reader comments 144 A total of 1.1 gigawatts (GW) of solar have been installed around the world as of September, according to a new report by the World Bank (PDF). That’s similar to the amount of traditional solar panel capacity that had been installed around the world in the year 2000, the report says. The World Bank expects that, like …
Joyce Simms-Wilson is the general manager of corporate communications marketing for the National Housing Trust (NHT). The NHT allows a number of Jamaicans to cross the threshold into life-changing home ownership and this is work that Simms-Wilson is passionate about. It’s an extremely busy day for her but thankfully there’s a Blue Mountain coffee break. What major modifications has the …
Here are the shorlisted companies for MEP Contractor of the Year. Al Sabbah Electrical, Mechanical, Sanitary Contracting Est. (SEMCO) SEMCO was established in 1991 as one of a flagship company of Al Fara’a Integrated Construction Company. SEMCO is an electro-mechanical company providing solutions to the construction industry in the GCC. Related At present, SEMCO has four branches, associated offices and a HVAC duct …
Heckrodt Wetland Reserve in Menasha recently celebrated the installation of solar panels. Eland Electric’s completion of the 19.6 kilowatt system translates to an offset of 5,000 pounds of CO2 emissions, or the equivalent of planting 126 trees. “Heckrodt Wetland Reserve is excited to include energy conservation in our environmental message,” said Tracey Koening, executive director at the nature reserve. “The …
The solar policies of more than 400 utilities in six Southern states, which can either “make” or “brake” solar growth, are now an open book, thanks to the Rates of Solar web tool published by the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC). Southern states are no exception to a national trend in which many utilities are receiving permission from regulators to …
Five years after the installation of about 160 rooftop solar water heaters in BDA apartments in Jnanabharathi Layout in Kengeri, most of these water heaters are left unused. Reason: residents of these apartments, most of them belonging to economically weaker sections, are unwilling to pay ?23,000 and get the solarheated water connection. Only two families have got the connection while …
The solar water heater (SWH) uses solar energy to heat water. Solar water heater (SWH) is made of solar power collector panels and a water storage tank. It supplies hot water for various house hood activities such as washing, bathing and cleaning. Apart from the domestic use solar water heater is widely in use in commercial places such as hotels …
One million: a number which through usage and hyperbole has lost the presence of its size. A number so large that the word has become synonymous with large itself. There are, according to most recent census data, 7,266,187 households in the state of New York. The Million Solar Strong Coalition, as well as a growing number of New York State Assembly …
One of humanity’s newest spacecraft faced a harrowing test late Monday night (Nov. 5), darting just 15 million miles (24 million kilometers) of the surface of our sun. That spacecraft is NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, which launched in August with a daring mission to study the star that shapes our lives. To do so, it is flying a course of …
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