SoCal Edision to Create U.S’s Largest Solar Power Plant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAoZm4E2C-I
Southern California is to be the home of the U.S.’s largest solar generating system. This isn’t set to be a single plant in a single location. This is an interconnected network of PV installations that will be placed on the roofs of commercial buildings such as warehouses and the power not used by the building [...]
Solar Powered Boat Concept
I came across this on youtube and thought it was pretty cool. This is a concept boat at this point. It is a hybrid of sorts, powered by pedal power and it also has the option of solar power/batteries. This doesn’t really look like an open sea vessel of course, but I could definately see [...]
Grand Opening of New “Solar Office” in California
UNION CITY, California, March 25 /PRNewswire/ — On Tuesday, April 1,
2008, Schuco, the world’s foremost maker of energy-efficient building
envelopes, opens its first sales and training center on the West Coast.
Union City, California will soon be synonymous with innovative solar power
equipment and systems. Under its overarching concept “Energy2 - Saving
energy and generating energy”, Schuco supplies [...]
Electric Cars - Great advances in autos or just cool toys?
When people think of electric cars, the first thing that comes to mind usually is a golf cart. The electric cars that are being produced today, and the ones that are still in the development stage are a little more powerful than what you’ll find on the back nine. No longer are electric cars odd [...]
Creating Cheap Wind Power
While out surfing the net today, I came across 2 videos on youtube that really caught my eye. Both are of VAWT (Vertical Axis Wind Turbine) setups. One is made from a plastic drum like you see for most any liquid. All the parts (less generator) to create this are less than $100 dollars.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UPe6A_UVPc
If that [...]
