Record Crowds Due to Join Homeowners, Businesses, Educators, Environmentalists – and Hollywood – for World’s Largest Grassroots Solar Event

On October 3rd, over 150,000 people are slated to build a new solar landscape for America by participating in the non-profit American Solar Energy Society’s (ASES’) 14th Annual National Solar Tour, the world’s largest grassroots solar event.

The National Solar Tour provides solar-interested citizens an opportunity to view the real-life energy solutions people in their communities are deploying to save money, assert their energy independence and help the environment. Last year, 140,000 people in 49 states participated.
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Is that a solar panel your building

The problem is traditional solar panels are still expensive to the average consumer. A new online-based company, Solar-Deals.com, Inc., tackles the problem at a different angle supplying affordable solar cells, DIY solar panel kits, and other solar accessories allowing people to build their own solar panel at an astonishing low price.
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Tags: diy, electricity, Energy, grid, kit, national grid, panel, power, solar

Calculate cost of running your Dell

Dell has provided via their website a calculator that can help you esimate the running cost of your Dell or similar PC’s.  The calculator enables you to provide the basic information about your system, monitor type, hard drive etc. and furnished with extra information such as, how long do you use your system each day and what energy management profile are you using, it can tell you approximately how much it costs in electricity to keep your PC running.
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Tags: calculator, cost, dell, efficient, electric, Energy, intel, omputing, power

Citizen’s new take on a sun dial

Tell the time with the power of the sun using Citizens Eco-drive technology. The Eco-drive series of watches that use solar power to power and charge your watch of choice. A modern version of a sun dial if you will.
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Tags: citizen, clock, Energy, power, solar, sun, sun dial, time, watch

Power your gadgets with the power of the sun

Freeloader Pro is a powerful solar charger that will allow charge your gadgets anywhere.  It will charge gadgets such mobile phones, iPods and mp3 players, as well as portable dvd or media devices and even your digital camera.
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Tags: charge, charger, devices, freeloader, ipod, media, panels, portable, power, pro, solar

Renewable power on the move

Need renewable power on the move? Going to be close to river or stream?  Then maybe Bourne Energy’s new RiverStar BackPack Power Plant is for you.  The backpack is a small man-portable renewable hydro energy generator that is only 3 feet long and weighs less than 30 pounds.  Eack pack is self contained with it’s own integrated power, control, cooling and sensor systems.  The generator folds into a backpack sized unit (see image)  with the generator, hub and folded blades stored inside.
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Wi-Fi enabled solar power future tent

A cool looking tent, as tents go, but this one is filled to the brim with tech.  This tent produces it’s own power via photovoltaic fabric and offers wireless internet connectivity. 

This concept designed in association with Kaleidoscope builds on the the original solar tent that was trialled at Glastonbury 2003 uses the latest  photovoltaic fabric that has specially treated solar threads weaved into the fabric of the canvas which combines with the ability to reposition areas of the tent to take advantages of the best position to efficiently capture optimum amount of energy.
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Tags: camping, Energy, fabric, orange, photovoltaic, power, solar, tent, wifi