Residential Solar Power News
Starting small takes the “pocket pain” out of solar power
To cover your home energy needs, a solar installation should be about 5 to 7 kilowatts (kW) in size (average American homes eat up an estimated 920 kilowatt-hours, or kWh, per month, says the EIA).
At 7 kW, given an average solar insulation [...]
We’ve got a burning question for you, readers.
If you love solar power, enjoy reading all about it on our solar blog and ultimately hope to own a system yourself, what’s keeping you from taking the plunge? What obstacle, challenge, or hang-up means the difference between clean, free energy and the same old expensive, grid-tied power [...]
According to AlgaeIndustryMagazine.com, DOE’s Biomass Program will host “The Promise and Challenge of Algae as a Renewable Source of Biofuels,” on Wednesday, September 8, 2010, from 2:00–4:30 p.m. EDT