Amazon.com The Sunforce 50044 60-Watt Solar Charging Kit gives you several more reasons to love the sun. It provides the power you need, while helping you save money and protect the environment. This kit is ideal for cabins, recreational vehicles, remote power, back-up power, and 12-volt battery charging. It comes with everything you need to [...]
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When it comes to portable solar chargers, size definitely matters. Some can really only handle small electronics like cell phones and cameras. Not so for Muzatch – its solar charger designed for laptops can actually recharge 95% of the digital products on the market. The MZH-SP-6500/ SP-6000 renewable energy charger, shown to the left, is [...]
Everyone loves to hate mega-retailer Wal-Mart, but perhaps there is some truth to its “Save Money. Live Better.” slogan. The Wal-Mart Foundation recently announced that it is donating $1.2 million to the National Energy Education Development Project to help schools install solar panels in 5 U.S. cities. Not only will the solar panels on the [...]
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Have you considered home solar power? What is stopping you from switching to the clean renewable energy source? If you are like most homeowners, there are several factors: cost, appearance and complexity. Yet, with solar shingles, its easy to let your roof cover your electricity bills! Since 2005, solar shingles (also known as photovoltaic shingles) [...]
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The BP Oil Spill is spurring discussions on a number of levels – perhaps most importantly with respect to renewable energy. A new webite, www.solarspill.com is encouraging solar energy alternatives in response to the gulf oil spill disaster. Created by a group of Florida business people, solarspill.com aims to educate the public about the tremendous [...]
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This week, something new is brewing at Anheuser-Busch. With the installation of more than 3,000 PV solar panels on the rooftop of its Newark, New Jersey brewery, the company will start generating enough solar electricity to completely power 62 homes each year (more than 525,000 kilowatt hours). The panels cover about 65,000 square feet, and [...]
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Electric vehicles are here, folks. 2010 is the year that many major automakers start rolling out the much anticipated EVs that will help save us from global warming and future disasters like the one unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico. Yet, some critics note that electric vehicles are not entirely green when users tap into [...]
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For those of you as distressed as I am by the unrelenting oil spill in the Gulf Region, there is some positive news on the energy front. The International Energy Agency (IEA) announced this week its expectation that solar will comprise 25% of all electricity by 2050! In two reports on Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) [...]
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With summer almost here, its time to think about hiking, biking, camping and other enjoyable outdoor activities. The last thing you want to think about while spending time in nature is whether your cell phone will lose its charge, or if you brought extra batteries for your flashlight. There are a wide variety of solar [...]
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