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One of the exciting things nowadays is that there are so many exciting developments in the energy arena, many of them suggesting the promise of a breakthrough that could help change the world to something better. Sweden’s Global Sun Engineering is pursuing just such an opportunity. Their Matarenki Light is a tracking system, with mirrors […]

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When it comes to the fundamentals of education, there are the “three Rs”:  Reading, wRiting, aRithmetic. Environmentalism’s Three Rs:  Reduce use; Reuse things; Recycle as much as possible. And, for energy, there are these Three Rs: Reduce use (via efficiency and conservation); Renewable power as much as possible; Remediate for any use of non-renewable power […]

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This coming week in Washington is a hot one when it comes to renewable energy, as the United States hosts the Washington Internation Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC).  WIREC is a combination of official ministerial (and other government) meetings and presentations; a business conference about renewable energy developments; a trade show; some real interesting looking “official […]

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This coming week in Washington is a hot one when it comes to renewable energy, as the United States hosts the Washington Internation Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC).  WIREC is a combination of official ministerial (and other government) meetings and presentations; a business conference about renewable energy developments; a trade show; some real interesting looking “official […]

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India is making the choice to seriously subsidize solar power to kick start its solar industry.  While renewables already account for 7.5 percent of India’s electrical generation capacity (of 127 gigawatts), hopes are that this will expand significantly. As for the subsidy levels, “My ministry will provide financial assistance amounting to 12 rupees (30 cents) […]

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A new NGO just launched into higher-gear with a gala presentation from Ken Livingston, Mayor of London, in London’s City Hall Reading Room. SolarAid seeks to help developing communities leapfrog through polluting energy toward a renewable (solar) energy future. It has real backing, including a commitment of five percent of solar century‘s profits.   Its core […]

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PV panels at ten percent of today’s cost?  Wow.   That would equate to, roughly, a 30 percent reduction of solar installation costs if this can happen.   A grandmother’s flyer creates a large market demand, cutting costs by over 15 percent. And, a city’s financing scheme offers people who would not otherwise have been […]

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A major part (roughly 1/3rd) of the total system cost for installed solar power is, of course, the solar panels.  We’ve been seeing ‘about to happen’ news about breakthroughs coming in solar PV prices.  Two major firms, Nanosolar and Evergreen, are each offering up the potential for major cost cuts in solar PV panels.  Cost […]

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Berkeley, California, is providing a new path toward financing renewable energy programs, providing financing for individual home owner’s solar power systems.  Well, not far from Berkeley, Marin County is providing a different path toward making solar systems more accessible to its citizens. In this case, however, the County government is (at most) a follower rather than […]

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Have you ever been steaming hot at the beach or at that kid’s soft ball game and wanted to buy a soda (and, well, of course, recycle the soda can) … but there wasn’t one around? Or, there were semi-lukewarm ones available at exorbitant rates? Well, Solar Vending seems to have come up with a […]

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