The iPhone seems like the perfect accessory for a solar power enthusiast. Right now, you have to navigate a maze of websites such as PV Watts to calculate how much energy you can expect to produce and how many years a solar array will take to pay itself off. The iPhone could cut to the [...]
http://zgdjyg.com/2011/08/02/20-solar-apps-for-your-iphone/
Solar panels are supposed to be a set-and-forget technology. Mine have performed just as advertised. All the installer said I need to do is look them over a couple of times a year and rinse off any dirt buildup. The approval and installation process had its delays and gaffes , but all’s well that ends [...]
http://zgdjyg.com/2011/02/16/the-literally-shocking-truth-about-the-quality-of-solar-arrays/
Editor’s Note: Scientific American’s George Musser will be chronicling his experiences installing solar panels in Solar at Home (formerly 60-Second Solar). Read his introduction here and see all posts here . Solar homeowners’ favorite topic of conversation is the performance of their arrays. As part of the sales pitch, the installer estimates how much power [...]
http://zgdjyg.com/2011/02/08/a-solar-detective-story-explaining-how-power-output-varies-hour-by-hour/
Editor’s Note: Scientific American’s George Musser will be chronicling his experiences installing solar panels in Solar at Home (formerly 60-Second Solar). Read his introduction here and see all posts here . As if the news coming out of Washington about a climate bill weren’t bad enough, state budget crises are also sucking the blood out [...]
http://zgdjyg.com/2011/02/08/solar-subsidies-are-a-victim-of-state-budget-crunches/
Editor’s Note: Scientific American’s George Musser will be chronicling his experiences installing solar panels in Solar at Home (formerly 60-Second Solar). Read his introduction here and see all posts here . A few posts ago, I talked about the tragic conflict between preserving historic homes and reducing their carbon footprint. I thought our solar array [...]
http://zgdjyg.com/2011/02/08/solar-panels-versus-historic-districts-a-conflict-we-need-to-resolve/
Editor’s Note: Scientific American’s George Musser will be chronicling his experiences installing solar panels in Solar at Home (formerly 60-Second Solar). Read his introduction here and see all posts here . In the first installment of this post, Arnold Mckinley of Xslent Energy Technologies described how “reactive power” — that is, power stored momentarily by [...]
http://zgdjyg.com/2011/02/08/how-home-solar-arrays-can-help-to-stabilize-the-grid-part-2-of-2/
Editor’s Note: Scientific American’s George Musser will be chronicling his experiences installing solar panels in Solar at Home (formerly 60-Second Solar). Read his introduction here and see all posts here . Solar arrays can do more than feed energy into the power grid. They might also be able to help the grid cope with a [...]
http://zgdjyg.com/2011/02/08/how-home-solar-arrays-can-help-to-stabilize-the-grid-part-1-of-2/
Editor’s Note: Scientific American ‘s George Musser will be chronicling his experiences installing solar panels in Solar at Home (formerly 60-Second Solar). Read his introduction here and see all posts here . Solar power involves wondrous quantum physics and materials science , but its fate may hinge on whether contractors can learn to bolt on [...]
http://zgdjyg.com/2011/02/08/cutting-the-cost-of-solar-by-watching-every-nut-and-bolt/
Editor’s Note: Scientific American ‘s George Musser will be chronicling his experiences installing solar panels in Solar at Home (formerly 60-Second Solar). Read his introduction here and see all posts here . I had a fun talk yesterday afternoon with Bob MacDonald, the CEO of Skyline Solar , makers of a new concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) [...]
http://zgdjyg.com/2011/02/08/focus-your-mind-the-rise-of-concentrated-solar-power/
Editor’s Note: Scientific American ‘s George Musser will be chronicling his experiences installing solar panels in Solar at Home (formerly 60-Second Solar ). Read his introduction here and see all posts here . Who could put a price on spring? Ah, the reawakened life, the budding flowers, the dabbles of green in the grey wood. [...]
http://zgdjyg.com/2011/02/08/happy-equinox-a-very-special-time-of-year-for-solar-arrays/
