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Xcel Energy plans to add more solar power in Colo. as it boosts its renewable energy portfolio
Oct 28th, 2009 - ChicagoTribune
DENVER (AP) - Xcel Energy Inc. has added more than 257 megawatts of solar power to its plan for meeting Colorado's renewable energy standard by 2020. The utility filed its plan Tuesday for meeting the standard...
Xcel Energy to add more solar power in Colorado
Oct 28th, 2009 - Boston
DENVER—Xcel Energy Inc. has added more than 257 megawatts of solar power to its plan for meeting Colorado's renewable energy standard by 2020. The utility filed its plan Tuesday for meeting the standard...
Next German gov't to cut solar subsidies
Oct 14th, 2009 - Forbes
BERLIN -- Germany's next government is considering slashing subsidies to renewable energy industries, particularly solar, an energy expert with Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats said Tuesday. Michael Fuchs...
Colo. law opens way for solar-energy leases
Oct 13th, 2009 - Boston
DENVER—Colorado homeowners who want to go solar now have a chance to lease the equipment rather than buy it. San Francisco-based SunRun announced Tuesday that it...
Solar homes go for high-tech and practicality
Oct 10th, 2009 - CNET
WASHINGTON--If you designed a net zero-energy home, would it be a science experiment or something you'd move into as soon as it was done?
At this year's Solar Decathlon student competition...
Solar Energy videos from YouTube:
4:21Brink - Storing Solar Energy
Chemist Dan Nocera's work capturing and storing solar energy may save the world. No, really!
1:15How Solar Energy Panels Work
How to build your own Home Solar Energy or Wind Turbine Power Plant. floydbogart.com www.tripika.net
6:10Solar Energy Concentrator
Purchase: hilaroad.com This video demonstrates how solar energy can be focused with a curved mirror. Once focused this energy can be used to cook food, sterilize water even create electricity. Includes an explanation of Energy, Power, Joules, Watts ...
2:24Solar Energy Cheaper than Coal
Solar energy produced by International Automated Systems, Inc. is now a practical alternative to coal. A revolutionary bladeless turbine enables new solar pods to produce solar power at a lower cost than coal, and free of emissions ...
Solar Energy from WikiPedia:
Solar energy is the radiant light and heat from the Sun that has been harnessed by humans since ancient times using a range of ever-evolving technologies. Solar radiation along with secondary solar resources such as wind and wave power, hydroelectricity and biomass account for most of the available renewable energy on Earth. Only a minuscule fraction of the available solar energy is used.
Solar power provides electrical generation by means of heat engines or photovoltaics. Once converted, its uses are limited only by human ingenuity. A partial list of solar applications includes space heating and cooling through solar architecture, potable water via distillation and disinfection, daylighting, hot water, thermal energy for cooking, and high temperature process heat for industrial purposes.
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