Solar Trading News

This Swiss and German enterprise is planning to make the first solar powered trip around the world. The ship will run silently and cleanly on a large solar panel array. The voyage is planned to do several things. Firstly, to show that it can be done. Secondly, the sailors want to raise the profile of [...]

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Eben Bayer won the Picnic Green challenge with this innovative material. As an alternative to polystyrene insulation, it ticks all the boxes. It takes very little energy to produce. It is an entirely organic structure. And it equals the performance of more conventional insulation. The Picnic Green Challenge award is given to entrepreneurs who also [...]

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Veranda Solar has devised a smart solar panel. You can clip it onto almost any part of your house: windows, gutters, balconies. You can literally ‘go solar’ in an afternoon.And as you require more power, you simply clip more panels together. The really interesting part of this is that Veranda Panels cost about half of [...]

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The mayor of Phoenix wants his city to become the new center for solar development and enterprise. Phoenix is certainly well endowed with sunshine. But this plan has so much more to it. Mayor Phil Gordon is planning to integrate energy efficiency. Retro fitting buildings to bring them into energy efficiency will provide jobs. In [...]

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A bill is being drafted that will make it much easier for solar infrastructure to be funded. Bassically, this means that solar can be produced at remote energy centers. The infrastructure to deliver the solar power to homes and businesses is costly. This new draft bill means that states will fund more of this infrastructure, [...]

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