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Dig This: My two cents on solar stuff
Heart and solar |
Sarah K. Burkhalter |
14 Mar 2006 |
Gristmill |
| My advice to all you Dig This-diggers out there: Hop on the solar bandwagon. Big things lie ahead. Indicators include the news that Solar Night Industries intends to start churning out 'portable power supplies, home and energy power grid solutions, consumer outdoor/indoor products, portable 110V plugs, solar sporting solutions and many more.' Currently Solar Night Industries specializes in the very lovely but not particularly, um, useful fiber optic daylily (pic ... |
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| Topics: energy, solar voltaic power (all these topics) |
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Our long-term source of transportation power
What's sustainable? |
David Roberts |
21 Feb 2006 |
Gristmill |
| Related to the soon-to-be-revised index-card manifesto, I have a question, raised by some of the feedback I got: My assumption is that sooner or later all personal vehicles -- and eventually all vehicles, period -- will be powered solely with electricity from renewable sources: wind, solar, hydrokinetic, biothermal. Here's my basic reasoning: Humanity's energy reserves (fossil fuels) are finite. We need to start living within the earth's solar budget. Consider th ... |
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| Topics: biofuels, cars, energy, fossil fuels, renewable energy, solar voltaic power (all these topics) |
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The Joy PUC Club
California regulators approve landmark solar-power plan |
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13 Jan 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| The Joy PUC Club California regulators approve landmark solar-power plan With one eco-tastic vote, California is set to become a global clean-energy leader: Yesterday, the state's energy regulators approved about $3 billion in subsidies to promote solar power. Rebates will be paid to residential and business utility customers to encourage insta ... |
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| Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, business, California, energy, energy at home, legislation, news, solar voltaic power (all these topics) |
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You Light Up My Strife
Solar LED lamps provide clean, cheap lighting to rural poor |
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05 Jan 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| You Light Up My Strife Solar LED lamps provide clean, cheap lighting to rural poor A handful of villagers in rural India are receiving a life-transforming technology: low-cost, solar-powered light-emitting diode (LED) lamps. Bombay-based Grameen Surya Bijli Foundation has installed the $55 lamps free of charge in about 300 homes. "Children can now study at night, elders can ma ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, energy, energy at home, India, news, solar voltaic power (all these topics) |
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Solar Survivor
California utility commission recharges Governator's solar energy plan |
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14 Dec 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Solar Survivor California utility commission recharges Governator's solar energy plan California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's (R) Million Solar Roofs initiative -- a casualty of partisan squabbling in the California legislature's last session -- has been partially resurrected. On Tuesday, the California Public Utilities Commission responded to a groundswell of ... |
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| Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, energy, legislation, news, politics, solar voltaic power (all these topics) |
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All's Well That Ends Wells
Investors bullish on clean energy technologies |
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14 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| All's Well That Ends Wells Investors bullish on clean energy technologies The clean-energy sector is experiencing a post-Katrina bounce. Petroleum stocks are looking less attractive after the storm damaged Gulf Coast oil rigs and refineries, and many investors seem to think pre-Katrina high fossil-fuel prices are here to stay, making renewable-energy investments more attrac ... |
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| Topics: business, energy, news, oil, renewable energy, solar voltaic power, wind power (all these topics) |
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Photovoltaic Finish
California's Million Solar Roofs bill dies in legislature |
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12 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Photovoltaic Finish California's Million Solar Roofs bill dies in legislature Partisan squabbling effectively killed California's closely watched Million Solar Roofs legislation last week, as the state Assembly session ended on Thursday with no vote on the bill. The measure, which would have dramatically boosted the state's use of so ... |
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| Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, business, California, energy, energy at home, legislation, news, politics, solar voltaic power (all these topics) |
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Rays and Confused
Partisan divide stalls California's solar-roofs bill |
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01 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Rays and Confused Partisan divide stalls California's solar-roofs bill As its initial bipartisan support devolves into a partisan food fight, California's Million Solar Roofs legislation may die on the vine. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) withdrew his formerly enthusiastic backing for the bill -- which could put $2 billion toward solar-energy generation by 2019 ... |
