solar electricity Articles
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How to start a solar energy business
The renting of a solar energy system for your home is a new, attractive twist to the idea of switching to renewable energy. With the adoption of a leasing or rental model for residential solar electric systems, an average homeowner can now go green as well as build a solar energy business. The following article outlines the step by step requirements to starting your own solar energy business.Step ...
By Solargies
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Mirrors in Dawn Dusk Orbit for Low-Cost Terrestrial Solar Electric Power in the Evening
Herein, a constellation of mirror satellites in a dawn dusk polar orbit is desciibed with the mirrors deflecting sunbeams down to terrestrial solar electric power fields producing additional solar energy in the early morning and evening hours. A specific mirror satellite design is described where each satellite is comprised of a lightweight thin aluminized mirror membrane stretched flat by three ...
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Mirrors in Space for Low-Cost Terrestrial Solar Electric Power at Night
ABSTRACT — A constellation of 18 mirror satellites is proposed in a polar sun synchronous dawn to dusk orbit at an altitude of approximately 1000 km above the earth. Each mirror satellite contains a multitude of 2 axis tracking mirror segments that collectively direct a sun beam down at a target solar electric field site delivering a solar intensity to that terrestrial site equivalent to ...
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Dark Horse Brewery Solar Installation Case Study
Project Overview: Patriot Solar Group in support of Contractors Building Supply inc. (CBSI) have supplied racking to install a sloped asphalt shingle roof mount on top of the Dark Horse Brewery roof. Working closely with CBSI, Patriot Solar Group was able to procure materials and deliver them to the job site on schedule for the Dark Horse Brewery solar installation. The 40 panel, 10 kW solar ...
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Integrity Building Corp Mesa, Arizona
“IBC’s project is a great example of how a small business can realize the benefits of a PV power system. Not only will they save money on their utility bill by generating their own solar electricity, but they also significantly increased the value of their property.” Sean Seitz, president of American Solar Electric. Unique Feature: The system has generated more energy than ...
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Sustainable social development through innovations: understanding Indian cases
'Humanity has the ability to make development sustainable'. This paper demonstrates the entrepreneurial efforts undertaken to transform the deprived society of the world (Prahalad's bottom of the pyramid) through innovations which is offering a value proposition and ultimately the sustainability to these innovations in the future. Instead of striving to be right at a high cost, it will be ...
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Frito-Lay, Arizona Service Center Phoenix, Arizona
“Frito-Lay's use of PV power systems on their facilities demonstrates solar power is a viable means to meet the energy resources needed to run a large-scale business while addressing environmental issues.” Sean Seitz, American Solar Electric, Inc. Unique Feature: Real-time monitoring on the internet with SMA Web Box. Unique Fact: The Largest Private Sector Photovoltaic System in ...
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Two scenarios for a solar world economy
Solar energy using Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) technology will become the most abundant source of renewable energy. The technology and the economics of CSP are explained. An overview is given for the deployed CSP capacity, the CSP capacity which is currently being built, and the planned capacity. We make the following assumptions: (1) The learning curve for CSP technology will finally lead to ...
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Women’s PV Workshop
On a clear, sunny day in March 2003, a group of women were outside a California environmental science school talking shop—and that isn’t short for shopping. Discussing everything from conduit bending to system voltage, these 25 women were at Walden West Center in Saratoga, California, installing a 1.5 KW solar-electric system. Walden West is an outdoor environmental science school in the ...
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Start a business by riding the solar energy revolution
We are at the dawn of a solar revolution in the United States. Every aspect of the solar industry is experiencing explosive growth. Triple digit expansion in solar photovoltaic cell manufacturing, to the need for solar sales associates, to the huge demand for solar system installers. Opportunities abound everywhere. Upgrading the U.S. home to solar electric power is a whole lot easier. The ...
By Solargies
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Solar powered electric fence
The power of the sun's energy is that it's far-reaching. And with today's solar technologies, even rural areas can have access to electricity. However, it's not just large properties that can take advantage of a solar-powered electric fence. Home gardeners can reap the benefits too! Read on to see if this clean energy alternative is right for you. What is a solar-powered electric fence? A ...
By Lumin
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Solar energy options for renewable energy economies
The author gives a personal view of how solar energy is developing and should develop, and what we should be looking for in global systems which can be compared against a fossil and nuclear future. The author believes that biomass generation, solar thermal electricity and wind energy have the largest renewable generation potential over the next 15 years. It is important to value the environmental ...
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Microhydro Myths & Misconceptions
Residential-scale microhydro-electric systems have the reputation of being the holy grail of home renewable-energy (RE) systems. While they lack some of the hype, magic, and bling of solar-electric (photovoltaic) systems, microhydro systems are a simple technology that most people can understand...at least in general. In this article, we'll look at some common microhydro system misconceptions, ...
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Prospects of the development of the solar energy industry in the Caribbean
The Caribbean region is a chain of small islands that are vulnerable to the negative impacts of climate change and high oil prices. Renewable energy, or more specially, solar energy can provide a solution to both of these challenges for the Caribbean. Yet despite the positive impact solar energy can have upon the Caribbean, not much is being done to commerciality develop the solar energy industry ...
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How do solar panels work?
With the development of photovoltaic industry, solar energy becomes more and more popular, especially in remote area and poor area which is short of electricity, so many people find this is a big opportunity to deal with solar products to meet people’s electricity needs. When comes to use solar panels to convert solar energy into electricity, many people would wonder how do solar ...
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UA Tech Park in Tucson, AZ - Utility-Scale Ground-Mounted Projects - Case Study
Experience – Hit the ground running Only a few weeks before year-end 2011, VISSOLIS was approached by the PV module manufacturer Astronergy to save a stalled project. It was developed by an unrelated party and was in danger of being cancelled because of the lack of fi nancing, expiration of the Power Purchase Agreement and the termination of the land lease. Within only a few weeks, ...
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China’s Solar Panel Production to Double by 2017
China installed a world record amount of solar photovoltaics (PV) capacity in 2013. While this was the first time the country was the number one installer, China has led all countries in making PV for the better part of a decade. China now accounts for 64 percent of global solar panel production—churning out 25,600 megawatts of the nearly 40,000 megawatts of PV made worldwide in ...
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Project - Lockfield Home
The Lockfield Home is an off the grid home that our first to combat against dirty electricity. Solar panels, skylights and thermal concrete walls all work together to trap heat and power this home. Non-toxic materials were used as ...
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The Solar Industry Keeps Growing
For the last 10 years, Roller Die + Forming has been making parts for solar racking companies. We’ve watched the solar electricity industry grow from its infancy to helping put solar on roofs, in fields, and in huge solar farms. Since the introduction of the Solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC) in 2005, and its subsequent extensions, the installation of solar in residential, commercial, and ...
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Off-Grid Solar Systems – Self Sustainable Solar Energy
Newer, more efficient solar panels and inverters have been in the news recently, but advancements in solar technology aren’t limited to standard equipment. Energy storage is also moving closer to mass-market adoption, and more installers are offering solar batteries and solar panel battery banks (a.k.a. solar-plus-storage) as an option for homeowners. Solar-plus-storage systems include a ...
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