DIY Green Solar Energy

On the island of Mindoro in the Philippines, many villages go dark at night. There is no electrical grid, and generators are too expensive. Solar lamps present an affordable and sensible alternative, but they aren’t cheap. That’s why bankers and fishers are turning to the Filipino bank CARD, which finances the lamps with microcredit loans… More Information: www.dw.de www.dw.de www.dw.de

Countries all over the world are leading the way towards a green economy. Unfortunately lobbying by the oil, gas, coal and nuclear industries are hindering progress. Very soon, perhaps even now depending on the cost of electricity in your area, solar technology will be more economically cost effective than traditional forms of electrical production.

FREMONT (CBS 5) — After filing for bankruptcy last year, Fremont solar company Solyndra still owes American taxpayers half a billion dollars. But CBS 5 caught them destroying millions of dollars worth of parts. At Solyndra’s sprawling complex in Fremont, workers in white jumpsuits were unwrapping brand new glass tubes used in solar panels last week. They are the latest, most cutting-edge solar technology, and they are being thrown into dumpsters. Forklifts brought one pallet after another piled high with the carefully packaged glass. Slowly but surely it all ended up shattered. And it’s not a few loads. Hundreds of thousands of tubes on shrink-wrapped pallets will meet a similar demise. Solyndra paid at least million for the specialized glass. A CBS 5 crew found one piece lying in the parking lot. Solyndra still owes the German company that made the tubes close to another million. So why is a bankrupt company that owes a fortune to creditors, including American taxpayers, throwing away millions of dollars worth of assets? Solyndra is not commenting. But court documents reveal the company received permission from the bankruptcy trustee to abandon the high grade glass, the court agreeing that it was of “inconsequential value” because the cost of storing them exceeds their value. An employee for Heritage Global Partners, the company in charge of selling Solyndra’s assets, told CBS 5 they conducted an exhaustive search for buyers but no one wanted them. But how …

www.lockergnome.com – Energy sources alternative to the current use of fossil fuels will one day be necessary, because they’ll be all we have! And while some aren’t as efficient as they could be, we’re moving forward with the technology and improving that efficiency every year. But did you know that, no matter the source of energy — fossil to solar to nuclear — steam plays a big part in powering our world. Here are some interesting ways that solar power, mirrors, and steam can change the world. You can watch the entire live TLDR episode here: youtu.be www.gnomies.com http profiles.google.com twitter.com www.facebook.com

We have almost concluded the series of experiments with bigger innovative absorber panel for home heating innovation DIY. The innovative black pipe absorber panel shall reduce the cost of home heating to a bare minimum. Our trail work with this immensely large panel 100 sft with 100m black pipe roll is finished. We have observed dramatic improvement on efficiency with the larger panel almost equal to the normal GI pipe and plate solar with 3/4 of the panel size. The gain was almost 33c form lowest ambient air temperature of 2.8C . This is our 3rd day of experiment with approximately 3 hours of good sunshine in Kathmandu Jan-16 2012. And we are very happy to make the announcement for our future runs and improvements on the insulation of the panel and other things. This would be a big milestone on the very simple DIY innovation with black pipe. We shall publish other relevant details as soon as possible…with the comparative chart of temperature gain with normal plate solar of 3/4 panel size with same storage capacity in a week time. We are taking advantage of the coldest time of the year to really know the merits of this work for everyone benefit. We are really encouraged by the results of its performance. We have found manifold efficiency from our earlier circular panel of smaller dimensions. We are sure this shall help to conserve energy to the extreme at every ones yard with few pennies. We shall have one illustrative meeting with Nepal Travelers association in a week …

3×6 Solar cells Part 2 Video this panel is doing ok for 1/2 3×6 solar cells Fun Making solar panels your self and Getting this Kind of Power from Cheap crack and Broken solar cells Its the lowest cost way to go and use old Storm Windows and Encapsulat the solar cells with Liquid EVA Solar cells Encapsulation will last for years or Mayan 2012 Calendar LOL

This is a part of series with our home heating innovation DIY. The innovative black pipe absorber panel shall reduce the cost of home heating to a bare minimum. Our trial works for the solar heat collector and distribution system is almost complete. But this time we have increased the absorber panel size to 100 sft instead of usual 6′ dia panel, which is almost approximately 4 times more. We shall publish other relevant details as soon as possible…but this one includes some on site modification for better performance. We are sure this shall help conserve energy to the extreme, truely a friendly DIY item for so many around the globe. This work is an elaboration of our GE ecomagination entry challenge.ecomagination.com Highly illustrative Plastic Barrel solar video our latest posting www.youtube.com

This is a multi mirror array we made for Nippon Television. The array works well in the sun and also with multi high powered light sources.

Update on solar and wind system Merry Christmas and all the best wish for the new year 800 watt plus put back in the grid i like it with the new panel angle for winter thanks for watching and yes i have a bad cold

Build your own solar cell virtually scrap.Solar flashlights simply used.Before disposing reuse easy.