Tuesday, October 24th, 2006

General Motors Goes Solar, with Some Help from Some Friends.

The idea of solar power holds spectacular promise. The Sun is, after all, the Sun. However, for most people, or corporations, the startup costs of installing a solar power system outweigh the financial return. It will take years to recoup the cost of putting up solar panels. However, if incentives are available to help consumers [...]

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Tuesday, May 9th, 2006

This is Awesome… and what we should all be doing.

The San Diego Unified School District has just worked out a great deal with Solar Integrated Technologies to get new roofs on many of their schools that are integral solar panels!  So each school not only gets a new roof for free, but they also get to buy the power from that roof for less [...]

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