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One Million Homes Can Be Powered by Mid-Atlantic Solar (Today)

Seeded on Thu May 17, 2012 3:27 PM EDT (CleanTechnica - By Jake Richardson)

The solar power capacity of installations in Mid-Atlantic states has expanded to over one gigawatt, or enough to power up to one million homes. Solar capacity has doubled in the region for each of the past two years.

technology, solar-power, capacity, installations, mid-atlantic-states, million-homes, one-gigawatt

Why is China Investing $3.7 Billion in Direct Current Transmission Lines? | The Energy Collective

Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 5:19 PM EDT (theenergycollective.com)

Seeded by luckydog

I’ve got to hand it to China, they don’t do anything by halves it seems, and announced on Sunday the 13th of May 2012, that construction had started on the worlds largest Ultra High Voltage Direct Current (UHVDC) power line. Oh, and they started on an second 75 …

technology, china, hvdc-power-distribution

US Navy Thinks Renewable Energy is the Future, But House Republicans Don't Want Them to Have It

Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 9:59 AM EDT (TreeHugger)

Seeded by Par4TheCourse

We've covered many times the efforts of the US Navy, driven largely by a desire to secure stable and domestic sources of energy, to create a so-called Great Green Fleet and Green Strike Force—that is, ships and planes powered by biofuels. Mat McDermott

technology, defense-department, house-armed-services-committee

SolarReserve Interview: What is Night Solar Power Worth to California?

Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 5:44 PM EDT (CleanTechnica - By Susan Kraemer)

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SolarReserve can operate potentially 24 hours a day, because its solar tower technology can bank the sun’s energy stored as heat – for as long as two months – which can be used to drive a turbine to make power at any time.

technology, solar-reserve

New Global Solar Industry Organization Formed

Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 5:40 PM EDT (CleanTechnica - By Zachary Shahan)

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There’s a new solar industry body in town, and it’s a big one. The Global Solar Council (GSC) is a new “CEO-level coalition of leading international companies in the photovoltaic solar value chain,” the GSC website state.

technology

Walmart to install solar panels on 27 stores in Mass. 18-month project will generate 10.5 megawatts

Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 2:55 PM EDT (Boston Globe)

Seeded by Par4TheCourse

Retail giant Walmart said it plans to install solar panels on top of about half of its roughly 50 Massachusetts stores as early as August as part of an expansion of solar power in the state. By Erin Ailworth (Image:Greenskies Renewable Energy LLC)

business, new-jersey, walmart, deval-patrick, install-solar-panels, 50-massachusetts-stores, early-as-august

Capacity of Planned and Operating Microgrids Continues to Grow

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 6:57 PM EDT (CleanTechnica - By Joshua S Hill)

Seeded by Par4TheCourse

A new report shows that, as of the second quarter of 2012, the number of microgrids either planned, proposed or currently operating has continued to increase, representing a 54 percent increase over planned and operating capacity identified in the fourth quarter of 2011.

technology, solar-energy, distributed-energy

NREL Simulates Shade Conditions in Repeatable Test for Solar Arrays

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 12:02 PM EDT (National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL))

Seeded by Par4TheCourse

New protocol finds microinverters can improve performance under shaded conditions more than 12% The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released a new repeatable test protocol that simulates real shade conditions and can pred …

technology, doe, nrel, david-briggs, simulates-shade-conditions, test-solar-arrays, enphase-energy, system-advisor-model, pv-evolution-labs, shading-testbed

Now Your Shoes Can Charge Your Phone

Seeded on Sun May 13, 2012 3:45 PM EDT (CleanTechnica - By Zachary Shahan)

Seeded by Par4TheCourse

24-year-old Anthony Mutua has created a device that turns your sneakers into cell phone chargers. The invention is being presented at Kenyan Science Technology and Innovation Week in Nairobi this week.

technology, phone, shoe, charge

Sunrun Nails It with Funny New Solar Ads (& Jon Stewart Nails Trump's Wind Turbine Concerns)

Seeded on Fri May 11, 2012 4:54 PM EDT (CleanTechnica - By Zachary Shahan)

Seeded by Par4TheCourse

Some great videos out in the last week or so. First of all, solar leasing giant Sunrun launched some commercials that drive home one of the more surprising facts about people who go solar — for the most part, they do it for the money. The video above is probably my favo …

technology, solar-ads, sunrun-solar

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