Category Solar power

This type of parking meter prints out a ticket you put on the dashboard. They are solar-powered and work on ambient light. Thus, no expensive underground cabling needs to be run to power them. A primary reason for pay and…

EnviroMission is planning “world’s first large-scale solar thermal power station” which will generate a whopping 200MW. Their website has a useful animation about this type of tower works. It’s quite simple, low maintenance, and totally passive. All that’s needed is…

It produces electric power competitively using just solar power. This amazing technology becomes even more cost-efficient the bigger the generating plants get. And that’s the kicker. The plant is simply a tall tube with a horizontal turbine in it. Sun…

Solar powered subdivision in Arizona – off the grid! What is thought to be the nation’s first subdivision powered by solar energy and propane, a community of 487 houses that won’t be connected to the electrical power grid, east of…