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New Jersey Solar Energy Residential Case Study
A solar energy system was designed for a new 4,000 square foot house in Montville. This system included thirty-six 167 watt, solar energy modules installed on the south roof second story and west roof garage, all at the existing roof pitch. This solar energy system provides about 6,598 kwh per...
Tags: Solar Energy, Akeena Solar, Solar Energy System, Telecom & Utilities
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Week in Renewables: Obama vs. Public Opinion, and New Energy Bets
To commercialize renewable energy technologies, must we first believe in climate change? The question deserves closer examination after this week's Presidential address and the concurrent release of a major study. "The naysayers, the folks who would pretend that this is not an issue, they are being marginalized,"...
Tags: Barack Obama, Climate Change, Chris Morrison
Blog posts 2009-10-25
California Residential Solar Energy Case Study
A solar energy system was designed for a 4,000 square foot house in Saratoga. This system included eighteen 165 watt, solar energy modules installed on the south roof. This system provides about 4,064 kwh per year, after taking into account various real-world efficiency losses. To install this particular solar energy...
Tags: Solar Energy, Akeena Solar, Telecom & Utilities
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San Francisco Residential Solar Energy Case Study
A solar energy system was designed for a residence in San Francisco. This system included 18 Sharp 185 solar modules and 1 SMA 2500 UL-SBD inverter. A total of 2,970 watts of peak power generating capability is provided based on manufacturer output ratings. The recommendation to install this particular solar...
Tags: Solar Energy, Akeena Solar, Telecom & Utilities
Case studies
Solar Energy Key to Energy Security and Environmental Issues
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- The Energy & Power Systems practice at Frost & Sullivan is pleased to announce its 2008 Quarterly Analyst Briefing Presentation on the North American solar energy market to be held on Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 12:00 p.m. PDT. Rising energy needs and sunshine-rich land...
Tags: Frost & Sullivan, security
Research articles 2008-05-12
New Jersey Natural Gas Leads Public/Private Solar Installation at Island Beach State Park; Promotes Renewable Energy to 1 Million Annual Visitors; Conserves Natural Resources, Reduces Emissions and Cuts Energy Costs
WALL, N.J. -- New Jersey Natural Gas NJNG, the principal subsidiary of New Jersey Resources (NYSE: NJR), today announced the completion of a solar energy demonstration project at Island Beach State Park. A photovoltaic PV system on the roof of a bathhouse pavilion will generate electricity used to heat water...
Tags: New Jersey Natural Gas Co.
Research articles 2005-05-09
Solar Energy Emergency
Solar energy has been making big waves over the last few years. As energy costs rise and consumer awareness heightens over environmental issues, many homeowners are making alternative energy choices - from buying hybrid cars to installing home wind generators. It has become almost common knowledge that the number one...
Tags: Alternative Energy, Solar Energy, Realty Times, Telecom & Utilities
White papers 2006-06-22
More marketers hit the road in green machines; Environmental theme connects companies with their customers.(Special Report)
Byline: Dale Buss Green vehicles are becoming must-have tools for companies with youthful brands, environmental images and mobile marketing strategies. Companies such as beverage bottlers and solar-energy system manufacturers are investing in environmentally friendly vehicles to transport their promotional roadshows around...
Tags: Clif Bar Inc.
Research articles 2007-06-11
Healthy rebound for clean energy
Investors in clean technology have more to smile about than most at the recent upturn in sentiment in stock markets. The diverse sector, which includes wind farms, electric cars, solar panels and composting, suffered badly during the financial crisis. After four years of stellar growth, new investment in clean energy...
Tags: sector, clean technology
News items 2009-08-18
Water Use by Solar Projects Intensifies
The West's water wars are likely to intensify with Pacific Gas and Electric's announcement Monday that the utility will buy 500 megawatts of electricity from two solar power plant projects to be built in the California desert. The Genesis Solar Energy Project would consume an estimated 536 million gallons of...
Tags: California, Developer, California Energy Commission, Abengoa S.A.
News items 2009-10-27
Report: The dark side of solar
Solar cells may generate clean green electricity but manufacturing them involves a witches brew of toxic chemicals that could harm the environment if millions of solar panels end up in landfills, according to a report issued Wednesday by the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition. The California environmental group is calling for...
News items 2009-08-07
Union Shakedowns Face Renewable Energy Companies
"It's not a warm fuzzy thing they're doing," says a Sierra Club spokesman of union labor tactics against renewable energy companies. "It's a very self-interested thing." But the question, never quite asked by Todd Woody in an article about unions in the New York Times, is whether it's acceptable for...
Tags: Union, Renewable Energy, Telecom & Utilities, Chris Morrison
Blog posts 2009-06-25
Energy Roundup: Mr. Ethanol Goes to Washington, Carbon Dioxide-Sucking Rocks, and More
Ethanol producers hit Capitol in bid to increase blend -- U.S. ethanol producers pressed the Obama administration to raise the limit on ethanol in fuel to 15 percent, a move they said would create as many as 136,000 new jobs and reduce imports. Growth Energy, an ethanol trade group, submitted a...
Tags: Solar Energy, Battery, Oil & Gas, Carbon, Telecom & Utilities, Kirsten Korosec
Blog posts 2009-03-06
One golden pond: after turning white death into gold on saline land in northern Victoria, entrepreneurs have built an ingeniously simple solar pond that generates cheap heat energy and helps restore salt-laden pastures.
In collaboration with RMIT University's Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy group, and former environmental engineering company*, Geo-Eng Australia Pty Ltd, Pyramid Salt Ltd is involved in the demonstration and commercialisation of a salt water phenomenon that promises great economic and environmental benefits. ...
Tags: Australia, pond, RMIT University, technology
Research articles 2003-10-01
Energy Conversion Devices Guides Down - What Happened to President Solar?
Trader Mark submits: One of these days I need to really start making money on the short side in solar; this sector has caused me so much pain on the long side it would only be fitting in terms of karma. We just touched on the troubles in solar this...
Tags: Energy, Trader Mark, Energy Conversion Devices Inc.
External links 2009-03-18
Great Wine and Clean, Renewable Energy are a Terrific Mix
This case study describes about solar energy system which was designed as a ground mount in Saratoga, CA. This system included 136 Sharp 185 solar modules and 9 Sunnyboy 2500 UL-SBD inverters. This solar energy system provides about 34,222 kwh per year, after taking into account various real-world efficiency losses....
Tags: Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Wine, Akeena Solar, Solar Energy System, Telecom & Utilities
Case studies
Lessons and news from the energy field
WASTING ENERGY is bad for the pocketbook as well as the environment. Some recent news from the U.S. Department of Energy DOE and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA may provide help in dealing with key energy issues. Solar Energy Becomes Efficient A solar-dish-engine technology developed by DOE's...
Tags: emission, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 1998-08-01
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