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- U.S. Not Keeping Pace With Foreign Rivals on Solar Production
- Despite a dramatic increase in solar cell production in the United States last year -- up 48 percent to 266 megawatts -- the nation's share of global production and installations continued to fall in 2007, according to the latest Vital Signs Update from the Worldwatch Institute, produced in collaboration with...
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- The Commercial Dissemination of Photovoltaic Systems in Kenya
- The commercial market for solar photovoltaic (PV) home systems has been active in Kenya for over 10 years. Over 80,000 solar home systems (SHSs) have been sold, providing power to over 1% of the rural population of roughly 25 million people. The total installed capacity is over two megawatts (MWp),...
- Case studies
- United States Navy: Naval Base Coronado, California
- In response to California's energy crisis and the March 2001 Department of Defense call for demand reduction projects, Navy Region Southwest sought ways to reduce energy use in the San Diego metro area. The system is a unique solar electric carport which makes innovative use of an unused asset -...
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- Contra Costa County
- The County of Contra Costa was incorporated in 1850 as one of the original 27 counties of the State of California, with the City of Martinez as the County seat. Contra Costa needed a cost-effective solution to reduce the operating costs associated with running the County's municipal properties. Due to...
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- City of Chico
- Located in Butte County, California, the city of Chico was founded in 1860 by General John Bidwell. Chico maintains an historic downtown, a wide variety of services and family oriented neighborhoods. Inspired by the growing number of California cities and counties that have successfully embraced solar power, Chico lawmakers and...
- Case studies
- City of Anaheim
- For more than 100 years, Anaheim Public Utilities has served Anaheim water and electric customers with low rates and reliable service. Today, Anaheim Public Utilities serves more than 328,000 residents and businesses in the City of Anaheim and is Orange County's only publicly owned water and electric utility. Anaheim Public...
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- Task 8 Status Report: Very Large Scale PV Power Generation Systems
- This case study describes about photovoltaic power generation systems. The objective of Task 8 is to examine and evaluate the feasibility of Very Large Scale Photovoltaic Power Generation (VLS-PV) Systems on desert areas, which have a capacity ranging from over multi megawatt to gigawatt, and develop practical project proposals for...
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- Geographic Variation in Potential of Rooftop Residential Photovoltaic Electric Power Production in the United States
- This paper describes a geographic evaluation of Zero Energy Home (ZEH) potential, specifically an assessment of residential roof-top solar electric photovoltaic (PV) performance around the United States and how energy produced would match up with very-efficient and super-efficient home designs. The paper performed annual simulations for 236 TMY2 data locations...
- White papers
- Residential Solar Case Study #2
- Bob Regan and his family live in a four bedroom, 3-bath home on five acres in northern Bucks County. Bob's PV system has consisted of three major PV installations with the first one in 1992. Unfortunately, by 1999, many problems began to mount mostly stemming from defective PV modules, which...
- Case studies
- Mauna Lani Water Pumping Facility
- The Mauna Lani Resort and its affiliated companies are widely recognized as a pace setter in historic preservation and stewardship of the land. The Mauna Lani sought ways to reduce operating costs and avert the risk of future price volatility. In January 2002, PowerLight Corporation installed a 250 KW photovoltaic...
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- Potential Health, Environmental Impacts of Photovoltaic Cells Assessed
- EPRI and the California Energy Commission cosponsored a project to collect information on potential environmental impacts of chemicals used in California's photovoltaic (PV) industry. A new report on the work from EPRI provides an overview of the photovoltaic industry and includes the types of cells that were manufactured or under...
- White papers
- What is PV?: A Primer on Solar photovoltaics and PV Systems
- A constant and universal sun, a simple device with no fuel and no moving parts, and energy as near as your backyard: this image of photovoltaics has sparked the imagination of millions of people. What this technology is and how it is packaged to produce useful electricity is the subject...
- White papers
- photovoltaics: Basic Design Principles and Components
- If you are thinking of generating your own electricity, you should consider a photovoltaic (PV) system?a way to generate electricity by using energy from the sun. These systems have several advantages: they are cost-effective alternatives in areas where extending a utility power line is very expensive; they have no moving...
- White papers
- Photovoltaic (PV) Roofing
- For years, homeowners have wanted to notice the impact of solar energy on their bills without seeing it on their roofs. Although the term "solar power" may be synonymous with energy-efficiency, environmental-friendliness, and freedom from utilities, many solar systems have been avoided because of their unattractive structure. For this reason,...
- White papers
- Communications Case Study: A PV-Powered Telephone Signal Booster in Nevada
- The place: a remote signal station in the mountains of northern Nevada. The situation: Sprint Communications decides to reduce the amount of time the company runs its propane-powered electric generators by adding PV modules. The solution was to install a PV system at the Sand Pass station. The PV array...
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- Remote Homes Case Study: PV Power for a Modern Home in Florida
- When the Chases moved to their PV-powered home in southwest Florida, they brought along all their electrical appliances. And they found out they had enough electricity to use them. Once Joyce and George Chase discovered it would cost $15,000 to extend a utility line to their new home on the...
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- Grid-Connected PV Case Study: PV Power for an Energy-Efficient Home in Massachusetts
- Concerned about the environment and rising energy costs, a retired couple in Massachusetts commissioned the design of a PV-powered, energy-efficient, all-solar home. Although they wanted to be more self-reliant, they didn't want to maintain a battery bank at their home. Because utility power was available, they specified a utility-connected PV...
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- Remote Villages Case Study: Village PV Power in Mexico
- The people of Xcalak were dissatisfied with their diesel generators because it was expensive to ship fuel to the village and because the generators kept breaking down. But when the villagers turned to their government, a bold new solution emerged: adding solar electric modules and wind generators to the existing...
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- Water Pumping Case Study: PV-Powered Water for Cattle in South Dakota
- Solar electric modules (behind and to right of the ranchers) generate 1,600 watts of electricity to power a centrifugal pump that's 1.5 miles from the nearest power line at this South Dakota ranch. The system pumps 30 gallons a minute from a well 43 feet deep, and sends it 5.5...
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- Solar: Calapooia Crossing Solar Installation
- Created by Umpqua Community Development Corp. with funding from many sources, Calapooia Crossing is a shining example of sustainable, energy-efficient design applied to a project for low to moderate-income families. A 3.9-kilowatt photovoltaic system on the roof of the laundry building helps power the washers and dryers that serve 11...
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