Residential Solar Power Blog

Forward-Thinking Milpitas, CA the Next Solar City?

Craig — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:37:48 +0000

Milpitas, an East Bay, CA city, is trying to create its own power source. Essentially, they would allow homeowners to pay for their solar installations the same way they pay for their sidewalks. The...

Dow Partners with CalTech for Solar Research

Dan — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:29:47 +0000

Dow Chemical has been brewing up solar products for a few years now. In 2007, the old-hat chemical giant received $20 million in federal funding to develop new solar innovations. This year, Dow...

International Space Station to Receive Solar-Powered Cargo

Dan — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:20:05 +0000

Whatever posturing or politicking might go on here at ground level, the International Space Station stands as a beacon of community between the world’s spacefaring nations. That community, or...

Solar Candy? From Mars?

Dan — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:14:38 +0000

M&M chocolate candies just took on a new shade of green. Mars Candy recently installed the nation’s largest photovoltaic array at a food production facility in Hackettstown, New Jersey. The...

The Ultimate Solar Tailgate Party

Dan — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:54:19 +0000

Ah, the tailgate. Fall mornings spent in impromptu living rooms arranged in the beds of pickup trucks, afternoons playing Hacky Sack, entire days spent with radio blaring and laughter soaring. It...

Hoist Up the LightSail-1: New Solar Sailing Project Underway

Dan — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:11:40 +0000

As if solar energy wasn’t already useful enough, it turns out solar radiation exerts a small amount of thrust on objects in its path. It won’t send your solar panels flying south for the...

Costa Rica Pledges Carbon Neutrality by 2021

Craig — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:22:49 +0000

Costa Rica is already a green national leader, but now they’re looking to become the first carbon-neutral country in South America. The past generation of Costa Ricans protected 26% of their...

How Much Federal Subsidy Goes to Renewable Energy?

Craig — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:35:01 +0000

The US Government subsidizes all forms of energy production, from a $10 billion cap on nuclear disasters to tax credits and cash grants. Where does renewable energy fall into that sizable outlay of...

8 Revolutionary Wind Energy Concepts

Craig — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:38:20 +0000

When I think of wind turbines, I envision the west Texas plains with acres of languidly turning propellers as far as the eye can see. Texas is tops for wind power in the US, by the way. But there...

The Coolest Car We’ve Ever Seen

BrittanyM — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:34:42 +0000

Wow. We just finished watching the latest video blog from the Green Girls, a group of beautiful women working to inspire an eco-conscious lifestyle. They’re showcasing what is most definitely the...