Solar Wall

Visitors take photos of an egg-shaped mobile house near its owner Dai Haifei’s office building in Beijing, on December 3, 2010. Dai, who is from central China’s Hunan province and cannot afford Beijing’s high rental prices, has been living in the house which costs about 6427 yuan ($965). The house is made of bamboo strips, steel bars, heat prevention and waterproof materials, sacks filled with fermented wood chips and grass seeds, as well as one solar-cell panel, local media reported.

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saveplanetearth:

400 PPM: Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere Reaches Prehistoric Levels @ Scientific American via tcktcktck

(via smarterplanet)

solarreviews:

Amonix, which makes concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) systems, has once again broke a world record for real world efficiency testing — reaching a peak efficiency of 36.2 percent in  NREL tests. 

Read what this means for CPV technology …

dailyfusion:

Solar Garage Roof Will Charge Electric Cars

solarreviews:

Massachusetts now has 250 megawatts of solar energy installed, according to Gov. Deval Patrick. It’s a significant number for such a small state, particularly a northeastern one, and even more significant because it reached  its goal—four years early!

Read the full article on the SolarReviews blog. 

kqhv:

Mirebalais Haiti, Home Of The Largest Solar Powered Hospital In The World

greenival:

Breaking News: Goodbye Affordable Solar Panels

news from SolarPenny.com, a new 248% tariff on solar panels imported from China will put a stop to many small businesses who import these products. This tariff means that $18k in solar panels will be charged an additional $44.8K in tariffs, in essence almost quadrupling the price of each panel.

Solar Penny still offers panels made in the US and Canada which are not subject to the outrageous tariffs.  Their 50 watt panels cost around $99.

redflagflying:

American schools are going solar, and using energy savings to put teachers back to work.

Georgia’s Dublin City Schools Superintendent Chuck Ledbetter says by 2014 solar will save the district enough money to cut teacher furloughs. That means “another school day for our students and another day for our teachers to work, which is a good thing.”

Source: E & E ClimateWire, March 28,2013

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visitbead:

Congratulations to Harmony School, who dedicated their new Solar Garden sculpture during their annual celebration of May Day yesterday evening with the Morris Dancers. They worked very hard on this special sculpture all semester!

smokedosjoints:

Fresh as fuck #solar

renewablebydesign:

Solar Everywhere.

Since viewing this image a few days ago, it’s been at the front of my mind and my laptop desktop ever since. I half love it for its sheer gusto, but I hate it for its blandness and unimaginative integration of PV tech. It reminds me of the first DIY computer kits from the 70s, the odd collections of circuit boards and wires you’d imagine Steve Jobs playing with in his garage. We can do better. We need a Steve Jobs of solar. BIPV can be elegant, integrated and doesn’t have to dominate or infest like a virus as illustrated in this picture. It is coming.