Solar Energy
Evan Bayh Hates The Environment
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Democratic Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana votes against the National Renewable Energy Standard that even some Republicans support
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Roofray Finds Your Solar Potential
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Neat little online app gives you an estimation of how solar panels would benefit you by using Google Maps to calculate your solar potential
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Spanish Solar Plant Opens With Better Than Expected Output
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Intial testing at the new Abengoa Solar plant in Seville, Spain is showing promise with higher than expected output levels
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Department of Energy Issues First Solar Stimulus Loan
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The DOE has announced a $535 million loan guarantee for Solyndra, Inc. to help boost solar energy jobs around the country
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Tiny Life May Hold Key to Triple Solar Power
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Diatoms are microscopic life forms that live in the oceans, and are nature's solar collectors. By using the structures they utilize to collect solar energy, researchers at OSU and Portland State University have created a system that promises to nearly triple the amount of energy a solar cell can collect
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Understanding Smart Grids
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Jesse Berst, managing director of Global Smart Energy gives a 3 minute introduction of the components of Smart Energy Grid technology at the Green: Net '09 Conference in San Francisco
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Feinstein Pushes Against Solar Plants in Mojave
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Sen. Feinstein is arguing that siting new solar power plants in a portion of the Mojave Desert may impact national parks as well as fragment the local habitat
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Shell Still Thinking Small
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Shell Oil announced that it will make no investments in wind or solar energy for the foreseeable future, claiming they are struggling technologies for investment
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Austin To Receive Largest Solar Plant in US
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Austin's city council unanimously approve the building of the largest photovoltaic energy plant in the country
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Cooling Homes With Solar
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The problem with air conditioning is that it takes a lot of power, thus requiring a large amount of solar panels to collect enough energy to run them. A Denver-based company has created a possible solution, an air conditioning unit that uses far less electricity
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