Sometimes, it’s important to take a break from serious policy issues - which Margaret, Adam, Connie, and Matt tend to speak about a lot more intelligently than me - and reminder ourselves how cool solar can be. Especially on a Friday.
Over at Got2BeGreen, here’s a great post about solar-powered purses. Was the world anxiously [...]

For a long time, solar has been finding itself on non-traditional surfaces in fresh, yet practical, ways. The presence of solar shingles and solar billboards attests to this. Now take, for example, a solar balloon project called Sunhope.
 
 This initiative, which is being developed by architect Joseph Cory and aerospace engineer Dr. Pini Gurfil, of [...]

Following up on Adam’s down-to-earth post about the basics of installing solar, there’s a great piece out today from The Star about the concrete benefits in using a solar water heater for a pool. For anyone with a pool that they need to worry about heating, getting solar has been a sensible and cost-effective solution [...]

With so much news coming out about cleantech and renewable energy, climate change, politics and the price of oil, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by “the big picture.” This can be either a depressing or inspiring experience, depending on your general outlook. We here at Getsolar lean towards optimism, and we all share a belief [...]

Thanks to a wave of interest and innovation, it’s becoming hard to distinguish solar powered homes from conventional ones. At center stage is a technology that enables home owners to meet their energy goals without compromising on aesthetics: the so-called “solar shingle.” Essentially, solar shingles are modular photovoltaic cells disguised as roof shingles. There are [...]

Sky News reports that a solar-powered lawnmower has debuted in the United Kingdom. This is the first product of that kind in the world.
The real fun of following solar news lately has been seeing people apply the technology in some very strange and cool ways. There’s no real reason that the world desperately needs [...]

Our main areas of focus here at Getsolar are photovoltaics and solar hot water heating systems–those technologies that we, as individuals, can incorporate into our daily lives to lower our energy bills and lessen our dependence on carbon-intensive energy sources like coal. But on occassion, advancements in other technologies merit our attention. The February 22 [...]

Following on Eric’s blurb on Qatar’s growing investment in photovoltaics, I thought I’d share this picture I took during my recent travels to the Middle East. These solar water heaters are found on nearly every rooftop around Jerusalem. I saw a good number of PV panel installations as well, especially atop commercial centers and government [...]

The iPhone dominated tech headlines last year, and with good reason. While it’s not a perfect device, it is a sleek gadget that works well and packages together an awful lot of attractive features. It’s not economical compared to some competitors, but it has the Apple brand name and, many would say, a priceless “cool” [...]

News: Ignite Clean Energy Competition
Since 2004, the MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge has sponsored ICE (Ignite Clean Energy), a sustainable business competition with a twist: ICE is judged according to business presentations.
The idea is to encourage companies devoted to reducing the energy sector’s dependence on fossil fuels to develop business plans that might actually attract [...]