PARABOLIC MIRROR 56″ PARABOLOID SOLAR POWER STEAM GENERATION Concave Mirror Solar Collector 2

admin | January 1st, 2009 | solar power energy

This is the second video with the 56″ Parabolic Dish. The water boiled in 90 Seconds from 50F. The container is a Venom Energy Drink made out of thicker gauge Aluminum. I added some black paint to the back but kept the from because it is a cool design. The drink was too sweet for me:-)

This dish was slightly damaged so I softened the dents and corrected the surface. This dish is operating at full strength even with the slight damage. It was like that when I got it. I decided to test this one incase something happened that way I did not damage a near perfect dish. This one also has a center hole for mounting.

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How much electric can I collect a day with Solar Panel ? ( West Virginia- you can choose panel size))?

admin | December 20th, 2008 | solar electric panels


It depends -
1. What size panel and how many do you want to buy.

2. What is the intensity of the sun for the day (overcast or sunny)

3. It can also depend on the quality of the solar panel.

It is possible to power an entire home off of solar panels with the right setup and enought financial investment.

Below are a couple of links that might provide some more help.

http://www.solarhome.org/

http://www.evo.com/solar

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Could an Electric car Re-charge it’s battery, while in motion, using Solar Panels on the roof.?

admin | December 19th, 2008 | solar electric panels

Or does’nt Exxon allow this.

could; you’d have to park in the sun..
and solar cells only pick up 13% max of the available energy

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Underwater SOLAR PANELS 9% Stronger PV Photovoltaic Sun Power

admin | December 2nd, 2008 | solar power energy

This test illustrates the efficiency drop from heat buildup in PV panels and how water can be heated while the panel produces a more efficient energy yield. Dunk at you own risk:-)

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why doesn’t Australia look to solar power for their energy needs?

admin | November 22nd, 2008 | solar power energy

I mean, i dont know too much about the country, but i know they have a lot of land that can be extremely hot.

So are they working on using solar energy? if not, why not? thanks

Some houses in Australia do have solar power, But the probem with this is that it cannot be depended upon. When the sun is shining it is fine, But even in Australia it is not sunny all the time. When it is cloudy and raining the solar panels do not produce energy very well. Here in Perth it has been raining most days for the last 10 weeks or so.

On good days solar powered houses can sell spare electricity to the local electricity company to be taken back into the power grid.

The other factor is the cost of setting up the solar powered system - about say $20,000 to set up in a house.

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DIY SOLAR TUBES EVACUATED VACUUM TUBE SOLAR HOT WATER Boil water with the power of the SUN

admin | November 22nd, 2008 | solar power energy

Boil water just by placing it in the sun.
http://www.greenpowerscience.com/
This is a simple process to make your owns solar evacuated vacuum tubes from any bottle and a $2 vase from Walmart.

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Slide Show Windmillls Wind Turbines Pickens Power Energy Oil

