NewsRack: 'Solar' news in 'Energy-Independent' topic for user flenvcenter

Mary Anne Hitt: Big Victory: Minnesota's Landmark Clean Energy Standard Charts Course Beyond Dirty Energy	18.5.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
Minnesota energy has begun a new chapter. Minnesota has taken a first step in outlining the next big leap forward in the state's sustainable energy...
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Student designed Solar Garage produces energy, grows food too	17.5.2013	TreeHugger
This smart redesign of the common garage uses solar power to optimize the charging of electric vehicles and the germination of food crops.
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Nanoscale artificial leaf can extract hydrogen from water with just sunlight	17.5.2013	TreeHugger
Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has shown what they call the "first fully integrated nanosystem for artificial photosynthesis".
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Building Solar in Spain Instead of Germany Could Save Billions	17.5.2013	Technology Review Feed - Tech Review Top Stories
Building solar and wind projects in the wrong place is wasting billions of dollars in Europe. Siemens says it would make sense to build solar power plants in sunny countries in Europe rather than in cloudy ones. And wind turbines should be built in windy places.
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Some light in clean tech investing, despite the gloom	16.5.2013	Energy & Climate \| Greenbiz.com
The vast majority of clean energy investment not coming from VCs is actually a positive indicator for the maturation of clean energy markets.
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A revelation for solar-powered hydrogen generation	16.5.2013	The Earth Times Online Newspaper - Health News
The efficiency of photo-electric devices is forever improving. Here, researchers have managed to cut costs remarkably and increase stability, although efficiency still needs to be raised for large scale production.
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Another Town Now Requires Solar Power For New Buildings	15.5.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
From Mother Nature Network's Matt Hickman: Sebastopol, an agri-artsy Sonoma outpost about an hour north of San Francisco, can now claim bragging rights as being...
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Sharper Computer Models Clear the Way for More Wind Power	14.5.2013	Technology Review Feed - Tech Review Top Stories
New prediction models can allow utilities to rely more heavily on wind and save millions. The utility with the most wind power capacity in the United States, Xcel Energy, is relying more on this power source and saving millions of dollars thanks to new forecasting models similar to those used to predict climate change.
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South-Korea's largest rooftop solar installation (10 MW) to be built on a Hyundai factory	14.5.2013	TreeHugger
Hyundai has announced that it will build what will be South-Korea's largest solar rooftop solar installation on its Asan factory, near the West coast of the country.
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Researchers discover new way to harvest electricity from plants	13.5.2013	TreeHugger
Scientists at University of Georgia have developed a way to harvest energy from photosynthesis before the plant uses it.
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Maryland Nuclear Plant Shuts Down Reactor	10.5.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
LUSBY, Md. -- Constellation Energy Nuclear Group says one of two nuclear reactors at its Calvert Cliffs power plant in Maryland shut down automatically after...
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Robin Madel: Photographer Jamey Stillings: Seeing the Big (Solar) Picture	10.5.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
"I always want people to put issues like this in context. In talking about something like avian mortality, we must ask -- how many birds are killed every year because of office buildings and residential houses in the U.S. compared to how many are killed by energy projects?"
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Nest Labs: Automating the demand side of the smart grid	9.5.2013	Business Operations \| GreenBiz.com
Want proof that the smart-grid ecosystem is alive and well? Nest Labs' news that it has signed partnerships with some of the US's biggest utilities should suffice. But more innovation is still needed.
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Steve Horn: Interview: Energy Investor Bill Powers Discusses Looming Shale Gas Bubble	9.5.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
The well production data that Powers picked through on a state-by-state basis demonstrates a "drilling treadmill." That means each time an area is fracked, after the frackers find the "sweet spot," that area yields diminishing returns on gas production on a monthly and annual basis.
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Patent Filing Claims Solar Energy ‘Breakthrough’	9.5.2013	CommonDreams.org Headlines
WASHINGTON — In a U.S. patent application, a little-known Maryland inventor claims a stunning solar energy breakthrough that promises to end the planet’s reliance on fossil fuels at a fraction of the current cost – a transformation that also could blunt global warming. read more
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Build your own log lounge chair for $30	8.5.2013	TreeHugger
Simultaneously modern and rustic, this fantastic chair is an entry in the Instructables Green Design Contest -- and you can make your own in less than 6 hours for $30!
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Solar Impulse: Flying from San Francisco to New York City in a solar plane	8.5.2013	TreeHugger
The ultimate goal of the Solar Impulse sun-powered plane is to fly around the globe powered by only the sun's rays. But before you can run, you have to crawl and then walk...
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Colorado likely to adopt tough new rural renewable energy requirements	7.5.2013	From the Blogs
Astronomical rate increases unlikely to follow
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Verizon Expands Investment in Alternative Energy	7.5.2013	Environmental News Network
Verizon has announced it will invest $100 million in a solar and fuel cell energy project that will help power 19 of its facilities in seven states across the country. The company estimates the completed project will generate more than 70 million kilowatt of clean energy, which would be enough to power more than 6,000 single-family homes a year. This amount of clean, solar power prevents the emission of more than 10,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide, which is enough to offset the annual CO2 emissions from more than 1 million gallons of gas.
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New discovery allows low-grade silicon to be turned into high-efficiency solar panels	7.5.2013	TreeHugger
Some technical breakthroughs are great because they push back the limits of what we can do, bringing us to new summits, while other are great because they allow us to do more with what we already have.
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