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Massachusetts-based Evergreen Solar has announced a new line of high efficiency solar panels this month.
The new ES-A Series, the 200, 205 and 210 W solar panels are made with Evergreen’s proprietary “String Ribbon” technology. A set of special parallel strings are pulled through a molten pool of silicon and a thin “ribbon” forms between strings as the silicon cools. The ribbon is then cut and fashioned into solar cell wafers.
Evergreen claims the carbon footprint of these new panels is up to 50% smaller than those of competitors, and they have a quicker energy payback — perhaps as fast as 12 months.
With their workforce swelling from 300 to 1,000.Evergreen says it will begin production of its new panels by July and will be built in its new manufacturing plant in Devens, Massachusetts
The company says the new panels will have an easier installation, new clickable connectors and a new low voltage configuration for greater flexibility.
EVERGREEN SOLAR SIGNS TWO NEW SALES CONTRACTS TOTALING APPROXIMATELY $600 MILLION
EvergreenSolar to double plant’s size add 350 jobs.
Enjoy the SUN!
Bruce
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Posted by: Bruce in Earth Changes, Green Websites, Inspiration, News, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, SolarEnurgy team, Technology, tags: clean energy, green revolution, innovalight, Solar, solar energy
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Posted by: Bruce in General, Green Websites, News, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, SolarEnurgy team, Technology, tags: consumer, green, Solar, solar energy, Wind Power
This is such a welcome trend to see educated, environmntally concious consumers, making their choices based upon their concern for our planet and each other. A recent rmarketing eport from Unity Marketing has clearly indentified the luxury market is responding to the green market and it is not a fad or trendy short lived part of the economy. With gas prices exploding and climate change being a real concern not just the treehuggers and fashion challenged granola-heads are voting with their consuming choices and pocket books. Here is an excerpt from the article:
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The Luxury Market Is Going Green — Luxury Brands Can’t Afford to Ignore It
Unity Marketing’s latest trend report uncovers strategies for targeting the affluent “Green” consumer
Stevens, PA June 6, 2008 — The typical ‘green’ consumer is no longer certain to be a fashion-challenged, granola-crunching wearer of Birkenstocks. Today, the consumer looking to go green is increasingly likely to be an affluent professional woman wearing an eco-friendly and animal-free Stella McCartney suit and satin shoes. And if you want her dollars and her loyalty, you need to pay attention to the priorities she finds important when making her selection of luxury goods and services.
Green luxury consumers look for social responsibility before making a purchase
According to Unity Marketing’s latest trend report on luxury, Green Marketing and the Luxury Consumer, luxury consumers are concerned about the environmental issues that hit closest to home, citing fuel and energy shortages and the use of renewable energy sources as top concerns. “With gas prices at $4 a gallon — and this might be the summer low — even the affluent find it hard to ignore the impact of filling your tank a couple of times a week,” says Pam Danziger, president of Unity Marketing and author of Shopping: Why We Love It and How Retailers Can Create the Ultimate Customer Experience.
However, luxury consumers are also looking beyond themir pocketbooks to larger issues, like protecting the environment, global warming and avoiding water and air pollution. And the leaders on these issues are affluent women.
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There is a $230 billion marketplace that exists for products and services that meet the needs of consumers who buy based on their personal, social and environmental values. This marketplace is predicted to grow to $845 billion by 2015! Here is Colette Chandler, Green Marketing expert, talking about the effects of Green Marketing and how consumer trends are driving profit… GO GREEN!
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So going green and having some green now go together. It is great to see how the power of one person making green choices with their consuming can in deed change the world. I think another major shift is happening in the choices for the quality of the foods we eat. Qrganic, non-irradiated, Monsanto-free foods should be the norm. If the corporate strangle hold of our FDA drives their decisions… we can undernine the corporations by what we are willing to purchase…. one person… one purchase at a time… :~)
Peace,
Bruce
Unity Marketing article
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Why Say Yes to Green?
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An interview with Professor Bebo White regarding the SayYesToGreen.org initative…
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Posted by: Bruce in Citizenre Corp, Humor, Inspiration, New Ecopreneurs, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Technology, tags: lease, rental, Solar, sunedison, whole foods
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That is exactly what Biosolar, a Santa Clarita, California based company is doing. Their CEO, Dr. David Lee, knows a bit about the current components of standard photovoltaic panels. He expects Biosolar to begin contribuing to a greener version of photovoltaic solar panels.
