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Tag: Solar

  • A Journey through the Natural Building Techniques: Adobe

    So, you want to build your abode with adobe.  Ok, I know that doesn’t rhyme, but I still find it a fun coincidence between these two words. The word adobe comes from the Arabic word al-tob, which means “the brick” and from Coptic tube, which also means “brick”.  A brick is precisely what adobe is,…

  • Carbon-Neutral Queensland Beachfront Home is New Face of Tropical Off-Grid Architecture

    Designed by Charles Wright Architects to satisfy a desire for a carbon-neutral home, the Stamp House is located on the edge of the beachfront rainforest in Far North Queensland (FNQ), Australia, a region that includes over seventy national parks and contributes up to AU$700 million annually in agricultural products that include sugar cane, bananas, mangoes,…

  • Solar Panels as Cheap as Paint? It Might Be Possible Due to Current Research

    Gan detailed the progress of plasmonic-enhanced organic photovoltaic materials in the May 7 edition of the journal Advanced Materials. Co-authors include Filbert J. Bartoli, professor of electrical and computer engineering at Lehigh University, and Zakya Kafafi of the National Science Foundation.

  • Solar News Roundup from CleanTechnica

    Solar News Roundup (via Clean Technica) Some more solar news for your reading pleasure: Spain PV Tariff Did Not Increase 2012 Tariff Deficit Solar3D Moving Towards Manufacturing Prototype SolarCity Litigation Update City of Sacramento and SolarCity Announce Completion of Solar Projects at Two City Water Treatment Plants 170 MW Of New Solar…

  • Solaria Corporation Expands into China Solar Market

    Solaria has built many large-scale solar power plants in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Solaria’s current projects in China include several megawatt-size solar power plants under construction in the Qinghai province and Inner Mongolia. One project under development is for CECEP Solar Technology Co., Ltd., China’s largest solar power plant investor and operator.