Tag Archive | "solar"
250 Megawatts of Solar Power Coming to California
Southern California Edison, the main utility company for an area including San Diego and Los Angeles, announced Thursday that they plan to spend $875 Million to power over 162,000 homes. Image from Capital I on Flickr At least when the rest of us have succumbed to the resource wars, [...]
Continue reading...China’s Solar Hot Water Capacity Will Soon be Equivalent to 40 Nuclear Plants
Friday, February 22, 2008
How far behind are Canada and the United States? How about these for eye-opening statistics: Solar collectors on the roof of an apartment block in Xian, China. Image by Richard Chambers
Continue reading...The City that Just Said No to Nuclear
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Some 30 years ago, I lived in the small city of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Freiburg, Germany. Photo by CrazyD At that time, Ontario Hydro wanted to build a nuclear plant in nearby Pickering, Ontario. Between sets at the annual summer concert in Peterborough’s Crary Park a man got [...]
Continue reading...Welcome to the Solar Century
Friday, January 4, 2008
New technology means solar power could one day provide all the world’s energy needs – but governments must do their bit. Until a few years ago the suggestion that solar power might provide the answer to the intertwined problems of long term energy security and climate change would [...]
Continue reading...Grandma Dreams Up Big Solar Plan in Kitchen
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
By new contributor Marguerite Manteau Rao. Check out her blog. If you feel like writing for us, drop us an email! Lisa Max is no ordinary 64 year-old grandma. Tired of paying too much for her electricity, and also wanting to help the environment, she started a grassroots
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Friday, March 28, 2008
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