Green Business Solutions

Articles on solar

• Photovoltaic power generation conference - Austin, TX, Feb 23-25, 2010 Advances in photovoltaics technology and manufacturing processes will be addressed at this international conference, as well as emerging applications for photovoltaic-based solar power generation systems.
  
• Webinar: Los Angeles Co. Solar Map GIS Portal GIS portal for residents and businesses in Los Angeles County, CA to find information needed to install a solar photovoltaic (PV) system.
  
• Solar City To Be Built In Florida The city of the future will be built from scratch around renewable resources. California and Florida resources are being pooled to create the first such 'solar city'...Babcock Ranch.
  
• Solar PV Breakthrough with Antireflective Coating and Angle of Absorption Solar arrays to benefit from nanotube, super absorptive layers.
  
• Solar Lighting with LED Savings Solar plus LED lighting can reduce your electric bills and even increase your lighting quality.
  
• Berkeley Crafts a City-backed Property Tax Plan for Solar Installations Property tax payments have been approved as a financing plan for home solar systems in the city of Berkeley. This could become a national model.
  
• Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) by T.Clear and SolarPower Restoration Systems Solar energy roofing products for the building and solar industries
  
• Intel Starts a Solar PV Cell Company in Oregon Intel brings brains to solar cell chip manufacturing with a startup investment in SpectraWatt, based in Oregon.
  
• Solar for Homeowners Workshop
  San Diego, May 29 Workshop covers how to select solar systems, get rebates and save energy with solar PV systems.
  
• Solar Power Partners is Turnkey Solar Provider of Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) Complete no-upfront cost solar systems are installed, maintained and managed by turnkey solution providers
  
• Consumers Can Take FIRST STEP in Solar or Wind Generation Consumer information to get started with renewable energy using solar or wind power
  
• Market Transition Coming for Crystalline Solar to Thin-Film PV Solar Solar market transitions coming with shake-out among companies not prepared for thin-film technology
  
• PG&G Launches First US Solar-Powered Billboard in San Francisco Pacific Gas and Electric Company has launched the nation’s first solar-powered billboard.
  
• CPUC Approves Low-Income Solar Program for Single-Family Homes Nearly 7,000 low-income California households could receive free or highly subsidized solar photovoltaic systems under a $108 million CPUC program
  
• LA Community Colleges Transform Campuses with Green Building & Energy Curriculum Los Angeles Community College District develops LEED green building and solar curriculum programs. Local construction vendors are encouraged.
  
• CalFinder Referral Service for Solar Energy Contractors California referral service for solar and home improvement contractor services -- offers online solar estimator.
  
• Solar Education Program Teaches Green Tech Skills in High School Solar Education Program Teaches Green Tech Skills in High School
  
• Safeway's Energy Reduction Case Study Safeway economizes with solar arrays, LEDs, windpower and refrigeration upgrades.
  
• Solar LED Lights for Safety, Architectural & Landscape Lighting from Solar Cynergy From enhancing the decor of a backyard and illuminating walkways to providing hazard and safety lighting to parks, schools, dangerous intersections or crosswalks, Solar Cynergy offers facilities and communities solar LED environmental lights, an eco-friendly and cost-effective alternative to conventional wired lighting.
  
• Thermal Solar or Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Innovates Rooftop Turbine Power Thermal solar energy generation is being scaled down to the rooftop for peak energy savings and profitability
  
• Selling Solar -- Marketing That Works Globally PV Solar is one of a mix of successful alternative energy strategies found to be successful in developing countries.
  
• Thinfilm PV Solar Installation from Mother Earth News Thin film solar energy - photovoltaic energy has been available for some years, according to Mother Earth News.
  
• Solar Building Practices is the Standard Pinn Brothers home developers, standardizes on solar systems on new homes
  
• PG&E To Buy Solar Thermal Energy About 58 percent of the power PG&E supplied to its customers last year came from sources that didn’t emit carbon dioxide.
  
• Plug-in Hybrids Study The research looks at how popular adoption of plug-in hybrids (PHEVs), both by individuals and as part of large fleets, would affect the environment between 2010 and 2050.
  
• Solar Energy A growing library of solar articles for businesses, schools and public installations
  
• Greening the Corporate Sales Fleet at Abbott Abbott corporate fleet adopts hybrid alternative vehicles
  
• GreenMountain Engineering Develops Remote Power Device The roll-up solar design allows for a larger surface area for solar cell charging and a 40% smaller package useful for remote locations.
  
• An Aurora From space, the aurora is a crown of light that circles each of Earth’s poles.
  
• Solar Options Solar resources for photovoltaic energy, heating, water, processing and quality of life