Archive for October, 2007

‘Your meter’s running backwards’

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

So I was surfing the Internet on a cloudy Friday morning when the doorbell rang.
It was a serviceman from American Electric Power-Public Service Company of Oklahoma, aka AEP-PSO.
“I’m here to replace your power meter,” he said. He warned me that if I had any computers running, I should shut them down and let him know […]

Next on NOVA: “Saved By the Sun”

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Saved by the Sun
Tuesday, October 23 at 8 p.m.
Check your local listings as dates and times may vary.
(Broadcast in High Definition where available.)
http://www.pbs.org/nova/solar
As the Earth heats up at a dangerous rate and fossil fuels become scarcer, ordinary citizens and businesses are bypassing the federal government to lead the way in exploring a clean, renewable source […]

Solar Alternative

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

I recently checked in solar hot water.  I need to replace my hot waterheater and thought it a good time to check into the cost of solar hot water.  I have a family of five- two adults and 3 young children.
 The cost would be approximately $13,000.  Wow!  I figured it would be costly but I […]

Large-scale harnessing of solar energy

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Arguably, the two most significant products - possibly the only two significant products - in years to come will be information and energy. It is already the case that countries with access to sources of energy can “punch above their weight” - they have a position on the world stage that they wouldn’t have were it not for those […]

Best Performing Solar Stocks (October 2007)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

The best solar stocks this month are FSLR, SPWR, JASO, and STP.  SPWR is picking up steam as FSLR slows downs from its amazing run. Check out the chart below:

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Growth in the Spanish solar market exceeds expectations

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Feed-in tariffs in Spain, initiated in 2004 to reach the European Union’s goal of increasing renewable energy use to 20 percent by 2020, guarantee energy produced by from renewable resources will be bought by local utilities at three times the normal market value for 25 years. The Spanish utilities have the obligation of giving renewable […]

Solar open house

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

If you’ll be in the Tulsa area on Nov. 10 and need something interesting to do with your afternoon, local alt-power guru John Miggins of Harvest Solar and Wind Power is putting together a solar open house.
The event, which will run from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, will include visits to […]

The days are getting shorter …

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

… So the amount of power generated by our solar panel array is dropping.
However, in the past 33 days (with a lot of rainy periods), it has generated 173 kilowatt-hours of electricity. That’s a respectable 5.2 per day.
And because we’re using the air conditioner much less, the sun is still generating a big percentage of […]

Cold sodas to buy … anywhere, anytime

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Have you ever been steaming hot at the beach or at that kid’s soft ball game and wanted to buy a soda (and, well, of course, recycle the soda can) … but there wasn’t one around? Or, there were semi-lukewarm ones available at exorbitant rates? Well, Solar Vending seems to have come up with a […]

It’s Time to Clean Up Our Earth in Peace

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai, December 31, 2006, Duisburg, Dusseldorf, Germany
The video footage of this new-year discussion is available for streaming or download from this page. (Scroll down to 247 and 246)

So, the time is right that everyone should push for peace now, at any price, because without peace […]