Powering the Military with “Game-Changing” Solar Tech

Fighting a war on the ground in Afghanistan has to be one of the hardest things a young person can do.
Fortunately, the U.S. Department of Defense, or DOD, is on the ground with our troops offering help and support – albeit in some very unexpected ways.

According to Tony Bui, an engineer with [...]

Greening the Office Space: How You and Your Coworkers Can Cut Costs

As nations gear up toward Peak Oil, conserving energy becomes increasingly important.  This includes the office, where the business of business takes place at the highest levels, with executives establishing production quotas even as they develop downsizing plans to boost the bottom line.
You, as an office worker or manager, can help [...]

Could Solar-Powered Nanofilter Robots Clean the Gulf Oil Spill?

Senseable City, developed by MIT to address the issue of urban infrastructure as it relates to digital technology, is planning to compete for the newly announced $10-million X Prize for a cleanup solution to the BP Gulf oil spill.

Called the Seaswarm project, the initiative is one of 42 under the auspices [...]

7 Baby Steps to Go Solar

Starting small takes the “pocket pain” out of solar power
To cover your home energy needs, a solar installation should be about 5 to 7 kilowatts (kW) in size (average American homes eat up an estimated 920 kilowatt-hours, or kWh, per month, says the EIA).

At 7 kW, given an average solar insulation [...]

Reader Poll: What’s Stopping You from Going Solar?

We’ve got a burning question for you, readers.

If you love solar power, enjoy reading all about it on our solar blog and ultimately hope to own a system yourself, what’s keeping you from taking the plunge? What obstacle, challenge, or hang-up means the difference between clean, free energy and the same old expensive, grid-tied power [...]

Solar-Charged Hybrid Buses Take Wisconsin Kids Back to School

Kids waiting at the bus stop in Wisconsin this year will be introduced to a new sort of school supply, an item much bigger than their new back-to-school sneakers. Plug-in electric school buses are set to carry children in southeastern Wisconsin back to school, where the kids’ own special kicks can carry them and their [...]

CEC Approves First Utility Solar Project in 20 Years

After years of delay, things are finally heating up for large-scale solar thermal power plants in California’s remote deserts. In the last month, a California Energy Commission (CEC) siting committee has recommended at least five solar plants for approval. Last week the first of these projects gained official go-ahead from the agency. The Beacon Solar [...]

Could Lightning Be Our Next Renewable Resource?

It’s been a matter of debate for centuries. How exactly do electrical charges form in the air and cause atmospheric phenomena such as lightning? Until now, scientists believed that water in the air remained electrically neutral, even when coming into contact with the tiny particles of dust pervading natural air supply, but new research coming [...]

Art Sculpture or Innovative Solar Ribbon Array?

Artists propose an incredible winding solar array through the UAE

Whoever developed the industrial design creed that form should always follow function may have been thinking of this year’s submission for the 2010 Land Art Generator Design Competition, which shows ribbons of solar thin-film winding across the desert in the United [...]

Geothermal Power Turns 50, Where is it Now?

Geothermal energy in the United States has reached its golden anniversary. 50 years ago, construction began on America’s first commercial-scale geothermal power plant just north of San Francisco. It was named The Geysers and has grown over the years from a single 11-megawatt power plant to a complex of 22 individual plants drawing energy from [...]

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