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How to master solar power energy at home forever!
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010tinyurl.com You can now learn in your own time how to reduce if not completely free yourself from your electricity bills by making your own solar energy panels at home. Master the free power of the sun, help to save the planet in the process and become self sufficient. Remember 2012 is coming!
San Antonio to Take Advantage of Solar Energy
Thursday, August 27th, 2009San Antonio to Take Advantage of Solar Energy
Here’s some happy news for those of us living near San Antonio, Texas.
CPS Energy is working with Juwi Solar on a 14-megawatt project to be built near San Antonio, Texas. This project, the Blue Wing Solar Farm, promises to generate “enough energy for 1,800 homes each year.
While I [...]
Can We Take Advantage of This Raging Solar Energy?
Friday, August 7th, 2009Image via Wikipedia
Can We Take Advantage of This Raging Solar Energy?
Our area of Texas recently set a new record: The driest 22-month stretch in recorded history. While our earth (and our aquifer) desperately needs rain, we are in no short supply of solar energy. I just wish we were in a position to take advantage [...]
Solar Panels On A Manufactured Home Budget
Monday, July 6th, 2009Image by clownfish via Flickr
Solar Panels On A Manufactured Home Budget
Solar panels and manufactured homes are not usually discussed in the same conversation. Solar energy companies cater to the high-end clientele, those who can afford the high upfront cost of solar panel installation.
Soon, solar panels and other renewable energy resources will be available to those [...]
Renewable Energy Roundup 2009
Friday, July 3rd, 2009Renewable Energy Roundup 2009
Would you like to actually see a solar panel? Have you wondered how a solar water heater works? How about a solar powered air conditioner?
There is a great event coming where you can learn how to use solar energy in your home. The 10th annual Renewable Energy Roundup 2009 is coming September [...]
Sun Volt Solar Asks an Interesting Question
Thursday, April 16th, 2009Image via Wikipedia
Sun Volt Solar Asks an Interesting Question
The folks at Sun Volt Solar asked an interesting question on their blog just over a week ago.
Here’s the question: Where are those guys in their garages?
The guys in garages refers to those tinkering folk among us who come up with remarkable, useful, innovations just tinkering in [...]
Is Renewable Energy the Next Subprime Mortgage Meltdown?
Monday, December 29th, 2008Image via Wikipedia
Is Renewable Energy the Next Subprime Mortgage Meltdown?
There are as many opinions about solar and renewable energies as there are people on the planet!
The article “Carbon Limits, Yes; Energy Subsidies, No” in the Wall Street Journal
highlights the expected actions of our new incoming president and the resulting republican opposition.
It seems most conversations get [...]
Renewable Energy Politics
Thursday, December 11th, 2008Image via Wikipedia
Renewable Energy Politics
What governments do affect us. It’s true.
The Incentive Tax Credits (ITC) recently passed can reduce your cost for home solar energy up to 30 percent. This is a better deal than the expiring tax credits which limited tax credits to $2000.
But we – the folks concerned about the environment and our [...]
Net ZEH Goals and Renewable Sources
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008Home Energy Utilities to use Renewable Sources
My home energy provider, Pedernales Electric Cooperative, www.pec.coop passed a resolution “to purchase or generate up to 30 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020.”
Our goal to be a net ZEH home has not changed. But while working toward to ultimate goal, it does make me happy [...]
Solar Energy Research: Is TreeHugger.com a Credible Information Source?
Thursday, November 13th, 2008Solar Energy Research: Is TreeHugger.com a Credible Information Source?
This blog, Simple Home Solar Energy, documents our journey toward a home powered by energy from the sun. Eventually we want to generate all the energy our home requires. Making it economically practical is part of our goal.
Implementation of renewable energy being relatively new to everyday consumers, [...]