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Solar County Jail in California
As California deals with overcrowding in its state prison system by transferring low-level offenders to county correctional facilities, one municipality has found a way to cut costs without cutting services while also helping the state meet its renewable energy goals. Merced County has recently announced that it has commissioned a 1.4-megawatt (MW) photovoltaic (PV) array [...]
Apple Plans to have Largest US Solar HQ
Apple Headquarters Spaceship campus plans include a roof made almost entirely out of solar cells. With a building as large as Apple’s, that puts it in the top corporate solar installations in the world and the biggest in the US. The current title holder is the 4.26 MW system in Edison New Jersey and another [...]
Warren Buffet Buys Solar Farm
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., which agreed to buy a $2 billion solar farm in California may have picked the right time to invest in the industry. The 550-megawatt Topaz project will qualify for a federal incentive because it began construction last month, and will sell power under a long-term contract that was completed before [...]
Largest Solar Bridge (London)
The new Blackfriars station, which is being built on a bridge spanning the River Thames, is on its way to becoming the world’s largest solar bridge after work started today to install over 4,400 solar photovoltaic panels.The Victorian bridge, built in 1886, is the foundation for the new Blackfriars station. Constructed in an age of [...]
Plastic Solar Panels (Konarka)
A new technology that uses plastic solar panels that are cheap as well as flexible is set to light up everything, from buildings to bus shelters. Plastic photovoltaics (PV) are cheaper, lighter and easier to install compared to the silicon solar panels and because of its pliability, it can be used almost everywhere. The panels [...]
Big Belly Solar Thrash Can
Meet BigBelly, the world’s first and only solar-powered, cordless trash compaction system. BigBelly is an innovative solution to a long-standing urban and park problem, an environmentally conscious way to manage trash collection. BigBelly can compact and hold five times the capacity of ordinary trash cans, using only the sun’s energy for power. BigBelly gets the [...]
Solar@Work
The “Solar@Work” helps commercial property owners install solar power by avoiding high upfront costs. It works by finding multiple owners who wants to add solar panels, and charge them as one large order. The Solar@Work model will give companies the option of purchased the panels outright, leasing them for lower upfront costs or taking out a loan. Aggregated [...]
Greenhouses
Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) in the Earth’s atmosphere absorb and reflect radiation. The more they build up in the atmosphere, the less heat escapes out into space and the warmer the Earth becomes. For most of history, this has helped the planet stay warm to sustain life. Since the Industrial Revolution, CO2 atmospheric levels have increased [...]
Largest Solar Panel Factory
GE acquired PrimeStar Solar Inc, a thin film solar panels company in Colorado. These panels are certified as most energy efficient by the National Renewable Energy Lab as well as low cost and large scale manufacturing. After spending $600 million on this project, GE hopes to supply 80,000 homes with solar panels.
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