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Photographer Jamey Stillings: Seeing the Big (Solar) Picture

Robin Madel | Posted 05.13.2013 | Green
Read More: Mojave Desert, Ivanpah, Desert-Tortoise, Aerial Photos, Bechtel, Brightsource, Jamey Stillings, Heliostats, Solar Thermal, Photography, Green News
Robin Madel

"I always want people to put issues like this in context. In talking about something like avian mortality, we must ask -- how many birds are killed every year because of office buildings and residential houses in the U.S. compared to how many are killed by energy projects?"

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WATCH: C++ Programming Pioneer Hacks Off-Grid, DIY, Smart Home

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 06.03.2012 | Green
Read More: California, Loren Amelang, Smart Home, Diy, Greenhouse, DC Power, Off-Grid Home, Solar Panels, Heat Downtube, Off-Grid, Photovoltaics, Silicon Valley, C++, C++ Pioneer, Solar Thermal, Off-Grid House, Solar Power Home, Solar Power, Video, Green News
Kirsten Dirksen

When Loren Amelang's Silicon Valley employer put in florescent lighting and wouldn't let employees bring in their own lights, Amelang moved to an off-grid property to create a space where he would have control over his environment.

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Igniting a Solar Fire

Alexia Parks | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: White House Council on Environmental Quality, Solar, President Barack Obama, Joe Biden, China, Van Jones, Barack Obama, p4p, Center for American Progress, Blake Jones, Gandhi, Namaste, Owens Lake, Steven Conger, Princeton University, Photovoltaic Cells, Vice President Joe Biden, Bloom Energy, Green Energy, Solar Thermal, Feedin Tarrifs, Nuclear Power, Pv, Impact News
Alexia Parks

Yesterday I met the future of America. Blake Jones, president of Namaste Solar was igniting a fire in the minds of his audience. He spoke about the power of a future fueled by solar energy.

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Beyond Photovoltaics: Rebirth of the Other Solar Power

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Concentrating Solar Power, Desertec, Solar, Green News, Renewable Energy, Renewables, Solar Concentrators, Solar Thermal, Csp, Green News
Kirsten Dirksen

When I stumbled across an inventor obsessed with perfecting the technology to roast coffee, I was unprepared for the lesson I was about to get in solar concentrating technology.

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