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Three electric car manufacturers have recently announced solar powered electric cars for production. All three manufacturers expect to have solar electric cars on sale to the general public in the next few months.
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Solar calculators now support Central Africa
8 Mar 2010
The solar irradiance tables and solar angle calculators have been updated to include Central Africa: Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, The Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria and Zambia have now been added to the calculators.
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Solar powered steam power station
18 Feb 2010
Instead of conventional solar plants that use solar panels to convert light into electricity, eSolar's thermal solar plants use softare-controlled heliostats to reflect sunlight onto a central tower to heat water for steam. The steam is then used to rotate a turbine to generate electricity.
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How do we get solar panels down to under $1 per watt?
16 Feb 2010
A great article about the future for solar PV and the battle to get the installed price down to under $1 per watt.
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Italy now added to the online solar calculators
22 Jan 2010
Italy has now been added to the online solar calculators!
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Central and South America added to Solar Calculators
21 Jan 2010
130 cities across Central and South America have now been added to the solar calculators on this site. The irradiance tables and solar angle calculators can now provide information on a city-by-city basis across the entire American continent.
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How green is the UK National Grid?
14 Jan 2010
If you want to see the carbon footprint of the UK National Grid, this web page shows you how much impact each unit of electricity has on the environment.
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Solar gadgets: from solar powered straw hats and bird houses to solar powered underwear, as soon as solar power became affordable the era of the useless solar gadget was inevitable.
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If you are interested in generating your own power - called 'micro generation' - there are lots of ways you can do this. Depending which one is the right one for you will depend on what you want to achieve, the characteristics of your location and the amount of money you want to spend.
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When I first started investigating and using solar power, I looked for a book to help get me started - a solar book that would teach me the fundaments of the technology: to explain how solar worked and help me avoid the mistakes that others had made. To my surprise, no such solar book existed.
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I am often asked which is better - solar modules, or wind turbines. The answer, of course, is that it isn't as simple as stating which technology is better - both have their benefits and drawbacks and which technology is best depends very much on the application and the location of the system.
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