http://www.thesolarplan.com/news/ Solar News from TheSolarPlan.com en Copyright 2008 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:57:44 -0700 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Nearly 50% of global electricity supplies must come from renewable energy sources in order to cut CO2 emissions in half by 2050. http://www.thesolarplan.com/news/solar-news/half-of-global-electricity-to.html http://www.thesolarplan.com/news/solar-news/half-of-global-electricity-to.html Solar Articles Solar News carbon energy Green green power renewable solar Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:57:44 -0700 Car makers, particularly in Europe, are discovering solar power as an effective additional energy source at the same time lowering fuel consumption and the emission of pollutants. http://www.thesolarplan.com/news/solar-news/car-makers-discover-solar-powe.html http://www.thesolarplan.com/news/solar-news/car-makers-discover-solar-powe.html Solar Articles Solar News Solar Resources auto automobile green green power greenpower solar solar automobile solar cells solar electric solar panels Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:38:23 -0700 A vast majority of Americans feel that the development of solar power and other renewable energy sources should be a major priority of the federal government. http://www.thesolarplan.com/news/solar-news/94-of-americans-say-solar-ener.html http://www.thesolarplan.com/news/solar-news/94-of-americans-say-solar-ener.html Solar Articles Solar News green solar solar energy Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:01:29 -0700 - Wind power has the potential to become a leading source of energy - Three quarters of the world's wind power is generated in Europe - Wind power is variable -- but one British professor has devised a way to store the energy for those non-windy times as compressed air 600 meters underwater http://www.thesolarplan.com/news/wind-energy/where-to-store-windpowered-ene.html http://www.thesolarplan.com/news/wind-energy/where-to-store-windpowered-ene.html Solar Articles Solar News Wind Energy green renewable wind wind generation Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:44:50 -0700 Here are some easy adjustments anyone can make that will not cost anything at all and several will actually save money. http://www.thesolarplan.com/news/solar-news/21-no-cost-steps-to-be-environ.html http://www.thesolarplan.com/news/solar-news/21-no-cost-steps-to-be-environ.html Solar News Green solar Sun, 23 Dec 2007 13:05:52 -0700 All over the USA, there will be a lot of places this weekend and over the next month where homeowners are opening up their personal homes to let anyone come see, learn and ask questions about what it is like to live in a real Solar Home. http://www.thesolarplan.com/news/solar-news/up-close-renewable-solar-homes.html http://www.thesolarplan.com/news/solar-news/up-close-renewable-solar-homes.html Solar Home Design Solar News green greenpower renewable solar solar home Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:47:32 -0700 Denver, Colorado has over 300 days of sunshine in an average year - This is going to be big! ]]> http://www.thesolarplan.com/news/colorado/mass-marketing-solar-to-colora.html http://www.thesolarplan.com/news/colorado/mass-marketing-solar-to-colora.html Colorado Solar Articles Solar Home Design Solar News Colorado green greenpower off-grid solar solar electric solar energy solar tax credit Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:56:15 -0700 Denver, Colorado has over 300 days of sunshine in an average year - This is going to be big! ]]> http://www.thesolarplan.com/news/colorado/mass-marketing-solar-to-colora-1.html http://www.thesolarplan.com/news/colorado/mass-marketing-solar-to-colora-1.html Colorado Solar Articles Solar Home Design Solar News Colorado green greenpower off-grid solar solar electric solar energy solar tax credit Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:56:15 -0700 With a discovery made at UCSB's Center for Polymers and Organic Solids, we are going to have less and less of an excuse not to go green! ]]> http://www.thesolarplan.com/news/solar-news/organic-solar-cells-the-next-f.html http://www.thesolarplan.com/news/solar-news/organic-solar-cells-the-next-f.html Solar Articles Solar News green greenpower orgainc solar cell solar solar cells sun Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:25:10 -0700 groSolar The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) Please Note: There should be no implied endorsemment associated with listing the sites above and the links behind them. 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Three-quarters of survey respondents perceive solar power to be more important than ever, evidence that Americans recognize the value of solar as a clean, renewable form of energy. The survey was conducted in May of this year among 1,004 adults to measure their perceptions of solar power. http://www.thesolarplan.com/news/solar-news/90-of-americans-think-solar-po.html http://www.thesolarplan.com/news/solar-news/90-of-americans-think-solar-po.html Solar Articles Solar News energy green home housing savings solar Solar Energy survey Thu, 31 May 2007 12:42:03 -0700 On May 11, 2007 Gov. 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