Blog Detail
Sun Volt Solar Blog
http://www.sun-volt.com/blog/
A blog written by a solar energy contractor outlines starting the business, installation, technical information, energy policy, etc
- Added on: Jul 12th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Paul
- Listed in: Energy Engineering
- Tags: small business Renewable Energy sustainable green solar wind
Recent Posts
Solar Site Assessment Tool
File under: Yeah, there’s an app for that. Sun Tracker mashup I received an e-mail from Andrew about a Solar Site Assessment app for 3G iPhones. I’ll let him tell the story: I live in Vancouver, BC, when evaluating my own home for a sol...
Carbon Dioxide; cap and trade, sequestration, climate change
I have been reading with interest the debate on the evils of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and various proposed methods to reduce its presence in the atmosphere. First a few basic facts: Carbon Dioxide is a product of combustion, all combustion of any organi...
Photovoltaic panels manufactured at Federal Penitentiary
I had a very interesting conversation with a gentleman from the Department of Justice the other day. He was describing to me how the inmates at Otisville Federal Corrections Institute manufactured 24 MW of PV panels last year. These panels cannot ...
Enphase M-190 Microverters
I had a chance to work on the installation of a Photovoltaic (PV) array using the Enphase M-190 inverters last week. I must admit, when I first heard of the concept of Microverters, I was a bit of a skeptic. Adding many more active parts to a syste...
This is Solar Power, Part III
A review off all the energy systems powered by our sun, either directly or indirectly. Part III: Liquid Bio Fuels Renewable: Yes Environmental impact: Moderate EROEI: Low Cost: Low to High Maintenance cost: Depends Corn Field prior to harvest Bio fue...
Live Solar Feed
From the folks at Cooler Planet, this is a live map that shows where people are currently researching PV systems on the Cooler Planet web site: Please upgrade your browser More solar panel information. Since this deals only with the Cooler Planet...
