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Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) - Home Page
Concentrating Solar and Decentralized Power: Government Incentives Hinder Local Ownership Can residential rooftop solar compete with new utility-scale concentrating solar electric plants? Only if federal and state incentives are amended to level the playing field. This May 2008 report explores the economics of solar ...
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New Rules Project - Designing Rules As If Community Matters
Concentrating Solar and Decentralized Power: Government Incentives Hinder Local Ownership Can residential rooftop solar compete with new utility-scale concentrating solar electric plants? Only if ... John Farrell explores the economics of solar PV and concentrating solar and shows how local ownership is hindered unless government solar incentives change. View the Press Release ...
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NRDC: NRDC's Green Offices
DC office helps alleviate waste problems in agricultural areas. Photo Tour | Resources In Santa Monica, rooftop solar panels create 20 percent of our electricity. Guided Tour | Resources NRDC's San Francisco office ...
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Consumer Energy Center Renewable Energy
At one point, almost a quarter of the residents of Los Angeles relied upon the sun to heat their water with rooftop solar thermal systems. ... Energy Main Page Find Out More... Biomass Fuel Cells Geothermal Hydro Electric Solar Solar Thermal Solar Hot Water Systems Wind Passive Solar Design Why We Should Care Renewable Energy Tax Credit Emerging Renewables ...
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use less eletricity, generate your own electricity
For example, high-performance PV systems aren't your parents' ugly rooftop solar systems from the '70s--they are much more ... not. [index]> alternative [topic index]> alternative Sponsored Links: you are here: main page >> alternative >> solar Fuel Economy Heat and Air Conditioning Lighting Water Heater Kitchen Refrigerator Freezer Dishwashing Washer ...
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Renewable Energy Resources - Library - Index - Global Energy Network Institute - GENI is the highest priority objective of the World Game (R. Buckminster Fuller).
Solar Energy Articles on Solar Power How Does a Solar Panel Work? Google Solar Panel Project Stirling Solar Unit Rooftop Photovoltaic panels Supersized Solar Power Images GM to build world's biggest rooftop solar ... solar thermal-biofuel hybrid power. Arizona State University to start rooftop solar project Jun 10, 2008 - Chris Kahn - The Associated Press Arizona State University plans to spread solar ...
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ILSR Release: Solar Incentives Threaten Local Ownership
John Farrell, the reportâ ... and are much larger than the rooftop solar panels that were previously the dominant form of solar power production. The size of concentrating solar plants precludes local ownership, a benefit ...
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New Rules Project - Democratic Energy - Report: Concentrating Solar and Decentralized Power: Government Incentives Hinder Local Ownership
June 04, 2008 Report: Concentrating Solar and Decentralized Power: Government Incentives Hinder Local Ownership Can residential rooftop solar compete with new utility-scale concentrating solar electric plants? Only if ... are much larger than the rooftop solar panels that were previously the dominant form of solar power production. The size of concentrating solar plants precludes local ownership, a ...
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Sun, Wind & Light: Solar Air Collectors
(Hastings, 1999, pp. 92-95). Architects from the Institute for Building, Environment, and Solar Research designed the building with a closed loop from collectors in the south facade ( ... Block in Gothenburg, Sweden, by Christer Nordstrom (Hastings, 1999, pp. 113-117). Air warmed from rooftop collectors is ducted by mechanical ventilation to a murocaust cavity in the external walls, formed ...
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Solar Electricity Basics
Inverter AC Breaker Panel Kilowatt-Hour Meter Backup Generator Solar-Electric Panels AKA: solar-electric modules, photovoltaic (PV) panels PV panels are a solar-electric system’s defining component, where sunlight is used ... and oriented correctly. Panels can be mounted using one of three approaches: 1) on a rooftop; 2) atop a steel pole set in concrete; or 3) at ground level. The specific ...
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