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| Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, energy, legislation, news, politics, solar voltaic power (all these topics) |
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Silicon Dally
Big demand for solar energy runs up against finite panel supply |
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05 Aug 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Silicon Dally Big demand for solar energy runs up against finite panel supply Global demand for photovoltaic panels is causing months-long delays and price hikes for would-be buyers in the U.S. American suppliers blame a weak dollar, shortages of raw materials, and swelling demand both at home and abroad. The worldwide solar-power market has grown about 40 percent annually in t ... |
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| Topics: business, energy, Germany, Japan, news, solar voltaic power, United States (all these topics) |
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A-Raisin' Money in the Sun
Investors pouring millions into new nanotech solar-energy firms |
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12 Jul 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| A-Raisin' Money in the Sun Investors pouring millions into new nanotech solar-energy firms A merger of cutting-edge nanotechnology with the earth's oldest power source may revolutionize clean energy. At least three U.S. start-ups are aiming to develop thin, flexible sheets of tiny solar cells for the mass market. If perfected, the companies say, these nano-cells would catapult solar to the foref ... |
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| Topics: business, energy, news, solar voltaic power, United States (all these topics) |
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Solar Derby
Schwarzenegger's solar-roof plan could get sidelined by partisan squabbling |
Amanda Griscom Little |
23 Jun 2005 |
Muckraker |
| Fiddling on the roof. Photo: AstroPower/NREL. The Golden State could soon enact the most ambitious solar-energy initiative ever proposed in the U.S. -- legislation intended to put photovoltaic panels on a million California rooftops. Unless, that is, the bill gets derailed by a behind-the-scenes political pissing match between Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has ... |
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| Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, energy, legislation, Muckraker, politics, solar voltaic power (all these topics) |
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Sunny Size Up
World's largest solar power plant planned for Portugal |
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06 May 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Sunny Size Up World's largest solar power plant planned for Portugal The world's largest solar power station, which would cover over 600 acres and could produce up to 116 megawatts of electricity, is planned for an economically depressed yet sun-drenched corner of Portugal. The almost $550 million project, if approved by the Portuguese government, would effectively reclaim an abandoned fool's-g ... |
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| Topics: energy, European Union, news, Portugal, solar voltaic power (all these topics) |
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Higher Ed
An interview with actor and solar advocate Edward Norton |
Amanda Griscom Little |
27 Apr 2005 |
Main Dish |
| Edward Norton. Photo: WGBH. The world has known Edward Norton as a neo-Nazi skinhead, a lusty priest, a warbling romantic, Larry Flynt's attorney, and Nelson Rockefeller. There is also a far less publicized role that Norton plays every day: a dyed-in-the-wool eco-devotee on the front lines of the renewable-energy movement. In 2003, Norton teamed up with oil giant and leading solar-panel pro ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, energy, green living, interview, renewable energy, solar voltaic power (all these topics) |
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Green Tag, You're It
On Green Tags |
Umbra Fisk |
07 Mar 2005 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, My power company (Florida Power and Light) sent me a letter asking me to choose its Sunshine Energy program, which, for an additional $9.75 a month, helps support the building of a 150-kilowatt solar facility in Florida. Do you think I should do it? Linda Coral Springs, Fla. Dearest Linda, Yes. And I am herewith going to foist my plans for 2005 upon all the rest of you: They involve deemphasizing insignificant widgets and ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, energy, Florida, greenhouse-gas emissions, renewable energy, solar voltaic power (all these topics) |
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He Wasn't Kidding About Being Back
Schwarzenegger returns with new, revamped solar initiative |
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01 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| He Wasn't Kidding About Being Back Schwarzenegger returns with new, revamped solar initiative Yesterday, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) joined state senators from both parties to introduce a new version of his solar plan. What David Hochschild of Vote Solar called "the most ambitious solar initiative ever proposed in the United States" wou ... |
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| Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, energy, legislation, news, politics, solar voltaic power (all these topics) |
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The answer, my friend, is basking in the sun
