New Solar Tower Generates Power 24/7

October 26, 2011

Everyone wants a solar plant that can generate power 24/7, in fact some consider the ability to generate solar power at night the Holy Grail. Well, time to drink of the healing water because a Spanish solar plant has found a way to make a solar plant generate power throughout the night – using energy [...]


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GE Makes Major Investments in Solar Power!

October 20, 2011

GE is jumping into to the solar power game in a major way. The energy giant has recently invested a staggering $600 million into the solar side of its business. This money will go towards building a massive ‘thin film’ solar panel manufacturing plant based out of Aurora, Colorado. The facility will have the ability [...]


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New ‘Artificial Leaf’ is a Real Gamechanger

October 12, 2011

Green solar technology that’s shaped to imitate nature has been a somewhat common thing over the last few years. However, instead of constructing a set of buildings meant to blend in and look like trees, as people did at the start of the nature building trend. Now scientists are beginning to look at natural, highly [...]


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Spanish Island to be Powered by Renewable Energy

October 7, 2011

A large-ish scale project in renewable energy is underway just off the coast of Spain on El Hierro, the smallest of the Canary Islands. The island which is 104 Square miles in size will switch to a new energy plan later this year which will be fully reliant on renewable forms of energy – mostly [...]


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Sollega’s InstaRack Now Taught at Boots on the Roof

September 30, 2011

Here at Boots on the Roof we are proud to announce we have integrated the revolutionary InstaRack from Sollega into our one of a kind commercial solar class. The new technology will be taught as part of our PV 270 – Commercial Solar PV Construction – course which is designed to help you master the [...]


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Denver Airport Committed to Solar Power

September 26, 2011

A couple weeks ago, we reported on a cool new way solar power was being utilized at small airports in Canada. Well, now we bring even more exciting news about solar use at another airport in North America, this one is a little more traditional, but equally as promising. Denver International Airport, the world’s 10th [...]


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Less Nuclear Means More Solar

September 23, 2011

With the Fukushima disaster earlier this year people have begun to rethink using nuclear power as the main source of energy. Siemens, the global energy corporation, is at the forefront of this shift away from nuclear power. They are responsible for the building of all 17 nuclear power plants in Germany. They have recently announced [...]


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Key Information from Lawrence Berkeley Nation Lab’s Annual Solar Report

September 18, 2011

As we mentioned on Friday’s post, the information from the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab’s most recent annual report has the solar community quite excited, for many reasons. Today we want to continue to share the major information provided in the study and the responses it has received from an important voice in the solar industry. [...]


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Solar Power More Viable than Ever!

September 17, 2011

When you tell people about the benefits on solar power many will often argue that it is just too expensive. They will site examples of solar company closures, such as the recent solar company, Solyndra’s, file for bankruptcy, as examples of the solar industry’s inability to compete with other power options. However, making these claims [...]


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The EnviroMission Solar Tower is a Remarkable Idea

September 13, 2011

Solar power is normally thought of as coming through black panels that absorb the energy of the sun and convert it into power for our homes. However, as amazing as these panels are we are often at a loss of where to place new ones. On our roofs is the obvious solution, but where else? [...]


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