New Solar Checklist App Helps Solar Installers

Solar installers and businesses can sometimes have difficulties keeping track of all their jobs. The admin work required to keep everything running smoothly behind the scenes is often underestimated. The Clean Energy Council seeks to make things easier for these businesses through its new Solar Checklist app on iPhone. The app purportedly keeps track of all their jobs, allowing installers to focus on providing high-quality installation work by cutting

By Admin SR|2022-05-18T13:01:00-05:00October 5th, 2013|

Supercharger Network Expands Nationally

Tesla Motors, an electric car manufacturer, has recently opened its first international Superchargers in Norway. Tesla's Superchargers allow a Tesla battery to recharge halfway in one hour. The Supercharger network is an essential tool to eliminate the range anxiety that many people experience with electric cars. Tesla plans to continue the rapid expansion of its Supercharger network. Tesla Superchargers Outside of the US Norway is the first country outside of

By Admin SR|2021-01-06T15:46:17-06:00September 17th, 2013|

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Photovoltaic Arrays

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Conservation of Natural Resources To conserve the usage of natural Texas resources, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TWPD) recently installed 18 solar photovoltaic panel array systems across Texas. They range from a 5kW array thru 92kW array on the Austin Headquarters (Texas Solar Power Parks). The energy generated by these arrays typically supplies about 20% of facility power needs and supplements the Texas grid,

By Admin SR|2020-09-09T17:02:50-05:00September 17th, 2013|

Washing Solar Panels Not Necessary, Study Says

One of the concerns that many people have about installing solar panels or solar attic fans is whether they will ever need to clean them. A recently released study by engineers at the University of California at San Diego, that can be found here, shows that even in the harshest, dusty climates with minimal rain, dust will only create a minimal effect on solar efficiency, and in almost all cases,

By Admin SR|2020-05-29T14:26:04-05:00August 2nd, 2013|

Solar Worldwide

While it is typical to hear news of worldwide solar installations in the United States and other highly developed counties, today we hear news of solar photovoltaic panels being installed all around Central America. With the high cost of electricity and an underdeveloped electric grid, consumers in these countries are buying up unsubsidized solar panels and installing them though out the region. We are always happy to see countries worldwide

By Admin SR|2020-08-24T09:21:10-05:00July 30th, 2013|

World’s Largest Solar Energy Plant Nears Completion

As discussed in this recent National Geographic article, the world's largest solar energy plant, the Ivanpah Solar Plant, located in the Ivanpah Valley of California’s Mojave Desert, is nearing completion. When completed, the solar plant will contain 170,000 mirrors and produce 377 megawatts (MW) of power, more than double the previous record holder of 150 MW, and enough to power more than 140,000 homes. We hope that renewable energy megaprojects

By Admin SR|2020-05-29T14:44:31-05:00July 26th, 2013|

Hydroelectric: Beyond Solar Energy Advantages

When you think of the word’s largest power plants, you probably don’t think renewable energy. However, we can thank hydroelectric--the often forgotten renewable resource--for the world’s four largest power plants. In the graph on the left, you can see how dominant hydroelectric is compared to other renewable resources. We should be excited about the great growth in solar and wind recently but must not forget about our largest renewable resource,

By Admin SR|2020-08-24T09:25:23-05:00July 23rd, 2013|

Solar Impulse: Looking at Solar Efficiency in a New Way

Reviewing the solar panels on the Solar Impulse--the solar plane currently flying across the country--allows us to look at solar efficiency in a new way that not only could affect solar flight but also ceiling exhaust fans and roof fans. The solar panels on the plane are not the best at converting light energy into electric power by the area covered but do excel in terms of weight. The lightweight

By Admin SR|2020-08-24T09:28:37-05:00July 19th, 2013|

Solar Prices Declining, Record Number of Solar Installations

According to a report by U.S. Solar Market Insight, the US had a record first quarter with 723 MW of solar photovoltaics installed in Q1 2013. This represents a 33 percent increase over Q1 2012 and brings the cumulative US photovoltaic capacity to 7.9 gigawatts. This growth was led by residential installations, which experienced a 53% increase over the same period. Prices for residential systems fell below five dollars a

By Admin SR|2020-12-29T15:48:23-06:00July 15th, 2013|

Learning from plants for Solar Power Efficiencies

While photovoltaic cells are certainly one of the best ways to produce clean energy, from a scientific perspective they are actually quite inefficient. In the average solar cell, only about 20% of the solar energy is transferred into usable electricity. This is in contrast to photosynthesis performed by plants, which reaches efficiencies of 95 percent. While in the past, we knew very little about how plants reached these efficiencies, new

By Admin SR|2020-12-30T15:17:08-06:00July 10th, 2013|

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