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David Roberts |
24 Jan 2005 |
Gristmill |
| Joel Makower does a quick review of the growing momentum of solar power on the world market, with high-profile moves being made by Sanyo, Sharp, Kyocera, and Mitsubishi. Then he turns to the U.S. solar market, which is lagging:Reclaiming leadership in the global solar marketplace will be no mean feat. As recently as 1997, U.S. solar companies controlled 100% of the U.S. market and 40% of the global market, according to SEIA. Today, U.S. firms control only 73% and 14%, ... |
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| Topics: business, energy, solar voltaic power (all these topics) |
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Sol Train
Spain makes solar panels on new homes mandatory |
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10 Nov 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Sol Train Spain makes solar panels on new homes mandatory Hoping to catch up to solar powerhouse Germany, sunny Spain has announced that as of next year, solar panels will become mandatory on new and renovated buildings. The government is shooting for a tenfold increase in the total square footage of solar panels by 2010. Domestic solar usage is low in Spain, though the country is a le ... |
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| Topics: energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, solar voltaic power, Spain (all these topics) |
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She's Got Sol and She's Super Bad
On finding solar-power stats |
Umbra Fisk |
16 Sep 2004 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, Are there any statistics that show what percentage of solar power is generated state by state, and which states are more solar-friendly? Also, do power companies give out any figures on how much energy they buy back from home solar producers? Thanks from Los Angeles, Calif. Dearest Los Angeles, Life is great. As your researcher, I get paid to find previously obscure (to me) gems like today's f ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, energy, energy at home, solar voltaic power (all these topics) |
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Solar Perplexus
On installing solar panels |
Umbra Fisk |
13 Sep 2004 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, My husband and I have decided to install a solar electric system. We live in the high desert and enjoy sun 360 or more days a year. We have been surfing to find information and are increasingly befuddled. Nanosys will have new technology out, but I don't know when. Should we wait a year or two for new, less expensive technology or go with existing solar panels? Kathy Joshua Tree, Calif. Dearest Kathy, How exciti ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, energy, energy at home, solar voltaic power, tech (all these topics) |
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Got Sun?
Marketing the revolution in clean energy |
Amanda Griscom |
29 Aug 2002 |
Powers That Be |
| Last month, 10 solar-powered race cars zipped around a 1.5-mile NASCAR track at the legendary Texas Motor Speedway, some of them reaching the dizzying speed of 35 miles per hour. With all its technological novelty and timely political implications, the Dell and Winston Solar Challenge (named for the computer and cigarette companies that sponsored it) might have been a grand public spectacle. But the entire 155,000-se ... |
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| Topics: advertising, Bill McKibben, cars, grassroots activism, placemaking, politics, renewable energy, solar voltaic power, United States (all these topics) |
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The Little Solar Station That Could
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29 May 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| The Little Solar Station That Could The Columbia Generating Station, a nuclear power plant at Washington state's Hanford nuclear reservation, sits just one mile from the White Bluffs Solar Station. For the past three weeks, Energy Northwest, the Pacific Northwest's nuclear power producer, has been generating a tiny amount of electricity from solar panels at White Bluffs and ... |
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| Topics: energy, news, nuclear power, renewable energy, solar voltaic power, Washington (all these topics) |
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Here Comes the Sun
How the U.S. government could push solar power into the big time |
Denis Hayes |
08 May 2000 |
Arts and Minds |
| This essay is adapted from The Official Earth Day Guide to Planet Repair. The environmental movement has displayed remarkable strength since the first Earth Day in 1970. It has battled heroically to safeguard the world's health, diversity, and beauty, and it has been astonishingly successful. However, as the Earth's odometer rolls over into a new century, the Earth is facing a new threa ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, energy efficiency, green living, greenhouse-gas emissions, solar voltaic power (all these topics) |
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Urban Bright
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04 Aug 1999 |
Daily Grist |
| Urban Bright The Department of Energy wants to put solar panels on vacant, contaminated urban industrial sites, Energy Secretary Bill Richardson will announce today. The project will get underway in Chicago, where a solar panel manufacturer has agreed to set up shop on a 17-acre former dump site, and the city and local electric utility have agreed to buy $8 million worth of solar pa ... |
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| Topics: Bill Richardson, Chicago, energy, renewable energy, solar voltaic power (all these topics) |
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