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Storming sun sets the skies aglow

A slight solar storm ejected from a powerful sunspot brightened skies as far south as Colorado on Friday night — and there should be more to come. The heightened geomagnetic activity was sparked by a burst of electrically charged particles thrown off from an active spo …

Goldman Sachs Bets Big on Solar

This is another point of validation for the solar industry.

Goldman Sachs Bets Big on Solar

Goldman Sachs is investing in a $500 million fund from SolarCity that will in help the company install 110 MW of solar. This is the latest in a growing trend of big banks betting on solar power. Erin Miller sat down with solar analyst...Show More Summary

This Week in Solar

SolarCity pops, SunPower presents the future, and LDK Solar reports another loss.

This Week in Solar

This week was full of fireworks in the solar industry. SunPower released 2013 guidance, SolarCity got a big financing deal, and LDK Solar finally released 2012 earnings. Best of all for investors, most solar stocks moved significantly...Show More Summary

It's Like a Disaster Movie...sort of. Put Aside May 21st!

You all know how the plot of a disaster movie plays out...amidst the destruction of the city, the world, the solar system, a small plucky group of survivors goes about surviving, the concerns of the few outweighing the needs of the many, so to speak. Show More Summary

Sun Continues Impressive Activity, Tosses Coronal Mass Ejections at Earth

11 hours agoOdd : Geekosystem

If you weren't already aware, the Sun's been seeing a whole lot of action of late. Like, it's still being the Sun, but it's also putting out incredible X-class solar flares, complete with coronal mass ejections. The latter doesn't necessarily require the former, though, and that's where we find ourselves at currently. Show More Summary

First Solar, Inc. (FSLR), General Electric Company (GE): ‘Fair’ Is In This Person’s Eye

Americans spent more money on gasoline in 2012 than in any other year… ever. Meanwhile, here in 2013, retail gasoline prices spiked to $3.60 a gallon on average — $3.94 on the West Coast — the sharpest rise in prices seen in the past three months. And Iran is happy to hear it. In fact, [...]

Giant Elliptical Galaxy Harbors Largest Known Black Hole in Universe (Weekend Feature)

The black hole at the center of the super giant elliptical galaxy M87 in cluster Virgo fifty million light-years away is the most massive black hole for which a precise mass has been measured -6.6 billion solar masses. Orbiting the....

Spray On Solar

Don’t count on this anytime soon. Buy some rooftop panels. But it is ideas like this that eventually make the difference. From YushoStudios via YouTube Tweet !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementShow More Summary

How Adding An Electric Car Cut Solar Payback Time In Half

Do you think that buying an electric vehicle could reduce the payback time of a solar power system by 50%? Let us explore that. This is the story of a family in Pennsylvania who installed a 9.43 kW solar panel array to offset their electricity usage. Show More Summary

12.2 GW Of New Solar Approved Until February In Japan

This article was originally published on Lenz Blog. The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Industry, and Trade just published figures for renewable energy under the new feed-in tariff law in force since last July. Thanks to this tweet by Hiro Matsubara for the link. Show More Summary

They totally think we’re not smart …. (solar energy)

Hahaha Ha. This is about solar energy being repressed by energy interests in Arizona.

Consumers favor solar over smart grid

A recent report from Navigant Research shows that consumer acceptance of renewable energy sources such as solar and wind is nearly 70 percent among respondents. However, concepts like smart grid are looked upon favorably by just over 35 percent (about half the favorability of solar) of consumers surveyed, with 65 percent viewing the smart grid Continue reading ?

Thin-film solar cells could become more efficient – thanks to moths' eyes

Because moths need to use every little bit of light available in order to see in the dark, their eyes are highly non-reflective. This quality has been copied in a film that can be applied to solar cells, which helps keep sunlight from being reflecting off of them before it can be utilized. Show More Summary

Goldman Finances Huge SolarCity Push to Build Panels

SolarCity, the solar power utility venture backed by billionaire tech investor Elon Musk, has found itself a new financial backer with even more wealth at its disposal: Goldman Sachs. On Thursday, SolarCity announced that Goldman has...Show More Summary

NASA's STEREO detects a CME from the sun

On 5:24 a.m. EDT on May 17, 2013, the sun erupted with an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection or CME, a solar phenomenon that can send billions of tons of solar particles into space that can reach Earth one to three days later and affect electronic systems in satellites and on the ground. Show More Summary

WE CARE Solar Suitcase Saves Mothers’ and Babies’ Lives by Providing a Vital Light Source During Childbirth

In the developing world, mortality rates for expectant mothers total over 300,000 deaths each year. The WE CARE Solar Suitcase is a brilliant new device that aims to reduce this figure by providing hospitals in off-grid areas with access to a steady source

Student designed Solar Garage produces energy, grows food too

This smart redesign of the common garage uses solar power to optimize the charging of electric vehicles and the germination of food crops.

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