Electrical engineer Scott Brusaw was inspired to start the company when he heard Caltech solar energy expert Nate Lewis suggest that covering just 1.7 percent of continental U.S. land surface with photovoltaic solar collectors could produce enough power to meet the nation’s total energy demand. Is any research being done on solar collectors in roads? […]
Solar Energy at Hindukush Heights Chitral
After sucessfully using solar energy for heating water in twelve of its twentyfour bedrooms, Hindukush Heights Chitral has embarked upon using solar energy to produce electricity. The hotel has the advantage of a south facing hill slope which is ideal to trap the heat as well as the light of the sun especially in winters […]
Solar Energy projects for Nobra, Zanskar in Ladakh :Rigzin Jora
Jammu, March 27(Scoop News) — The J&K Government is looking forward to harness solar energy to provide power supply to the people in mountainous areas of Nobra and Zanskar in the Leh region. Minister for Tourism, Rigzin Jora, gave this information, in reply to a question by Tsetan Namgyal. The Minister said that the […]
Original Solar Power Array Keeps Proving Green Future
A four acre solar panel array commissioned by President Jimmy Carter 28 years ago, still powers Beverly High School in Massachusetts. According to the Director of the non-profit Solar Now, who is responsible for the facility, it is the last remaining functional field of its kind in the US, from those very first funded experiments […]
Obama’s Kenyan Home Nearly Robbed
The U.S Democratic presidential candidate’s Kenyan home was nearly robbed. The home situated in Kogelo Village, Nyanza Province was intruded by robbers on Wednesday night. The robbers broke the kitchen window and tried to steal the solar panel from the roof of the main house. Mama Sarah Obama later told reporters that she had woken […]
Solar Eclipse Embarasses Government Tail in Russia
Posted by Veronica Khokhlova to Global Voices Online Russian photojournalist Oleg Klimov was in the city of Samara on August 1, the day of a total eclipse of the Sun, to meet with representatives of the local opposition. On his blog, he described (RUS) a rare case of conjunction of Russian politics and astronomy: […]
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