Archive for January, 2008
« Previous EntriesCellular Industry Provides Solar Financing Business Model Example
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008Years ago I used to work for Motorola and Verizon Wireless was just forming at the time. They eventually became my largest customer. The cellular phone industry works on subsidies of equipment and that model could work for solar power also.
Carriers subsidize consumers purchase of cell phones by getting their customers to agree to 1 […]
Solar Powered Self Heating Vest
Sunday, January 27th, 2008 I write another blog from time to time called Maven Mapper’s Information - the Light and Maven Mapper’s Information - The Dark. The purpose of the latter is to talk about technology that doesn’t quite work or preferably to talk about technology that could work if it just had that certain something.
This evening I […]
Retrofitting Cars to Plug Into the Grid
Saturday, January 26th, 2008I’d like to talk about a concept idea for a solar power concept. One of the issues with building out an electric car infrastructure deals with the existing cars on the road. It would take a massive effort to replace all the very heavy cars and gas guzzlers in general. Some progress is made these […]
Solar powered WiFi Router by Meraki
Friday, January 25th, 2008 You may recall that I was lamenting about not seeing very many solar power products at the consumer electronics show in Las Vegas a couple weeks back.
I was more likely to see gold bangle kitch and light up rubber balls as freebies than solar power panels at CES.
Well, there were a few products […]
Solar Powered Churches - Has their Time Come?
Thursday, January 17th, 2008I’d like to offer up a suggestion to the churches of the world. Why don’t you consider installing solar power panels on your church roofs along with a grid tie in. Think about all those churches all around the world. They typically have very large roofs and surface areas on those roofs. They are […]
The Fed Chairman, Recession and Solar Energy Tax Credits
Thursday, January 17th, 2008A few years ago the US government ended tax credits to home owners for solar energy products and installation. Many saw the removal of this tax subsidy as the end to an era in the solar energy industry as it related to homeowners. This removal happened at a time when oil prices had not […]
$100 million Investment to start Schott Solar Plant in Alburquerque
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008It will require $100 million just to get it off the ground and won’t start until 2009, but Schott Solar Inc will build a manufacturing facility in Alburquerqe, New Mexico.
Forest City Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE:FCEA)(NYSE:FCEB) announced today that SCHOTT AG, a global leader in glass and optics and one of the largest solar technology manufacturers […]
That Future Solar Investment Could be an Old Blue Chip Stock
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008Solar enthusiasts were not looking for diamond pendants for Christmas, they were looking for new cheaper technologies that could make solar energy a reality for themselves as well as for the rest of the country. The search for cheap and efficient solar energy has been a dream for many for decades and a reality for […]
A Few Select Solar Products at CES
Friday, January 11th, 2008Well, I have to admit that I did not find terribly many solar power products at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week. I frankly expected much more. I did find a few and will cover those soon, but I expect mountain loads of materials on new solar powered products and the reality […]
Consumer Electronics Show 2008 - Las Vegas
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008This week I am attending the Consumer Electronics Show
(CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is the Super Bowl of the electronics industry, and people come from around the world to display their goods and view what will be offered up this year in retail stores around the world.
Yesterday I took care registration matters and took […]