Saturday, July 21, 2012

Solar Power - Cheap Solar Power pt1




Using some scraps around the homestead I built a solar panel mount. Using some old car batteries and few bits for the junk yard you can build a battery charging station that can be used independent from the power grid. In WROL this unit will be very useful to charge computers, I phone, I pad, and battery chargers.



In the News:




Huge Arizona solar panel farm now 2/3 completed
GigaOM
The Agua Caliente solar project in Yuma County, Arizona — which is one of the world's largest solar panel farms — is now two thirds completed, according to the owners and developer of the project, NRG Energy, MidAmerican Solar and First Solar. The ...




Solar grilling with Monica Woods -- Pt. 1
News10.net
pubId=35121343001 Solar grilling with Monica Woods -- Pt. 1 News10 meteorologist Monica Woods shows you how to grill with nothing more than a little solar power. solar grilling solar powered grilling Must Watch solar bbq green food 070612 how to solar ...

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GigaOM

Using electricity rate data to sell solar
GigaOM
20, 2012, 12:00am PT 1 Comment · Tweet. Turns out the path to winning over solar customers is through integrating a lot of data. San Francisco startup Genability began knitting together a collection of complex electric rates from utilities across the ...




Solar startup Amonix shutters Vegas factory
GigaOM
A solar startup with a new type of technology, and funding from Kleiner Perkins and the Department of Energy, has closed its factory in Las Vegas after 14 months, according to the Las Vegas Review Journal. The company, which makes concentrating solar ...




5 smart energy projects with big potential
GigaOM
On the University of Arizona campus in Tucson, researchers are using $1.5 million from the Department of Energy to improve a mirror-making technology they've developed with the aim of producing solar electricity at a price competitive with non ...







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