And these plans also include asking help and teaming up with other companies and organizations to also bring solar to the residents. These include the city of Salt Lake, the Kennecott Land, and the Utah Clean Energy. They have been targeting the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the Sandia National Laboratories to help them with such a plan. And one thing that the officials of the mentioned county want is to make the motions go through faster.

Ann Ober is the environmental policy coordinator of the mayor and she said, “We want to find where the barriers are to residential solar. Based on the findings, the county’s goal will be to remove those barriers … and institute a solar incentive program.”

Source: Deseret News

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Salt Lake To Push Ahead With Solar

Well, what Green Mountain Coffee Roasters has thought of is to actually go solar. And that is what they are currently planning to do. They have thought of putting in 530 units of solar panels in its facility in Waterbury, Vermont. This facility is their distribution center. And if this plan of theirs pushes through, then they will then be able to claim that they are the location of the largest number of solar panels in the area.

Come spring this year, work on the solar panel installation may begin. And when summer falls, they will then be able to make use of the whole solar contraption. Of course, changes can still happen and they may start to work on the whole lot if they get pretty much excited.

Source: EnvironmentalLeader.com

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Green Mountain Coffee Roasters To Prove It Is Green

It is said that the world of technology is ruled by men. But that does not mean that women are not, in any way, part of such a world. See, many ladies still would like to learn more about technology. And a lot even do make use of technology. That is surely a fact. And it is good that Casio has recognized this.

And what Casio did was they put in the solar technology that they have been marketing in their G-shock watches for men. Now, this solar technology can be found in the Baby-G watches for women. This line is known as the Casio Solar Atomic Baby-G.

Oh don’t worry, ladies. These are not just your usual watches that can be too boring for your taste. They come in your usual Baby-G style that you have most certainly liked. Plus, they come in stupendous colors! Yey!

You can get one this coming spring.

Source: CrunchGear
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Solar For Ladies

Just how huge will the wind farm be? Well, they are looking at putting in 30 units of windmills in the piece of land that they are considering. The company has already done a feasibility study and it seems like they are going to be building it in the northern part of the city where there is also a water reservoir. The land is owned by the Gulf Coast Water Authority.

They still have to create proposals and have these approved. But this is a really huge project and it may take some time to complete if they are looking at pushing this through.

Source: The Daily News

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Texas And Its Wind Farm

What has happened is that a company based in California has been working with plastic balloons to convert the sun’s rays into usable energy. This company is Cool Earth Solar. They have been using the plastic used in Mylar balloons as well as in the wraps of Pop Tarts.

Of course, they have not been blowing up the balloons to for solar power. They stitched all of them together and put on some aluminum. That has been the main ingredient so as to be able to bring in power.

This project is still a prototype though. But if this goes through, this will surely be something grand. It is going to be quite flexible and not just like the flat solar panels that we are used to seeing.

Source: KFOX14.com

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Plastic Balloons To Solar?

Col. Doug Fick is the Vermont Air National Guard’s commander. On this, he says, “Right here what we are looking at right now is one of our prime proposed sites if we go the photovoltaic route.”

They are actually looking at putting in 5000 units of solar panels on that available piece of land. That sure will bring in a lot of power to help with their facilities. At present, engineers have been studying the whole project so as to see what would be the best way to actually use the land for solar use.

That’s really a good project if you ask me. And people will know more about solar power and what it can do. Hope this project pushes through.

Source: Vermont’s Own

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From Snowy Field To Solar Farm

The Solar Electric Vehicle Team of the university is the group behind this newest solar race car. They say that this ride can zoom by at speeds of 90 miles per hour. They had spent $243,000 on this one and they call it Eleanor. Just like the vehicle that Nicolas Cage was so afraid of in Gone in 60 Seconds? I don’t know.

But anyhow, George Hansel, one of the members of the solar team, shares, “It drives beautifully. It’s fun to drive and quite a spectacle.” They are working on the vehicle already and testing it because it is going to be taking part at the World Solar Challenge which is a 2000-mile solar race for seven days through Australia.

Source: Wired

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MIT’s Solar Car

There are tons and tons of gadgets in the market right now and most of us are so addicted to gadgets that we do try to get the very best or the newest. However, did we all realize that the more we purchase these gadgets, the more our carbon footprint is? Yeah, well, let’s just say that each time you need to give juice to your gadget, you plug it right up the grid.

But if you had solar powered rechargeable batteries, then you are now lessening a good amount of your carbon footprint. And these solar rechargeable batteries is the brainchild of Knut Karlsen. He names his created the SunCat. And what he did was create solar rechargeable batteries by sticking in strips of a solar cell right around nickel metal hydride batteries.

Of course that Karlsen has done is still a prototype and he is still working out how to create better ones. He even admits that the first one that he did is not going to work that well. He is currently spending time on a second version.

Source: Crave
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Sun Powers Rechargeables

Have you heard of the Santee Lakes Recreation Preserve? Well, this park has recreational vehicles there. And where there is shade right on top where these RVs are stored. That is the shade part. The sun part comes next. See, right on top of that shade, the officials of the park had decided to go solar and so they mounted a solar power system. That happened last year.

And so now, the officials are quite happy with how much they are saving. Well, I sure would if I were saving much power. I’m sure you would too.

Anyhow, Tom Philp, Borrego Solar Systems’s senior energy consultant, says, “It provides insurance against rising rates and helps reduce the cost of energy.”

I say it’s a blessing. And I’m sure they think of it the same way.

Source: SignOnSanDiego.com

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The Sun And The Shade

What Da Luz has done was go on a solar tour by driving around the country in his solar car. His car looks odd though because it is said to be like a UFO of some sort. Recently, he took a stop at Palo Alto and people have been learning more about solar power through his car and through what he has to say.

On what he is doing, Da Luz says, “I’ve got no wife, no kids — only a cat, and she probably doesn’t remember me anymore. I lost my girlfriend and my job because of this crazy passion. It’s bizarre, but this journey has become everything for me.”

I’m surely rooting for ya!

Source: MercuryNews.com

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Promoting Solar