Space based solar power is a system for collecting solar power in space for use on Earth. Instead of placing a solar panel on your roof instead this solar power is collected from large scale solar panels that are out in space. The main advantage of space based solar power over collection done on the [...]
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Jan 09 2011
California’s New Governor to Increase Solar Installations
With Governor Schwarzenegger’s term coming to an end in California, its newly-elected governor, Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown Jr. was sworn in this week. In his inaugural address, Governor Brown pledged to continue on Schwarzenegger’s quest to increase solar installations in the state, declaring that by 2020 he wants to add 20,000 megawatts of renewable energy [...]
Jan 09 2011
Solar Panel Installation Training in Colorado
The last time SolarGen went before the Tulare County Board of Supervisors in July 2010, the supes voted to allow the Littleton,Co.-based company to proceed with solar and wind projects on agricultural land. Since then, its partners at Proteus Inc. in Visalia have been moving forward with a training program that it hopes will employ [...]