of the recent items in the news.
DIY Solar Heating Parabolic Trough
A parabolic trough is used to reflect direct solar radiation towards a pipe that contains a receiver fluid which runs through the trough. You can make a DIY solar heating parabolic trough for your home. It can be used as a solar cooker, or a way to heat your water supply. For this simple DIY [...]
Concentrating Solar Power for Stronger Energy
When people talk about solar power, they usually are referring to the photovoltaic type. But there’s another type of solar power and it’s starting to gain some ground over its photovoltaic power. This is concentrated solar power, or CSP solar energy, which is the solar energy that’s generated when one concentrates sunlight onto a small [...]
Residential Energy Efficiency Rebate Program – Kentucky
In the state of Kentucky, a Touchstone Energy Cooperative, called Blue Grass Energy provides an energy-efficiency improvement program. This is especially applicable to residential sectors. The program involves an energy advisor who is specially trained to identify areas encompass the residential sector. Upon gaining familiarity with the area concerned, the advisor gives important information to [...]
Tax Credits for Wind Power
While a lot had been said about harnessing the power of the sun to save the environment, not as much is heard about another equally green source of energy: wind power. The unpredictability of wind, as compared to sunlight, has resulted in technology to harness solar power being developed faster than techniques to harness wind [...]
DIY Solar Pool Heaters
There are several ways in which you, as an individual, can harness the sun’s energy. One of these is the use of a solar pool heater. This can save your household a lot of money over the years, by reducing your energy bills. Plus it helps reduce the greenhouse gas emissions which typical heating systems [...]
Installation and Maintenance of Solar Pool Heaters
As covered in our last post, the installation of a solar pool heater depends on various factors, such as the climate of an area, the area’s solar resource, safety issues, and local building code requirements. You might have to look for a certified solar heater contractor to install your pool heating system. Such a contractor [...]
A Green Energy Home
With the recent advances in green energy technology, it is becoming increasingly easier to start converting your home to run on green energy. A green energy home utilizes renewable resources to provide electricity, hot water, and heat – without monthly utility bills and without damaging the environment by using daming fossil fuels. There are several [...]
Earth Day 2009
In an official Earth Day proclamation today, President Obama has stressed that increasing our use of renewable energy is key to America’s prosperity, and has announced plans to lease out federal waters for alternative energy projects such as wind and ocean currents. To quote: The choice we face is not between saving our environment and [...]
Everyday Uses of Solar Power
We’ve all heard quite a lot about the benefits of solar energy. We’ve heard about plans to create solar-power plants which will be able to supply energy to whole cities. We have heard of the benefits of installing a complete solar power system in our homes. But what about the more simple, daily applications of [...]
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