In Palo Alto, CA, a medical foundation is putting their power where the need is. They are putting up a wind turbine from a new start-up company, and it will be installed at the foundation itself, which means it could…
How Much Do Solar Panels Cost?
Whenever I see a question like this, my first answer is always, “It depends.” What factors determine cost?
* How much power do you need?
* How much sun does your location receive in an average year?
* How much of the installation can you do yourself?
* Are you tying into the grid, or will you be completely self-contained?
New Renewable Energy Investment: Brains
This week’s Friday picker-upper comes from a CNN Money article about Bob Metcalfe, widely acclaimed as the ‘inventor’ of the internet. Mr Metcalfe has had many successes as innovator and entrepreneur, and he is now turning his creative sights on…
Calculate Your Solar Energy Savings
The National Renewable Energy Labs has an online tool to help you calculate how much you might save by installing solar panels at your exact location. The program, entitled In My Backyard (IMBY) allows you to draw a solar array…
Solar Hot Water Trough Heater
For the do-it-yourself crowd, there is a series of videos over at YouTube by a group called Green Power Science that you’ll be interested in seeing. The one below is a good example of the quality of their videos. It…
Renewable Energy Tax Incentives
The end of the year is coming, and that means the last chance for new tax deductions for 2008. There has been a lot of press about federal and state tax incentives for solar panel and wind turbine installations, both…