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GoSolar! - 42W Portable Folding Solar Charger Kit - Charge Laptops, Phones & Batteries - Includes Li-Ion Battery, Jumper Cables, DC Inverter and 42 Watt Folding Panel - By California Solar Accessories
(Electronics) GoSolar!

Has advanced MPPT (Maximum Power Point Tracking) for high solar efficiency. Full 1 year warranty, even includes battery!
Comes with 40 Watt foldable solar panel, rechargeable 8Ah Lithium- Ion battery, car jumper cables, cigarette lighter adapter and power inverter
Great for Camping, RVs, Boating, Beach, Rescue, Traveling and so much more

Answers

Looking for information on solar power for rural properties cost, how to install etc. Any ideas on websites?
Solarbotics Servo Ad - November 2006

Have tried a few websites, but keep coming up with very little additional info as they are all pushing their own barrow. Chasing down info on available government rebates is also interesting as there is conflicting information on websites. Any help


Sure, there are a couple of great sources for this that I have used. For solar try http://www.builditsolar.com They have oodles of prints/plans/info and most plans are free to download.

Another really cool source is...

Solar Heating Cowboys in Which? Magazine. Greenwash. Unsupervised cowboys selling. Viral video.


News: 2 May 2010 A solar water heating panels sales cowboys feature in Which? Magazine May 2010 on greenwash omits to disclose repeated false ...

Why don't liberals/environmentalists support nuclear power?
Solarbotics Servo Ad - October 2006

Provided that a nuclear power plant is under intense security and no accidents happen, it produces less emissions than all the other so-called "green" sources such as solar power, hydropower, geothermal power, and wind power.

Ahmmm because it's dangerous

Casio Men's PAW1500-1V Pathfinder Multi-Band Solar Atomic Ultimate Watch
Casio

Price: $350.00

World Time (31 Cities), Digital Compass, Altimeter, Barometer, Moon Age and Moon phase Graph
Auto EL backlight
12 and 24 Hr. formats, 1/100 sec. stopwatch, five daily alarms, countdown and yacht timer, tide graph

How can a pond fountain work with a solar panel?

I try to put a fountain in my garden pond I would like to make it solar powered and don't know how. I’ve see it in garden magazines and I would like to do that in my yard.


You can buy them. Oase makes the best one I know. That said, the technology for solar powered pumps is not as good as it could be and the failure rate is high. I wish they were higher on the list of important things to do.

Ever tried using computer fan motors to power your house?

I once read in a magazine that you could connect computer fan motors to an alternator to generate all the electricity for your house. The article said it was cost effective because the motors get up to 6000 rpm and it only takes a 12 volt solar...


ie the computer fan motor as a prime mover to the alternator
i dont think that the computer fan motor has the capacity to drive the alternator even if it may generate some low power output which is not enough to provide the required supply...

Better Homes & Gardens 23.02.07 featured a solar powered mosquito zapping lantern. Stockists?

Although featured on TV, this particular lantern does not appear in the magazine.


if you have the magazine it will give you info on where to find it
also do a google search find most anything in there

Low-cost, mass-produced solar starter homes - when will it dawn?

"Mass Produce Green Homes? ...Shaking Up Homebuilding..."
Read full (boring) article:
http://www.businessweek.com/managing/con tent/oct2008/ca20081021_482988.htm
... will undoubtedly lead to more trees being chopped for


Vested interest by the architects,developers,planners,banks,mortgage
lenders.politicians both local national are in the pot and all want to fell that their needs are meet before they will move towards a future which should have been deal...


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  • PHOTON's Solar Terawatt-hours Conference Series, Feb. 1-2 in San Francisco ...

    SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 05, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- As the US PV sector's annual PV installation output has reached a terawatthour scale, PHOTON -- the world's leading PV publisher -- is organizing its Solar Terawatt-hours Conference Series in San Francisco, California, from Feb. 1-2, 2012. "Solar's strong growth path in the US will continue in 2012 despite the termination of the cash grant," says Michael Schmela, chairman of the conference series and editor-in-chief of PHOTON International -- The Solar Power Magazine. "But to be among the winners this year, it's crucial to choose the right solar equipment, have the right partners and sign the right deals, making sure costs are low and prices competitive." PHOTON's four 1-day events, constituting the Solar Terawatt-hours Conference Series, will provide a navigation system to successfully participate in solar's quick growth -- regarding the safety of the large and increasing number of installed PV systems, the development of innovative copper-indium-gallium-diselenide (CIGS) thin-film technology, and the integration and financing of solar in the utility landscape -- which continues to be a big driver of solar's growth in the US.

    Green Energy – Biofuels, the Real Solar Power | Green Life Style ...

    We live in a world eager for new resources of energy. But despite the huge progress and development of green energy and renewable resources, we did not yet reach the goal of good fossil fuels replacements.

    There are several directions of research for new energy sources, but all of them cannot supply enough energy to make a real change. The real “green” resources are wind, waves, hydro and geothermal power, which are good resources, but certainly not sufficient to supply the demands.

    The more promising sources of energy are:

    1.Solar energy – which is for now very inefficient and expensive.

    ...

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    News

    MassMutual Turning to Solar Power

    Solar Glazing Magazine - Apr 09, 2010

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    New solar plane takes maiden voyage

    CNET - Apr 07, 2010

    A plane designed to fly day and night using solar power has successfully taken its first maiden flight. The Solar Impulse HB-SIA soared
    Astrum Solar Adds 'Green' Jobs in Maryland

    Solar Glazing Magazine - Apr 09, 2010

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    RENEWABLE ENERGY MAGAZINE INTERVIEW: Sol Shapiro, renewable energies commentator

    Renewable Energy Magazine (press release) - Apr 06, 2010

    Magazine talks to renewable energies commentator, Sol Shapiro, airs his views on several topics close to his heart, such as the role of solar power in
    POWER PLAY

    National Center for Policy Analysis - Apr 09, 2010

    would permanently seal off a million acres of the Mojave Desert from solar plants and wind farms. Since Feinstein is chair of the Senate sub-committee that