Solar Power World

New York Jets Facility Receives Rooftop Solar System

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited  and The New York Jets announced the completion of a solar power system at the Jets’ team headquarters and training center in Florham Park, NJ. This is the largest photovoltaic (PV) installation at a NFL team headquarters, utilizing over 3,000 Solar panels. All of the power generated by the system will be sold to The New York Jets under a long-term Power Purchase Agreement.Designed to generate over 750,000 kilowatt-hours of... Read More

New Solar Panels Are Built Specifically For Slanted Rooftops

Scheuten Solar recently presented its Multisol Integra; an integrated PV-solution suited for almost any sloped roof. This PV in-roof installation system replaces the conventional tile covering; whether as a part of the roof or as covering of the entire roof. This new solution seamlessly fits into contemporary market demands which ask for relatively small and flexible integration of PV modules. Multisol Integra will be first introduced in France, where the system qualifies for... Read More

Yosemite Nat. Park Receives $4.4 million Solar Project

Beginning in June, Yosemite National Park will install a large-scale solar panel project at El Portal that will accommodate a 539-kilowatt photovoltaic generation system with $4.4 million received under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Once built, this will be the largest grid-connected photovoltaic system in the National Park System.  Upon completion of the project, the park will double the electricity produced through renewable energy for the Pacific West Region... Read More

Is The Future For Solar In Deserts Or On Rooftops?

A recent study by David Anthony says that solar energy, despite all of the effort to increase its usage, still only accounts for less than one percent of the energy we consume.   The amount of solar energy that reaches the Earth’s surface every hour is greater than mankind’s total demand for energy in a whole year. The total energy stored in the world’s supply of fossil fuels is equal to just twenty days of solar energy.  By any measure, the sun is a... Read More

Largest Rooftop Solar Project Will Be Built In Boston

Construction on the largest roof-solar project in Boston will begin this month.  Developed and designed by the consortium of Rivermoor Energy, Fischback & Moor Electrical Group, and Zapotec Energy, Inc., the 240-kilowatt project at Boston Water and Sewer Commission (BWSC) headquarters will connect to the NSTAR grid. The complex project involves installing a 240-kilowatt solar photovoltaic system on the BWSC rooftop on Harrison Avenue in Boston.  Leveraging Massachusetts’... Read More

How effective is residential solar power?

The effectiveness of a solar power system for powering your home (or part of your home) depends upon a number of factors. For example:Electric or gas? In general, any appliance that uses electricity to power a heat element (for instance, an electric stove, an electric clothes dryer, or an electric water heater) is not very compatible with solar power.To get the most from a solar panel system, the first thing you should do is switch out energy-inefficient electric appliances... Read More