admin | November 17th, 2008 | solar power energy

http://www.NelsonPlanSaveThePlanet.com This is a 79 part Slide Showing how Windmillls or Wind Turbines in Kansas are built to create clean air electricity from the wind. better use of our oil. They include.
Website Links to Saving the Planet 1 http://www.PickensPlan.com The most USA’s most aggressive plan to solve our energy crisis. 2 http://www.PickensPlan.com/news/ Please take an hour to learn in details what T Boone Pickens plan is as he speaks in the Topeka Town Hall meeting. 3 www.TheWindTurbines.com/Photographs/Windmills.html How many different kind of wind turbines are there? Most are adapted to farm colonies where many are linked together for commercial use but there are some turbines made for individual use. 4 http://www.TheWindTurbines.com/ Read what you need to learn what to know about wind turbines which can have a big effect on how much oil we buy from overseas. One of the problems is using the energy from wind farms is how to get it transported to others parts of the USA. 5 http://www.EndAddictionToOil.com We can not be addicted to oil for ever without it costing us significantly in our pocket book, our freedom to live like we have been or to secure our future of being an independent country. 6 http://www.EndAddictionToOil.com/TBoone/Pickens.html Learn about the back ground of this 80 year old billionaire oil tycoon and see how he might be able to help the USA from getting caught in an energy crises or dilemma. 7 http://www.TheNaturalGasCars.com The USA has an a abundance of natural gas. If we use that in cars we can buy oil locally we can keep the jobs it creates at home. Sadly no natural gas cars are produced in the US today. GM makes 22 models outside the USA. Natural gas burns a lot cleaner than oil and costs less. 8 http://www.UseSolarPowerEnergy.com/ As we develop technology we can better use solar power as our energy source. There is a lot of it there. Read how solar energy works. You may be able to contribute an idea non promoting it. 9 http://www.DropOfOil.com An extremely powerful weapon we have in solving our addiction to oil is in “conservation”. We waste significant amounts of oil. By conserving and not wasting in everything we do we can help save the planet by collectively saving one drop of oil at a time which will add up to tankers full. It is our most realistic consideration in solving our energy problem, but it is going to take a log of education and marketing to get that message across. 10 http://www.DropOfOil.com/SaveThe/Planet1.html Here are over 100 tips that you and your family use in leaning away from consumptivitis which eats into to our addiction to oil.
11 http://www.AmericanPatriotismNeeded.com This is about the hardest of all the projects to get a new energy plan rolling. The American public is not yet about to give up anything they have been used to using. It is going to take a real great “energy catharsis” to begin to change the attitude of each and every citizen knowing that our survival is dependent on demonstrating our loyalty to our country and the cause it has planned to cure the energy problem. It must start from the President and works its way down through every politician and leader. There has to be a common thread. It probably wont happen until we are so deep in an energy crisis that it might be too late to resurrect ourselves.
12 http://www.VideosBankruptcy.com/ Watch what some people think is a very high risk that the United States itself goes bankrupt. What happens when the US Government is out of real money and credit? Your life is going to change big time to a position far different than what you ever dreamed it could be. 13 http://www.ChangingIdeas.com/Global-Warming/It-Must-Be-Stopped.html Global warming is a valid flag raising concern. A high majority of scientists have affirmed global warming. When we reduce our consumption of oil we have a far greater chance of keeping global warming from becoming a predictable reality. 14 http://www.EndAddictionToOil.com/Waste/Consumptivitis.html Waste and consumptivitis have been a major cause of the increased dependence we have on oil. Everything we do or use is related to oil. Changing this will come significantly when we are successful in making a change in our patriotism. 15 http://www.EndaddictionToOil.com/Waste/Recycle.html By learning to recycle everything we can make big difference in our demand for oil. 16 http://www.EndaddictionToOil.com/WebsiteMakeover/Recycle.com.html Learn about recycling things here. 17 http://www.UseSolarPowerEnergy.com/Photos/Panels.html Look at all the different types of solar panels used to make electricity. Some will fit on your roof or in your back yard. When you are creating more electricity than you need you sell it back to the power company for others to use.

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Solar power, easing into the sun without getting burned - Examiner.com

admin | November 14th, 2008 | solar electric panels


Examiner.com
Solar power, easing into the sun without getting burned
Examiner.com - 9 hours ago
Solar electric panels (PV) create electricity. In order to size a system for your home, you need to know how much electricity (kilowatt-hours or kWh) you

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What type of battery bank would i need to store energy from a solar panel used to power a house?

admin | November 13th, 2008 | solar panel energy

What type of battery bank would i need to store energy from a solar panel used to power a house, and what would be the cost?

a big one.

You need to answer a few questions:

1. What is your average power usage. You can get that from old electric bills. Typical is 1000 watts.

2. How many hours without sun do you want the batteries to continue to supply power when there is no sun. Obviously you need the nite hours, but how about 2-3 days when it is raining?

Lets try a sample calculation of 24 hours, and 1000 watts. That is 24000 watt hours. A large marine sealed lead acid battery can supply about 1000 watt hours, and costs about US$300. But in this case, you would need 24 of them, a lot of money and storage space and maintenance. Change to 2000 watts and 2 days and it quickly spirals out of control.

One alternative you should investigate is selling power to your power company when you have excess and buying when the sun isn’t shining. Some allow this, and it saves on the battery cost and maintenance.

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Sterling Engines - these can save the planet!

admin | November 10th, 2008 | solar power energy

This technology has the power to power the world - a field 100 miles x 100 miles could power all of USA

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