News tagged with solar water heaters


There's money to be saved in solar

Technology / Energy

created Feb 17, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (7) | comments 2

A series of solar panels on the roof converts the sun's rays to electricity, the electricity then flows through cables to the circuit breaker, where it's consumed in the building. The result -- a reduction in energy costs.





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Berkeley's blueprint for green future

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 25, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Officials in Berkeley, Calif., are laying out a roadmap to reach a voter mandated 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.


Water heaters put solar energy within reach

Technology / Energy

created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 4

Andrei Mitran of Cary says he has no desire to live "off the grid." But when choosing a replacement for his 18-year-old hot water heater, the computer programmer says he decided to look into purchasing a solar unit.


NTT DOCOMO Develops Solar-powered Handset

NTT DOCOMO Develops Solar-powered Handset

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NTT DOCOMO, Japan's largest mobile operator, announced today its development of the SOLAR HYBRID (docomo STYLE series SH-08A), a solar-powered, waterproof mobile phone that will go on sale in Japan from September.


Phoenix Mars Lander Enters Safe Mode

Phoenix Mars Lander Enters Safe Mode

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 30, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA'S Phoenix Mars Lander entered safe mode late yesterday in response to a low-power fault brought on by deteriorating weather conditions. While engineers anticipated that a fault could ...


Toward home-brewed electricity with 'personalized solar energy'

Toward home-brewed electricity with 'personalized solar energy'

Technology / Energy

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

New scientific discoveries are moving society toward the era of "personalized solar energy," in which the focus of electricity production shifts from huge central generating stations to individuals in their ...


How water forms where Earth-like planets are born

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a study that helps to explain the origins of water on Earth, University of Michigan astronomers have found that water vapor can form spontaneously in habitable zones of solar systems, and that it develops ...


Toward home-brewed electricity with 'personalized solar energy'

Toward home-brewed electricity with 'personalized solar energy'

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (10) | comments 5

New scientific discoveries are moving society toward the era of "personalized solar energy," in which the focus of electricity production shifts from huge central generating stations to individuals in their ...


Home heating efficiencies offer 'hat trick' of savings: study

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Improving the energy efficiency of Maryland homes heated by natural gas would generate a "hat trick" of economic and environmental benefits over the next 10 years, including more than 80,000 new jobs, savings of hundreds ...


New findings on the birth of the solar system

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 6

A team of international astrophysicists, including Dr Maria Lugaro from Monash University, has discovered a new explanation for the early composition of our solar system.


Evidence of liquid water in comets reveals possible origin of life

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 6

Comets contained vast oceans of liquid water in their interiors during the first million years of their formation, a new study claims.



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