Dave Richards asked: Solar energy is transmitted to the earth in portions of energy called photons, which interact with the earth’s atmosphere and surface. It takes about 8 minutes and 20 seconds for the sun’s energy to reach the earth – this solar energy comes from within the sun itself. The sun is one big [...]
Tag Archives: Solar Energy
N. Carolina Solar Plant Slated for Construction
A 500-kilowatt PV plant is scheduled to be constructed at an industrial center near Roxboro, NC. The plant, being build by Carolina Solar Energy was awarded by local utility Progress Energy as part of an effort to meet mandatory state requirements for green energy production. Progress Energy picks Carolina Solar to build power plant – [...]
Chicago To Get Solar Power Plant
Chicago based Exelon, one of the nation’s largest electric utilities has plans to build a solar power plant on the south side of the city pending a federal loan covering most of the cost. The plant would utilize 32,800 solar panels providing power for up to 1,500 homes. chicogotribune.com – Solar energy plant planned for [...]
East Mesa, AZ $4 Million Solar Mansion
Belmont Homes of Mesa, AZ is slated to complete a custom home for local businessman Chen Liu by the summar. The 18,000 sq-foot house will include 140 solar panels which will initially provide 70 percent of it’s energy requirements. Liu will benefit from the utility company’s “EarthWise Solar Incentive Program”. Team works to build $4 [...]
Solar City, Florida
A 17,ooo acre swath of land in Florida called Babcock Ranch hopes to soon be “the first city on earth powered by zero-emission solar energy.” Real estate developer’s Kitson & Partners have described it as “Southwest Florida’s City of Tomorrow“, and with promises of 31 cent per month electricity it just might be. The site [...]
