12:57 pm in cooking, solar, solar power, solar thermal power by TreeHugger
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One of the inconveniences of solar cooking is that it is, well,
inconvenient to have to go outside when you would rather be in your kitchen, doing other things while the pot is cooking. Kris de Decker of
No-Tech magazine shows a very clever design from
Solare Brücke, which was founded in 1992 " to contribute to balancing global inequalities and to promote the dissemintation of renrewable energies....
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9:41 am in alternative energy, Business & Politics, economics, poverty, renewable energy, solar, solar power, united kingdom, wind energy by TreeHugger
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When I posted an interview with
wind energy pioneer Dale Vince, one
Facebook commenter took issue with my references to his "hippie dropout" past, and the fact that he is now on Britain's rich list. The idea that we should be impressed by how his "...
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8:47 am in alternative energy, economics, renewable energy, solar, solar power, united kingdom by TreeHugger
Want solar panels but don't want to pay for them? Feed-in tariffs have already enabled
free solar for schools programs in the UK, and in the US folks are enjoying
solar for no money down thanks to innovative leasing schemes. Now Business Green reports a similar scheme is
offering at least UK£30m (about US$45m) of funding for free solar panels. (Some ...
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8:12 am in alternative energy, renewable energy, solar, solar power, united states by TreeHugger
News that
IKEA was buying a 12MW wind farm and installing 2MW of solar in the UK had some commenters wishing that other big box retailers would follow their lead. We have, of course, already seen some plans for
distributed solar across big box rooftops—but whether or not IKEA's moves will spread the revolution remains to be seen. What is certain is that the Swedish furniture retailer is not just aiming its clean energy efforts at the UK. I...
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