Archive for December, 2007
« Previous EntriesSolar Power Airplane
Sunday, December 30th, 2007We are not likely to be flying around the country in 747’s powered by solar energy any time in the next 5-10 years, but maybe in 20-30 something will break through.
Anyway this solar powered airplane is an interesting proof of concept that it is possible to build something to move a person through the air […]
Solar Energy Center for Energy Research at UNLV
Sunday, December 30th, 2007I have written on this site and others that I suspect that Las Vegas may be uniquely suited to field and pave the way for the rest of the country in utilizing solar energy both at a personal level on the home, but also at a business or corporate level.
This video starts to talk a […]
A Nice Basic Level Video to Understand Solar Energy
Sunday, December 30th, 2007This is very basic, but not a bad place to start. The video starts off a little goofy, but it gets going not too far after the beginning of the video.
YouTube - Solar Energy PSA
We all have to start some where and this video is not bad as a starting place. Interesting note, Australia has […]
Masdar Puts Solar Power To The Test for the Abu Dhabi
Sunday, December 30th, 2007I came across an interesting article about a proposed field test in the United Arab Emirates. The test is actually a competition amongst 22 companies. The UAE is not prone to sitting back hitting golf balls into the Persian Gulf and entirely relying on oil revenues, it is working to build a capital […]
Solar Energy Commercial
Thursday, December 27th, 2007Here’s an interesting Solar Energy Comercial (in an Apple does 1984 kind of way). Now, I do not always go in for these dark, the world is ending in the apocalypse types of settings, but in every exageration there is a grain of truth that can be gleamed to help us find just a wee […]
Solar Energy Installation Slide Show
Thursday, December 27th, 2007This slide show offers up a large number of examples of what the solar panels and the related equipment look like during the installation and after the installation of solar panels on homes or other related buildings.
I think the slide show gives a good example of the cosmetic end result that a home owner might […]
Senate Bill Stripped of Solar Provisions
Wednesday, December 26th, 2007In case you missed it, Congress and the President served to strip the Energy bill of provisions that would have extended Solar Product tax credits past 2008. Today, a homeowner can take a solar energy tax credit up to $2,000. The original Senate bill would have extended that solar energy tax credit limit up to […]
Milking the Desert for Solar Power
Sunday, December 16th, 2007Anyone that has been to visit any of the hotels in Las Vegas in the last 10 years knows that the corporate powers that rule the crown jewel of the desert never miss an opportunity to pull a profit on any segment of business. Every cost driver there has been turned into a revenue […]
Solio Portable Charger - Out of the Box First Impressions
Saturday, December 8th, 2007This week and I got started working with my Solio portable charger, a photovoltaic solar charger that also has a built in battery for transferring a charge to other electronic devices. First off the design packaging is relatively simple, and there are no tricks or anything peculiar that is required to get at the actual […]
Solio Portable Solar Power Charger
Monday, December 3rd, 2007 Today, I received a Solio portable hybrid Solar Power Charger. It can charge many different mobile devices using either Solar Power or you can charge the Solo battery, and later on when your device (camera, cell phone or game device) needs a charge, you can charge it off the Solio.
I have just received this […]