In a plan that is less surprising than audacious, Las Vegas city fathers plan to place solar panels on top of carports at a number of city-owned and operated facilities.The $11-million plan, will reportedly cut the city’s electricity costs by about $300,000 a year when completed, and generate enough electricity to supply 170 homes.The solar [...]
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December 30th, 2010
Building Affordable Home Solar Energy Systems
Today, many people believe that home solar energy is only useful if it is turned into electricity. At the same time, they may be missing an enormous number of methods for reducing the cost of energy in their home. Among other things, you do not need a photovoltaics panel in order to use passive solar [...]
December 29th, 2010
Solar Energy Around Your Home
You may be surprised to learn how solar energy extraction has been around for over 100 years, and during the industrial revolution, the sun was used to produce steam which would then drive turbines generating power.The technology we use today does not rely on steam, but the charging of electrons contained within solar cells made [...]