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Cheap
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05.10.08Hello Kitty Solar ChargerWhen a product gets the Hello Kitty imagery slapped onto it, does that mean the product is doomed to failure, or success? Either way, I don't really like the idea of a technology that I want taken more seriously adorned with the least serious branding that I can personally think of. The Hello Kitty solar charger comes in at $160 USD, and includes a built-in 1200mAh lithium battery. The battery takes six hours of sunlight to charge, or you can cheat and plug it into an outlet and have the battery charged in an hour, which I am sure most people ...
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03.20.08DIY Solar Projects anyone?Looking around the net for ideas of the sorts of do it yourself solar energy projects people are doing these days I came across Build It Solar. A site specializing in just that. And it's got something for every type of solar energy use I can think of (and a pile that I wouldn't have thought of), from heating and cooling (and of course lighting), to cooking, to vehicles. I haven't gone through every list of projects yet (there's a LOT there), so I'm not sure just where I want to start, but for now I'm thinking maybe a solar BBQ ...
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12.21.07Nanosolar: Cheap Solar TechnologyGet Google to help fund a company, and there is very little doubt that it will be successful, and that is part of what has made Nanosolar so popular lately as it gets ready to roll a printing press that will put out solar panels that will generate power at around $1 USD per Watt. Nanosolar has raised over $150 million dollars to produce their solar cell technology which will use a new manufacturing process that actually "prints" photovoltaic material on an aluminum backing. This process is said to help cut manufacturing costs of the basic module by over eighty percent. ...
