Originally published on 1Sun4All. Solar Impulse reports that the Silicon Valley–based Internet company known as Google (heard of it?) has become Solar Impulse’s official Internet Technology Partner. To commemorate this, the Solar Impulse team will take its Google+ URL (google.com/+solarimpulse) to new heights on the side of their Swiss Solar Impulse airplane. The following is an … [continued]
Most early adopters of solar PV systems originally had the hopes of having power even if the grid went down with a power outage, only to find out that was not how things worked with grid-tied solar PV systems — if the grid went down, electricity from their PV system … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. Several years ago, Tony Seba, an energy expert from Stanford University, published a book called Solar Trillions, predicting how solar technologies would redefine the world’s energy markets and create an investment opportunity worth tens of trillions of dollars. Most people looked at him, he says, as if … [continued]
Here’s a fun fact: Elon Musk, the co-founder, CEO, and Product Architect of Tesla, has an annual salary of $1 at Tesla. However, that doesn’t tell the full story. The 21st century Renaissance man gets a bit more for meeting specific performance targets. In quarter 2 of 2013, Tesla’s financial reports show that … [continued]
This article originally published on RenewEconomy After driving several hours along Interstate 15 through the desolate and ancient land formations of the Mojave Desert, and after rising over a large summit, you are suddenly presented with a glimpse of what many say is the future of electricity generation. The 392MW … [continued]
This article originally appeared on RenewEconomy US solar giant SunPower intends to use Australia as a beach-head for developing and perfecting a new “energy services” business model, which it then plans to export to other markets around the world. SunPower will use the Australian renewable-based “gentailer” Diamond Energy as the … [continued]
This article first appeared on RenewEconomy A new Silicon Valley developer of thin film solar PV modules, backed by an Australian venture capitalist, has claimed an engineering breakthrough that could cut the manufacturing costs of PV modules by one third. RSI has broken cover after five years of development to … [continued]
Mosaic, which has a cool solar schools program going on, recently published its list of the “Top 15 Solar Schools” and offered it up for reposting on CleanTechnica. I figured you’d love this one, so here it is: By Jacob Sandry Many colleges and universities have made the smart move to … [continued]
This article was originally published on the website of The Alliance for Solar Choice. The nation’s leading rooftop solar companies today announced the formation of The Alliance for Solar Choice (TASC). TASC believes anyone should have the option to switch from utility power to distributed solar power. Founding members represent … [continued]
I know some people like to rail on the “Tesla fanboys.” Well, Tesla certainly does have a good number of enthusiastic fanboys (and fangirls). Apparently, some of them have gotten together and planned a Tesla-focused conference, Teslive. And, news is, Elon Musk himself will be the keynote speaker. The first (annual?) … [continued]
