Solar Radiation Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 04 Sep 2014 07:29:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 NASA’s Latest Mission ARISE Determines Rates of Arctic Ice Melts https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nasas-latest-mission-arise-determines-rates-arctic-ice-melts-20140904/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nasas-latest-mission-arise-determines-rates-arctic-ice-melts-20140904/#respond Thu, 04 Sep 2014 07:29:40 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=49100 NASA’a quest to complete world’s knowledge and understanding of climate change continues with their latest mission ARISE. As of now until the end of October, various high-tech instruments placed on board of a C-130 plane will be measuring radiation levels and Arctic sea ice thickness. Climate change has an influence on every aspect of our lives– […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nasas-latest-mission-arise-determines-rates-arctic-ice-melts-20140904/feed/ 0 49100 Climate Change Contrarians Latch On To Cosmic Ray Explanation for Global Warming https://www.greenoptimistic.com/climate-change-contrarians-latch-cosmic-ray-explanation-global-warming-20131113/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/climate-change-contrarians-latch-cosmic-ray-explanation-global-warming-20131113/#comments Thu, 14 Nov 2013 03:37:36 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=43500 Climate change skeptics have long been trying to find a different explanation for the climate changes than have been occurring over the last century. In an attempt to debunk the widely held belief, upheld by scientific study, they are maintaining that the sun and galactic cosmic rays are linked directly to climate change, not humans. […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/climate-change-contrarians-latch-cosmic-ray-explanation-global-warming-20131113/feed/ 1 43500 Harvesting Solar Power in Spain With Very Efficient 30 Year Old Technologies https://www.greenoptimistic.com/harvesting-solar-power-in-italy-with-very-efficient-30-year-old-technologies-20091202/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/harvesting-solar-power-in-italy-with-very-efficient-30-year-old-technologies-20091202/#respond Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:41:38 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=5539 Abengoa Solar and E.ON Climate & Renewables have teamed up to build two 50MW concentrating solar power plants in Spain. With a total investment of around 550 million Euro, Helioenergy 1 & 2 will harvest solar power in the best area in Europe in terms of solar radiation: Ecija Seville in Southern Spain. Helioenergy 1 […]

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