It Keeps Getting Cheaper To Install Solar Panels In The U.S. | ThinkProgress: The cost of solar is dropping and the install capacity is quietly on the rise. Prices are down to $.30 to $.90 per watt. Plus the market is starting to be healthier. China is no longer allowed to dump their (artificially cheap) over capacity on the US and EU. Even the White House is jumping onto sun power. Very cool. ‘via Blog…
Taking a fresh look at solar energy’s benefits | Highlands Today: Local article to Central Florida. It is good to see some movement on solar. Great. We all need to be more sustainable. Glad to see Coronado Solar getting out there and making it happen. Couple areas that aren’t precise. Probably lost something in the translation. Payback on solar hot water is usually 2 to 4 years. Really good ROI for pools (unless you like…
Energy ‘wedges’ – MIT News Office Here’s a great visual. Wedges. Click on the symbol to see what happens if we get serious about solar, wind… and EE. Of course doing nothing is not a very good option.
MIT 5-part series on Energy scaling up (or scaling down in terms of energy efficiency). http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/energy-scale-part1-1024.html #1 http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/energy-scale-part5-1028.html # 5 Read part 1: “What can make a dent?“ Read part 2: “Where the wind blows“ Read part 3: “Shining brightly“ Read part 4: “Harnessing the Earth, the atom and the leaf“ Read part 5: ‘Conserve, conserve, conserve’ A megawatt saved is better than a megawatt made, and there are plenty of ways to save energy…
