NTRCA 2017 (Not So Mini Trade Show) THANK YOU!
A big THANK YOU to everyone for visiting our booth at the "Not So Mini Trade-Show" hosted by the NTRCA in Grapevine, TX! Hope to see you again soon! Also big thanks to Ronnie & Karen the NTRCA Team.
China builds a solar panel farm shaped after pandas
Now a Chinese energy company said they were building the world's first solar panel farm that looked like giant pandas, the country's national treasures. The solar farm, located in Datong, northern China's Shanxi Province, was connected to the grid on June 29. The 248-acre solar farm was designed to look like a cute panda. The black sections are monocrystalline silicon (the light-absorbing part of most solar panels) while the white parts are
The world’s first solar panel road is now officially open in France
France’s Minister of Environment Ségolène Royal has officially opened the world’s first solar panel road this week with one kilometer and 2,880 solar panels in Tourouvre-au-Perche. Now the country is waiting to see if the road, built with construction company Colas‘ Wattway technology, will live up to the hype surrounding the clean energy experiment. The road is designed to produce sufficient power to electrify street lighting in the 3,400-person village.
Is this the world’s most energy efficient solar electricity system?
A new solar energy efficient electricity generation system that developers claim is the most efficient in the world, is being tested in South Africa’s Kalahari desert. The Swedish company behind the project - which combines military technology with an idea developed by a 19th-century Scottish engineer and clergyman - says it is on the verge of building its first commercial installation. In the remote Northern Cape province, huge mirrors reflect
Solar panels to be installed in Canada schools
As part of its Climate Leadership Plan, the Alberta Government is making funding available for the installation of solar panels at 36 school projects that are now in the planning or design phase and have not gone to tender. “We have heard directly from students from across Alberta and their message is clear – they want us to be leaders on climate change. A number of school boards had already
Solar energy: US veterans build a greener future at home
In the five years since the White House launched its Joining Forces program to help post-9/11 veterans join the American workforce, the unemployment rate among vets has declined dramatically. In 2011, the jobless rate was more than 12%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. By 2015, that dropped to 5.8%. But in spite of the program's efforts and commitments from some 40 companies, including solar energy, to hire more than
Crowdfunding for solar panels
Marks & Spencer is using crowdfunding to back the installation of solar panels on its stores. The retailer is partnering with Energy4All, a not-for-profit group that helps community groups set up energy co-ops, with the aim of raising £1.23m to put panels on nine large stores including Torbay in Devon, Truro in Cornwall and Cheshunt in Hertfordshire. A new entity, M&S Energy Society, is inviting investments of between £100 and
US solar power market hits all-time high
Solar power in the US has had a rocky existence. Ever since Ronald Reagan symbolically removed Jimmy Carter’s solar panels from the White House roof in 1986, federal policy has been unpredictable, such that manufacturers and consumers could never depend on reliable incentives to produce and install solar energy systems. Remarkably, the US solar energy industry is now entering what may be its most prosperous decade ever, thanks to a new
Renewable energy for state renewable portfolio
A new renewable energy study estimates that $2.2 billion in benefits came from reduced greenhouse gas emissions and $5.2 billion from reductions in other air pollution for state renewable portfolio standard (RPS) policies operating in 2013. The report also shows national water withdrawals and consumption were reduced by 830 billion gallons and 27 billion gallons in 2013, respectively. The report, entitled A Retrospective Analysis of the Benefits and Impacts of
Indigenous firm shines in solar industry
AllGrid Energy, an Indigenous-owned company has emerged as a hopeful minnow beside corporate giants poised to drive the expansion of Australia’s fledgling home solar industry. Solar ventilation The Brisbane-based upstart looks forward to the looming entry of the global industry’s marquee player, Tesla, as a shot in the arm to the Australian market. While orders for Tesla’s Powerwall have officially begun in Australia amid a reported spike in customer queries