by Debra Lynn Dadd
I live in Clearwater, Florida, sometimes called Florida’s Sunshine Capital because of our amazing 361 sunny days a year. Yet, even with all this free, abundant, non-polluting sunshine, virtually all homes and businesses are powered with fossil fuels.
I’ve not seen a single solar panel in the five years I have lived here. [...]
Written on March 9, 2009 | Posted in
Solar energy
by Anna Williams
A solar car is a vehicle, powered by electricity instead of fuel, which runs on solar energy obtained from the solar panels on its surface. The solar panels are often found on the roof of the vehicle.
This type of vehicle is not entirely practical as of this moment, for obvious reasons. It needs [...]
Written on February 6, 2009 | Posted in
Solar energy
As the technology is evolving day-by-day, different sources of energy are also surfacing in the market that effectively fulfill the growing needs for power. While the degrading environmental condition calls for harnessing natural and renewable sources of energy, increasing cost of living is forcing human beings to adopt ways that fulfill their energy requirements in [...]
Written on August 1, 2008 | Posted in
Solar energy