Yay for solar-powered education! Elementary and high schools all around the U.S. are going solar
http://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/renewable-energy/solar-powered-kids-elementary-and-high-schools-are-going-solar/
DIY solar foundry reaches temperatures of 3800 degrees farenheit: Of all the ways to heat metal to melting points in order to work with it, using the sun’s heat is not usually listed among them. But Green Power Science does just that with this DIY solar foundry. Metal-working, in the backyard, without an open flame. Crazy!
Flying across America, from San Francisco to New York City, in a solar plane. Awesome!
http://www.treehugger.com/aviation/solar-impulse-flying-san-francisco-new-york-city-solar-plane.html
This concentrates thousands of suns into tiny super-high-efficiency solar cells, while costing 3x less than comparable systems. Very cool.
http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/ibm-solar-collector-magnifies-sun-2000x-without-cooking-itself.html
Solar project development: There’s an app for that.
With new apps popping up to meet just about every other need, it’s only natural that solar installers and developers would eventually get their own app, and a new project from Solar Site Design appears to be leading the pack.
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Solar technology for farming and urban gardening: “With the advances in both solar technology as well as remote automation, using the power of the sun to run parts of a farm or garden operation is easier than ever.”
For anyone who has had problems with enough battery life on their iPhone:
Send a text, charge your phone with solar power: “In Uganda, new gadget is being tested: a solar-powered charging station that is activated by text message. One text gives users 1.5 hours of charge time and the only cost is the fee associated with sending the message.”
Fourth-graders crowdfund their own solar-powered classroom: “I don’t remember exactly what projects we worked on in my own fourth grade class, but I do remember that we didn’t even talk about solar energy, much less attempt to raise funds to install our own system, so finding out that these kids are all kinds of jazzed about solar power is inspiring to me.”
Roads Cover 4.8 square miles of Manhattan
Howler and Yoon, winners of the Audi Urban Future Award image a NYC where roads become soccer fields and solar panels.
(via think-progress)
