solar array Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 04:34:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 How Solar Power Could Be Cheaper Than Diesel in Africa https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-power-cheap-africa/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-power-cheap-africa/#respond Thu, 27 Aug 2015 04:34:45 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=56380 Africa is the source of some great startup companies that are increasing access to renewable energy across the continent, and now a South African research team has announced that they have found a solution to a problem than has stumped researchers for years. Their innovation will make small-scale solar power plants easy to make and easy […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-power-cheap-africa/feed/ 0 56380 Universities Receive Free Solar Power Generators from DC Solar https://www.greenoptimistic.com/free-solar-power-generators-universities/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/free-solar-power-generators-universities/#respond Tue, 25 Aug 2015 12:30:39 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=56324 Universities are often caught between the bottom line and their responsibility to the environment. Since electricity costs are still currently so low, monetary concerns often overshadow environmental ones. To combat this problem, Californian company DC Solar Freedom, in collaboration with DC Solar Distribution, will grant free solar power generators to many colleges and universities across […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/free-solar-power-generators-universities/feed/ 0 56324 US Army Goes Green, Creates Largest Solar Array in the World https://www.greenoptimistic.com/us-army-largest-solar-array-20130118/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/us-army-largest-solar-array-20130118/#respond Fri, 18 Jan 2013 10:58:39 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=31655 The US Army has just unveiled its brand new White Sands Missile Range Solar Power System in New Mexico. This system is the largest solar installation anywhere in the world and has a solar carport of 375 kilowatts and a 4.1 megawatt ground-mounted, low-concentration photovoltaic power plant. The White Sands solar array system covers 42 […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/us-army-largest-solar-array-20130118/feed/ 0 31655 Australia’s Largest Rooftop Solar System Installed At The University of Queensland https://www.greenoptimistic.com/australia-uq-solar-array-20110722/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/australia-uq-solar-array-20110722/#respond Fri, 22 Jul 2011 08:20:32 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=19551 Only 6 percent of the electricity generated by the system is enough to power the St. Lucia campus, which is not small, after all. It is estimated that the entire rooftop solar system is able to generate around 1.22MW of clean energy.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/australia-uq-solar-array-20110722/feed/ 0 19551 Jim Duke`s Free Electric Car Solar Charging Station https://www.greenoptimistic.com/jim-duke-free-electric-solar-charging-station-20090129/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/jim-duke-free-electric-solar-charging-station-20090129/#respond Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:07:45 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=1931 A great man on a great mission: Jim Duke, a known environmentalist of the tiny Aspen community El Jebel , Colorado, gives free of charge electricity to electric car owners.

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