Solyndra Inc. has recently developed a new solar cell system that will reduce the costs of solar power production. They will install it over the rooftop of a North Sacramento plastics factory. This investment will prove to be one of the biggest West Coast solar harvesting systems.

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13,400 modules, manufactured by the Chinese company Trina Solar, provide 2,4 MW at peak capacity, equivalent to the needs of 280 American houses. The energy generated will reduce the building’s electricity bills with 25% and in it’s lifetime of 20 years the solar panels will save about $4.4 million.

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Boston-based Practical Solar comes with an interesting house heating offer and, with the help of a millennium-old technology, aided by computer software, wants to bring heat in your homes directly from the sun. Simpler said, they projected a set of mirrors to beam their light on your house.

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I got an email today from John Reed which contains some very nice information about solar installations in Northern California produced by NorCal Solar Energy Association.  This association,  is a non-profit, solar education group in Northern California.  They just released some new findings on the growth of solar energy installations for 165 cities in the [...]

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Whoever said that has just been disproved. Solar power can be used by everybody - even those people who do not get electricity and those who just do not get much income per day.
See, the truth is, getting solar power for one’s home can be quite costly. That is, if you would be purchasing solar [...]

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