At the intersection of smart grid services, on-site renewable energy generation, on-site grid energy storage, and electric cars, is the new energy energy model. I’ve recently written a few posts about the stone age energy model, where we burn things to create heat, motion or light. Most cars, trucks, etc…
From: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/05/09/fact-sheet-president-obama-announces-commitments-and-executive-actions-a For Immediate Release May 09, 2014 FACT SHEET: President Obama Announces Commitments and Executive Actions to Advance Solar Deployment and Energy Efficiency Private and Public Sector Commitments and Executive Actions Will Create Jobs and Cut Carbon Pollution Today, President Obama announced more than 300 private and public sector commitments…
GM and TimberRock are developing support for an integrated solar power system, with grid energy storage and electric car charging, enabling smart grid goodness. Electric cars are often pictured in front of wind turbines or solar panels, because we want clean fuel for our clean cars. GM’s OnStar division just…
The Sun Trip – a rider, a bicycle, a battery pack, an electric motor, solar panels, and a road trip from France to Kazakhstan. In June 2013 several teams will embark from Chámbery, France with such bicycles, and will finish after many weeks in Astana, Kazakhstan. The idea? To raise awareness…
Carrying a solar panel to recharge portable electronics devices is compelling, because it offers things like unlimited talk time or the ability to go hiking far from cities while still powering your gizmos. What if you cannot find a solar panel charging unit that fits your exact needs? Thanks to…
A year and a half ago one of the largest known earthquakes ever struck off the North Japanese coast, triggering a tsunami devastating the Japanese coast, as well as a massive nuclear power disaster. Since then the Japanese people have spoken up clearly, with protests of tens of thousands of…
The dream of solar powered electric cars may finally be here, says Planet Subaru in Hanover MA, whose news release dated April 1, 2012, describes a prototype electric Subaru Tribeca with solar panels on the roof for completely emissions free driving. One of the dreams in electric cars is tying…
Here’s what happens when a couple geeks install a large solar panel array. They set up a web site to describe the details, including graphs of power utilization. http://www.solarwarrior.com/ My only question is – why do two people need a 36 kw array? The answer probably has to do with…
