NBC 12 Phoenix (KPNX): 2 Scottsdale schools to get solar panels by year's end

First solar energy airship

By: picez

A century after Louis Blériot aboard Blériot XI first accomplished the feat, a team of engineering and business students decided to cross the Channel aboard the Néphélios, the first solar-powered airship designed for the Sol'R Project. In late August this year, the blimp will undertake the crossing. Meanwhile the team ...

about 1 month ago

Companies cutting back.

By: photosbysaraa

In today's economy a lot of companies have stopped hiring, laid off workers or put a freeze on pay raises until they can pull out of the slump. So with the economy being so hard why are companies spending money on new officer furniture, or installing solar panels in their new parking lot? They do it for the tax breaks but what about the employee ...

8 days ago

Iraq's solar clinics a small beacon of shining success during the ...

By: DelilahStarling

Medical clinics in Baghdad have traditionally been run by air polluting diesel generators and most have only been operational for a few hours a day. The disruption in basic services, such as children’s vaccination programs, have been the normal occurrence; due to the inability to maintain vaccines at an optimum temperature. A new program ...

about 1 month ago

Can Scientists Capture Solar Power Without The Panels?

By: BethBot

Despite a significant boom in the demand for solar power and the sophistication of photo-voltaic technology, many people still reluctant to outfit their homes with the hardware that's needed to take advantage of this free and clean source of energy.What's keeping the average home or business owner from taking advantage of the lower utility bi

12 days ago