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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 [...]
Touchstone Energy Home Program
In Southern Alabama, the Wiregrass Electric Cooperative offers a utility rebate program to consumers who prefer a more energy-efficient way of operating their household. Under the Touchstone Energy Homes program, certified and highly-trained personnel of the said cooperative can assist these consumers to avail themselves of the incentive. The concept of the Touchstone Energy Home [...]
Houses Go Green with Rebates and Tax Credits
Saving the Earth goes hand in hand with saving money. Utility companies issue rebates for homeowners who install solar or wind turbine systems in their homes. Plus, if they have excess power produced from their solar power system, they can sell it back to the electric utility companies. Going green should be the priority of [...]
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 [...]
Thoughts about NERC Report on Renewable Energy
North American Electric Reliability Corp. stated that the planned expansion of solar and wind power by the Obama administration will definitely challenge the existing power grid. The company is not asking for a slowdown in the employment of renewable energy, but continued by saying that improvement in technology can help them reach the projected goal. [...]
Solar Powered Lighting in the News
Ikea has recently come out with a new solution for outdoor solar powered lighting. The Ikea SOLIG light series consists of outdoor lights which are run on solar power. Each light in the Ikea SOLIG light series contains a solar panel which absorbs solar energy during the day, storing power in a small internal battery which is [...]
Solar Shingles
This is a video that shows thin film solar panels used on a home, ok nothing new, but what is interesting is the pricing, the total costs of the installation and panels were 16000 dollars, however 12000 dollars are returned through federal and state clean energy cash incentives and tax rebates. In other words, this [...]
Solar Power: Site Updates
I originally created this blog as a means to update my site visitors whenever I added new articles and information to my website on Solar Power. As the site address shows, the purpose of the website was originally to help shoppers find portable solar power devices and solar chargers. However, its scope has expanded beyond [...]
Photovoltaic Cells
As the world advances, new technologies arise – or, in some cases, older technologies are exhumed and improved upon. Although most people are under the impression that the field of photovoltaics is a new subject, based on recent invention, this is not actually the case. But first of all lets take a look at what [...]
Renewable Energy Tax Incentives
As of recently, I’ve heard of tax credits and incentives for the use of renewable energy such as solar power, wind power and other alternative energy sources. However, trying to find and understand them left something to be desired. So I thought I would translate them from “legalese” into English. Note: This is my personal [...]
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