If you are thinking about setting up solar power for your home, you would certainly want to know how to make a small solar panel to solar power your home. Nowadays with the advancement in technology and due to the widespread availability of the required raw materials more and more people are building their own solar panels rather than buying from the stores directly, as it can cost them an eye and a leg. However, exactly how much does solar power cost? That’s what we are going to have a look a

Construction of renewable energy projects has revealed some serious environmental issues that will have to be dealt with as we speed toward a clean energy future.  We recently wrote about the conflict between land conservation efforts and renewable energy projects in deserts out west.  Land that is ideal for solar energy production is also pristine land in need of protection. In California, a similar conflict is arising between solar projects and water conservation.  Solar farms demand a lot

President Obama, speaking at Florida Power and Light’s (FPL) DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center, announced the largest single energy grid modernization investment in U.S. history. The newly announced funding is designed to help the nation transition to a smarter, stronger, more efficient and reliable electric system i.e. the Smart Grid,… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The U.S. Department of Energy has released updated versions of its popular EnergyPlus simulation software for modeling heating, cooling, lighting, ventilating, and other building energy flows, as well as its OpenStudio plug-in for Google’s SketchUp program. Available for Windows, Linux, and Macintosh operating systems, EnergyPlus 4.0 also includes two new application guides: “Energy Management System Application Guide” and “Using EnergyPlus for Compliance.” The total number of downl

Solar Power International , the major industry event of the year, is taking place in Anaheim this week and has drawn record attendance — about 25,000 solar entrepreneurs, investors and executives have gathered to showcase new technology, make deals and chart out the future of what may be the fastest growing renewable energy sector in the U.S., if not the world. Despite the slugging economy, 2009 has been a great launchpad year for many solar companies. The new White House’s support for solar,

by Letty Barnette What if you discovered a way to use energy in your home without having to spend money doing it? With the economy being down spending less and saving more is what we all want. Going back to my chilhood I can recall my mother hanging clothes outside using a clothes line on a warm summers day. When my mother did that I thought she was a genious. As a result of mom’s action the electric bill was reduced. Mother used a simple line for hanging clothes and the pins that kept

Great intro by Hazel Henderson to developments in sustainable and socially responsible investing, green sustainability metrics, and the necessary overhaul of finance and business education. By Hazel Henderson : “Marking the 20th Anniversary of SRI in the Rockies offers more than an opportunity to review the hard-won progress of investors to prove that socially responsible investing is viable and now clearly out-performs traditional mainstream investing. Since the credit crises of 2008-

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Students across the country recently had a chance to have a blast with biofuels. The 4-H National Youth Science Day taught kids some of the basics of the green fuels. This story from KSFX-TV in Springfield, Missouri says a University of Missouri chemistry lab played host to one such group of students looking to the future of renewable energy: With a little sugar, water, yeast, and a balloon, kids watched how yeast breaks down sugars. The resulting reaction release is a biofuel, a m

And what about Arizona solar energy utilization? Solar energy would produce great quantities of cheap energy. This can be a little way: contrated sun in the center of a large hole-> water vapour -> electric energy -> ammonia… Is there something about cheap solar energy production? Thanks