Solar energy

By Charles While in LA for PDC2008, we were lucky enough to get the chance to head down to Pasadena for a tour and interview at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Nic Fillingham and I grabbed a cab and met up with the great Marc Mercuri (of RoboChamps fame), DPE's VP Walid Abu-Hadba and others to get a look at...

Image source: Cake Cake (player of songs such as The Distance, Never There and the remake of I Will Survive) is showing their support for solar by installing a photovoltaic (PV) system on the roof of their recording studio in Sacramento, CA. Their sixth album is being recorded with 100% sol...

By TravelGolf.com - Dave Berner Do you wear sunscreen on the golf course? You better, says Dr. Beth Lang, senior director of the Coppertone Solar Research Center. “I think people are aware of the risk, but I think golfers are particularly at risk because of the amount of time you’re in direct sunlight,” Lange says. “That fou...

By reZz ACTIVISTS RALLIED OUTSIDE THE SAN FRANCISCO CITY HALL TODAY FOR THE COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION, A PLAN THAT WOULD ALLOW LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO BUY THEIR OWN ENERGY. THE "GREEN GUERILLAS AGAINST GREENWASH" AND A WOMAN WHO BAKED BROWNIES IN A SOLAR OVEN CAME OUT TO A MEETING OF THE SAN FRANC...

By info@universetoday.com (Fraser Cain) Imagine a solar powered sail that could propel a space craft through the vacuum of space like a wind that drives a sail here on Earth. The energy of photons steaming from the Sun alone would provide the thrust. NASA and other space agencies are taking the idea seriously and are working on vario...