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Monday, Oct 07, 2013

Stanford’s Solar-Powered Car In Darwin, Australia

Greetings from the Hidden Valley Raceway in Darwin, Australia! It’s been a while since we last posted from Port Augusta – and a lot has happened. Since departing from the Southern coast, we ran an approximately 1250km mock race, camped in the Outback while driving through the Northern Territory, settled down in Darwin at the Racetrack, drove a few laps, and (mostly) completed the scrutineering process for the 2013 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge.

Thursday, Oct 03, 2013

Solar Decathlon Sets Bright Example

As disappointed as some local fans of the Solar Decathlon may be, it turns out this might have been a good year for the event to move out of Washington, D.C. While budget dispute clouds loom over the federal government and the Capitol, the biannual Department of Energy event is casting its own sunshine in Irvine, California.

Wednesday, Oct 02, 2013

Solar Heating and Cooling Roadmap Fact Sheet

Current energy dialogue in the U.S. is centered on the solutions that reduce energy costs as well as the carbon pollution from the electricity and transportation sectors. However, a third sector is missing from this dialogue: the thermal energy that is used for heating and cooling applications.

Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013

New Report Shows Importance of Expanding Solar Heating and Cooling

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As a way to help bolster the U.S. economy, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) today released a comprehensive new report outlining ways to create 50,250 new American jobs and save more than $61 billion in future energy costs by expanding the use of innovative and cost-effective solar heating and cooling (SHC) systems across the nation.

Monday, Sep 30, 2013

The Ivanpah Solar Project: Generating Energy Through Fields of Mirrors

When I visited the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, which sits in the Mojave Desert on the border between California and Nevada, I had to be careful where I looked. The engineers warned me not to look directly at the receivers arrayed on top of the centralized solar towers, which collected the desert sunlight concentrated by thousands of mirrors on the desert floor. The solar receiver was as bright as the heart of the sun, glowing with a retina-melting white. I had to force myself to look away.

Monday, Sep 23, 2013

Designing Bright Ideas: Solar Decathlon 2013

If you ask Solar Decathlon director Richard King why the average person might want to swing by the U.S. Department of Energy's biennial competition when it opens in 12 days, he answers with a question of his own:"Where else can you see 20 houses so inspiring, side by side?"

Monday, Sep 16, 2013

APS Solar Plant Produces Electricity, Even After Dark

A massive new solar plant near Gila Bend that has the unique ability to produce power long after the sun sets has begun sending power to the grid.

Monday, Sep 16, 2013

Solar Plane Pioneers Team Up with Google

The company behind Solar Impulse, the first solar airplane capable of flying day and night without using any fuel, is partnering with Google to help promote its goal of circumnavigating the globe in 2015 using only solar energy.

Monday, Sep 16, 2013

Why Are Some Big Utilities Embracing Small-Scale Solar Power?

One of New York’s largest utilities will save $84 million by paying developers to put solar panels on the roofs of buildings. And it's not alone.

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