Tag Archives: solar power

O.K., let’s install 200,000 GW of solar

2012-8-17 – 6:28 pm

This NREL report indicates that “rural utility-scale photovoltaics has more potential than any other renewable energy technology.”

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Distributed Solar Lessons from California

2012-7-1 – 8:20 pm

“Costs fall off as projects increase in size to a sweet spot of 3-5 MW and then rise again. Divided over the projected output over 25 years, however, these costs are in the hundredths of a cent per kilowatt-hour.”

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Solar Frontier to supply world’s largest CIGS solar plant

2012-1-26 – 5:44 pm

Thin solar, which runs on light, is lighter than some other solar panels when you have to haul them.

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Community Scale Solar Power

2011-8-19 – 8:52 am

Let’s get building those Fibonacci sequence solar PV power plants

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Know Credible People

2011-8-11 – 9:04 pm

Increase water conservation and water use efficiency in thermoelectric production.

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Less Water for Big Eddie

2011-6-23 – 1:09 pm

Changing rainfall patterns and unusual temperature swings, sometimes causing power plants to shut down their steam turbines and wait for wetter and/or cooler days.

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Mexican ISCC

2011-6-17 – 10:30 am

Places where solar thermal are most indicated also may be more susceptible to water shortages, which is a disadvantage of this form of Concentrated Solar Power compared with photo voltaic systems.

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Mesquite Solar Plant

2011-5-2 – 6:29 pm

The entire complex eventually will have 700 MW capacity.

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For the Future of Life on the Planet as We know It

2011-3-23 – 11:34 am

Yes, you still can have your caroling coal nuggets.

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Flexible Silicon Nanowire Solar Cells

2011-1-2 – 12:12 pm

Atwater envisions roll-to-roll production of this photo voltaic laminate.

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