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 [...]

News: Spectrum Online
Traditionally, photovoltaic cells are fabricated from silicon. While cell efficiency is continually improving, the fact remains that the electricity generated from them is more expensive than that generated from conventional energy sources.
As the initial price and longer returns on investment are the main obstacles of more mainstream adoption of photovoltaic solar cells, the [...]

Boston-based entrepeneur Jim Poss, founder of Seahorse Power, has put something incredibly useful - and incredibly cheap - on the streets of our cities. It’s called the BigBelly, and it’s a solar powered trash compactor. Thrilling, right?Right. These compactors can handle up to five times the waste of normal trash bins, they require zero energy [...]

News: Web Host Industry News.
As part of an increasing wave of companies offering services guaranteed to be planet-friendly, web hosting company Greenest Host has launched a plan to offer web companies server space powered entirely be solar energy.
Since data centers and server hubs draw on massive power resources, the move fits naturally with solar’s long-run [...]