Archive for the ‘Solar Energy’ Category

Welcome to the second installation of “Solar Day” – June 19, 2010

The dust from the storm that is the BP oil spill will take a long time to settle. Clean energy, to some or most people who are not Republican Senator Barton and his friends would be the obvious alternative. Solar Energy can be considered clean under circumstances, but owing to the fact that we are [...]

June 20, 2010   Posted in: Causes, Solar Energy  One Comment

What lies between you and solar energy at your home?

Here are a few things I learned from the SciAm blog:
1. A mountain of paperwork through multiple agencies – federal, state and local, encumbered by draconian laws.
2. Your own energy service provider
3.  Any random chock of houses declared to be “historic”
among, of course, a myriad of other factors.
Apparently, the paperwork is so mountainous that some [...]

June 8, 2009   Posted in: Energy Economics, Renewable Energy Politics, Solar Energy  One Comment

First Solar – Predicting the energy sector’s rally or the next bubble?

Read their first quarter results on Planet Ark here:
http://planetark.org/wen/52676
It’s funny. I had been expecting a “medical device” or a “biotech” bubble. And then, 2008 happened. 2009 is carrying on from 2008 of course. Anyway, it appears that energy may be lining up for it’s own cute little bubble before an array of wasted stent and [...]

May 2, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Energy Economics, Solar Energy  No Comments

Solar Energy in the US sees impressive growth in 2008

See the following links:
Planet Ark
The SEIA report
The NY Times Green Blog
In a year where doling out bad news has become a fun hobby all around, the Solar Energy has something to smile about (but would like to caution us all about how terrible 2009 can be, anyway). Solar Energy installations have reached 8,775 MW . [...]

March 22, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Solar Energy  No Comments