http://solarpost.wordpress.com Producing energy for 4.5 billion years Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:37:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://solarpost.wordpress.com http://solarpost.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/big-plans/ http://solarpost.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/big-plans/#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:37:21 +0000 skeditor http://solarpost.wordpress.com/?p=8 ]]> Two major solar ventures have been announced. One is a 550 megawatt project in San Luis Obispo County, Calif. An Israeli company is planning a $6.3 billion project in South Africa that could wind up generating almost ten times as much power as the California project.

]]> http://solarpost.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/big-plans/feed/ 0 skeditor http://solarpost.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/is-small-the-new-big/ http://solarpost.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/is-small-the-new-big/#comments Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:38:36 +0000 skeditor http://solarpost.wordpress.com/?p=6 ]]> VentureBeat reviews the possibility of ringing small cities with 2-10 megawatt solar installations that could be built quickly and avoid bureaucratic approvals needed for larger plants. Each would provide enough power for 1,000 homes.

]]> http://solarpost.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/is-small-the-new-big/feed/ 0 skeditor Nanosolar\'s small solar installation http://solarpost.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/mit-gets-serious/ http://solarpost.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/mit-gets-serious/#comments Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:32:09 +0000 skeditor http://solarpost.wordpress.com/?p=5 ]]> Solar power is moving to the front burner at MIT as this donation enables the university to treat solar as a near-term energy solution rather than far-away theoretical research.

]]> http://solarpost.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/mit-gets-serious/feed/ 0 skeditor http://solarpost.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/google-and-gigawatts/ http://solarpost.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/google-and-gigawatts/#comments Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:59:41 +0000 skeditor ]]> Google and google.org invest $10 million in a solar power company that says it has lined up enough land to produce a gigawatt of electric power from the sun’s rays.

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