“Solar power will cost next to nothing. The fuel – the sun – is free. The price of the photovoltaic cells used to covert sunlight into electricity will plummet. Just give it time. “
That’s what Ian MacLellan, the founder, vice-chairman and chief technology officer of Arise Technologies says. Arise Technologies is a Canadian photovoltaic (PV) cell […]

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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 […]

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Kelowna, BC is getting a shiny new set of solar powered LED lights at their city hall, as well as a bunch parks and transit facilities. Thanks in part to a nice big $500,000 grant from the Canadian Federal Government, and Carmanah, the makers of the lighting technology being used, more than matching that with about […]

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The Skoll Foundation just gave away a whole heck of a lot of grant money to all sorts of social entrepreneurs and organizations, and one of those organizations happens to be ACORE(American Council On Renewable Energy). To be specific, it’s a $1 million grant, over three years. That’s a pretty good chunk of change.
From the Skoll […]

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Cheap solar panels are going to change everything, and we are already seeing this in simple devices like lamps and lanterns in the lawn which include basic solar technology, and now there is a solar powered mole and gopher chaser.
For $29.95 USD, you can purchase a small device, powered by a small solar cell, that […]

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