Facts & History of Solar Power
Interested in solar power? How about some facts and history of solar power. Horace Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799), a Swiss physicist, geologist, and early Alpine explorer was the inventor of …
Some fun facts about renewable energy.
Renewable energy is becoming more mainstream now humanity realizes that fossils fuels and nuclear are not the energy of the future. Here are some interesting facts about renewable energy. Subsidies …
Load Shedding
Load Shedding is in full swing at the moment. It will be a fact that South Africans will have to live with & endure. Load Shedding will be here for …
Ikea solar panel installations in the UK
Ikea besides setting a good corporate example by using solar power for its own stores. (Ikea has installed more than 250,000 solar panels on its Ikea Stores and Buildings World Wide). …
GE, First Solar Announce Solar Technology Partnership
GE, FIRST SOLAR ANNOUNCE SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AND COMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIP Partnership accelerates thin-film solar technology development GE takes equity interest in First Solar Existing scale and manufacturing capabilities of First Solar, …
Google to invest in south african solar power plant
Investment in solar energy is continuing in South Africa with the announcement on Thursday the 30th of may 2013 of Google’s $12m investment in the Northern Cape’s 96MW solar photovoltaic …
Grid Tied Solar Power Systems
Grid tied solar power systems are the most common installed systems for companies and households who have access to the national electricity grid. But what is a grid tied solar …
Solar Power Systems
Solar power systems create free energy from the Sun. Solar power system are using the sun to the process light or heat into an energy source. It is becoming a …
Solar Powered Plane Flies 18 Hours
A solar powered plane named the solar impulse managed to fly in 18 hours and 18 minutes non stop from San Francisco to phoenix. This feat was achieved without a …
Solar Panels
Solar Panels can be divided into two different types. You have the Photovoltaic Solar Panels and then you have your Solar thermal collector. Both use the energy from the sun …