solar electricity Articles
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Take Your Bedroom Off the Grid
In recent years there has been a growing interest in renewable energy. The problem is that many people cannot afford to implement a complete renewable energy system all at once. As interest grows and renewable energy equipment prices fall, people will not be ready to take advantage unless the industry and non-profits undertake serious public education. Redwood Alliance, an 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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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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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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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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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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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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Solar thermal power plants for the Spanish electricity market
Solar thermal power plants are at present the cheapest technology for solar electricity production. At good sites Levelised Electricity Costs (LEC) of 11 Ct/kWh have been achieved in commercially operated power plants. Economy of scale and further technical improvements will reduce the LEC for future projects. On the 27th of March 2004 in Spain the existing feed-in-law has been modified in order ...
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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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Purchasing power: best practices guide to collaborative solar procurement
Solar photovoltaics (PV) is a commercially proven technology and, in markets with incentives, can compete with traditional fossil fuel-based power. Wider adoption and decreases in manufacturing costs are driving down the cost of solar electricity. As the industry grows and matures, it will optimize and standardize its practices to further reduce costs and make solar energy accessible to a ...
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A Decade of PV Lighting in the Colorado Rockies
Backcountry skiing in the Colorado Rockies is exhilarating and exhausting.There’s nothing better after a hard day of skiing through fresh powder than ending up at a mountain hut miles from the nearest town with a wood burning stove, comfortable beds and solar-powered lights. This might sound like a dream too good to be true. Yet in the mountains between Aspen and Vail there is a system of ski ...
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