GlaxoSmithKline Invests In The Largest Rooftop Solar Installation In The US

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world today. Understandably, they have a huge distribution network that spreads all across the US and beyond. Due to this reason, their energy consumption in just the distributions channels is very high. This not only creates a problem for the environment, it also makes them spend a lot of money on electricity. So it comes as no surprise that they have decided to install solar panels on the rooftop of their distribution facility in Pennsylvania.

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New Solar Panel Installations in California

Orange County just got another major solar panel installation performed by Independent Energy Solutions using technology from Kyocera Solar Inc.

New solar panel system was installed on top of the roofs of three parking lots of financial company campus and includes 5472 of KD210 poly crystalline solar panels. It is expected that this installation will save $14 million in energy costs and will reduce carbon emissions by 30,725 tons over the next 25 years. It is expected that installed system will provide 50% of the energy to the central plant equipment and campus data center. Continue reading New Solar Panel Installations in California

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Solar Panel Manufacturers Turning To Smart Panels To Lower Costs

Solar panel prices have continued to fall over the last few years as productions have gone up and newer research has come into play. However, installing them remains a expensive affair even with the eventual long term pay off. To offset this, manufacturers are turning to newer technologies to enable the modules to regulate themselves and convert energy as they possibly can to bring down the ultimate cost.

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Goodyear, Arizona Receives Suntech Factory

Suntech is one of the largest manufacturers of Solar Panels in the world and they have recently opened a new facility at Goodyear, Arizona. It is setting up to be a large place and will create specialized work in the area for trained professionals.

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Cars driven by solar energy

Imagine driving 60 miles per hour on a freeway without paying a single cent for a fuel. Sounds like a dream – not really. It looks like we might be getting to the point where it may become a reality. During recent demonstration at the Paris Motor Show 2010 Helios IV car – completely driven by solar energy was able to reach 68.3 mile per hour purely on solar energy.
Of course it is just a single seater and it is not a production yet. But it is great proof of concept that solar energy is getting to the point where it may become feasible for auto companies to consider adding it to the production cars in some way or another. Continue reading Cars driven by solar energy

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