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Green gadget alert: Samsung’s solar netbook arrives in July

June 21, 2011 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

News that Russia was getting Samsung’s NC215S — a 10.1-inch netbook with a built-in solar panel — in August was great and a little disappointing at the same time. Don’t eco-conscious netbook users stateside deserve some love? It turns out Samsung plans to release the NC215S in the U.S. in a few short weeks, July […]

Filed Under: Gadgets & Mobile Tagged With: netbook, Samsung, solar

Solar field sprouts at GE Aviation in Durham, NC

May 23, 2011 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Video: GE Aviation has released a neat, time-lapse video showing a 7.2-acre solar installation go up at its Durham, North Carolina facility. The project is the company’s way of practicing what it preaches, so to speak. Power from its 9,072 thin film panels is governed by GE equipment like its Brilliance Inverter. All told, the […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy Tagged With: GE, solar, solar panels, thin film solar

Top 10: SunRun ranks the greenest stadiums in the U.S.

February 2, 2011 by Pedro Hernandez 1 Comment

Just in time for the Super Bowl, SunRun, the San Francisco-based home solar financing and installation startup has ranked the ten greenest stadiums in the U.S. Though Cowboys Stadium, this year’s home to the big game, didn’t top the list, it made a strong showing nonetheless. Instead, the number 1 spot goes to Qwest Field, […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy Tagged With: cleantech, renewable energy, solar, solar financing, sports, stadiums, SunRun

EverLast’s renewable-powered lighting system is NASA-approved

January 11, 2011 by Pedro Hernandez 2 Comments

While it won’t be going into orbit, EverLast’s outdoor lighting system is still accomplishing a pretty neat feat for the spacefaring agency. The Jackson, Michigan-based company is behind the sensor-backed tech that’s providing an 0ff-grid parking lot at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas with zero-emissions, energy efficient outdoor induction lighting. How? With […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy Tagged With: EverLast, NASA, renewable energy, smart lighting, solar, solar panels, solar power, solid-state lighting, wind, wind power, wind turbines

Cities rolling out “Google Maps for solar”

November 29, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez 1 Comment

Can I? Should I? Will it cost an arm and a leg? Installing solar is not for the faint of heart. Apart from determining if the sun shines strongly enough to make solar viable in your neck of the woods, there’s a maze of regulations and incentives that can make or break the case for […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy Tagged With: 1BOG, One Block Off the Grid, online, Online Resources, renewable energy, solar

Rise of the solar-powered gadgets: Is the Energizer Bunny facing joblessness?

November 1, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez 1 Comment

Solar-powered devices are nothing new, but they typically reside in the lonely fringes of the gadgetsphere (Yay for made-up words!). Admit it. Given the choice of a sleek iPhone or a Samsung E1107, which would you choose? Lately, however, some electronics makers have been making a concerted push to move beyond niche status and bring […]

Filed Under: Featured, Gadgets & Mobile Tagged With: computer, Gadgets, HDTV, Logitech, Philips, solar

What if… Solar got the same subsidies as fossil fuels?

October 9, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez 3 Comments

Infographic: Your tax dollars at work. For oil, gas and coal companies, that is. 1BOG has cooked up another compelling infographic that illustrates how the odds are stacked against clean energy companies, particularly solar. Every year, the fossil fuel industry (oil, gas and coal) gets billions in subsidies and tax incentives from the U.S. government […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy Tagged With: 1BOG, alternative energy, cleantech, fossil fuels, One Block Off the Grid, renewable energy, solar, subsidies

Green DIY: Build a Solar Wi-Fi hotspot

October 7, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez 1 Comment

This is neat. If you need to extend a wireless network beyond the reach of a power cable, VoltXamps.com has a how-to on converting a Linksys WRT54G router, a solar panel and a cigar box into a self-contained Wi-Fi hotspot. It’s a cool and classy-looking weekend project if you’re comfortable with some soldering and flashing […]

Filed Under: Green IT Tagged With: computer networking, DIY, how to, howto, Linksys, network, solar, Wi-Fi

Solar panels are coming back to the White House

October 5, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez 1 Comment

President Jimmy Carter had them installed. Reagan’s administration removed them. George Bush Sr. dabbled with a small installation. Now, they’re really making a comeback. At the 2010 GreenGov Symposium, The White House announced that solar panels will be reinstalled on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue along with a solar hot water heater system as part of a […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy, Featured Tagged With: cleantech, government, renewable energy, solar, solar installation, solar panels, The White House, U.S. Department of Energy

GreenRay earns certs for plug-and-play solar module

August 31, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez 1 Comment

The fledgling residential plug and play solar market got a little more momentum this week thanks to GreenRay, Inc. The Westford, Mass. startup announced that its SunSine 200 AC module, a device that links solar arrays to a home’s electrical system has met the UL 1741 standard, earning the ETL mark from Intertek. So pleased […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy Tagged With: 1BOG, Clarian, GreenRay Inc., One Block Off the Grid, solar, Sunfish

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