Biosolar’s goal: to replace all the pretoleum-based materials and glass coatings now used in current photovoltaic cells. Dr. Lee explained that up to 25% of the cost of any current solar panel is actually taken up with the coatings, front and back, portions not used to generate electricity. Portions that currently are made from petroleum, or glass, not renewable resources.
BioSolar, Inc. has developed a breakthrough technology to produce bio-based materials from renewable plant sources that will reduce the cost per watt of solar cells. Most of the solar industry is focused on photovoltaic efficiency to reduce cost. BioSolar is the first company to introduce a new dimension of cost reduction by replacing petroleum-based plastic solar cell components with durable bio-based components. Through the advanced manipulation of bio-based polymers, BioSolar intends to produce robust bio-based components that meet the stringent thermal and durability requirements of current solar cell manufacturing processes.
BioSolar materials can be used directly in conventional manufacturing systems, such as injection molding and thin-film roll-to-roll, to create superstrate layer, substrate layer, backsheet as well as module and panel components. Whether solar cells are produced using crystalline silicon, amorphous silicon or other solar technologies, BioSolar can help reduce the cost per watt through the use of its lower cost bio-based materials. By removing petroleum from solar cells, BioSolar makes solar energy a true green source of energy.
And doing this with plants not made from food crops! What a great green idea!
Peace,
Bruce
BioSolar Website
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On monday (5/25/08) new patents were pulled by some folks at Apple. The patents are related to using solar energy to power portable devices. As usual Apple is about three steps ahead of everyone else…
As an Apple Authorized Reseller and Ecopreneur… I found this very exciting and amusing. The patent talks about integrating the solar panels behind the actual LCD screen of a portable device.
This would save the space taken by the panels on the device’s outer surface. The patent application showcases diagram where the solar cells are placed between the LCD Layer and the Flex PCB. The technology behind this all is quite interesting. It goes back to a 2001 patent that Motorola filed, exploring the use of photovoltaic cells behind the LED screen of the device, much like a calculator. If Apple pulled this off successfully, there would be no design modifications at all. It would be an instant success.
The filing said that information regarding the performance of a device’s solar cells could be displayed on the main screen next to info for battery power, text message alerts and time of day. Or this information could also appear on top of the solar cells themselves, which are likely to display some version of the Apple logo.
In any case, Apple’s new technology could herald the next generation of wireless mobility. Without the need to electrically charge devices–either via outlets or USB cables–users could at last start to break free from on-the-grid power connections.
Other mobile product manufacturers have looked at solar energy for some time, as consumers demand more battery power from portable devices One product is the 6.4-ounce Solio Mg, $200, from Better Energy Systems. Its three magnesium blades fan out to reveal solar panels, which can store enough power to charge most phones and PDAs twice; an hour of clear sun will give most cell phones 25 minutes of talk time or an iPod an hour of playing time. It takes ten hours of direct sun to fully juice the device.
Also, the world’s first solar bag–the Voltaic Systems’ Generator laptop bag–is covered in solar cells and can charge a laptop. It generates up to 14.7 watts after a day of direct sunlight, can carry a 17-inch Apple Powerbook and comes with adapters that allow other electronics, such as cell phones, to be charged.
Apple is getting brighter all the time… :~)
Peace,
Bruce
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THE Australian State Government announced this week that Victoria would join Queensland and South Australia in offering an incentive for people to install solar power panels. Under the “feed-in” tariff for solar power, home owners will be paid more than three times the retail price for each kilowatt-hour of electricity fed into the grid from a rooftop solar power system.
In addition to increased adoption of renewable energy, feed-in tariffs can help build a local renewable energy industry. Germany now employs nearly 250,000 people in renewable energy, with 23,500 people involved in making solar panels.
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This kind of political will is an example of what we need here in the US. Go Ausi’s! GO Citizenre!
With solar on our roofs we will not only save money, but make a HUGE contribution toward enhansing our economy and environment.
Peace,
Bruce
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