Author Archives: Ray Edwards

Nowhere is the demand for energy more intense, nor the ability to fill that demand more viable with solar energy, than in the third world. Continue reading →

Described by former CIA Director James Woolsey: “A plug-in hybrid is an electric car with an insurance policy – a gas engine.” No better description can I find than that. A solar powered hybrid is a vehicle that relies primarily on solar powered electricity. However, to supplement and ensure operation, most also have a gas engine that kicks in under certain pre-specified conditions, or when the battery is depleted. Continue reading →

Passive solar energy simply takes advantage of the sun’s energy as the name implies…passively. There are no moving parts, no fans, no pumps…no mechanical or electrical elements in the design, although fans are sometimes used to help move and distribute heated or cooled air throughout the space. If a fan is necessary, it is, or certainly can be, solar-powered as well. Continue reading →

If you’ve always dreamed of being the masked crusader who creates tomorrow’s better world, the right role for you right now is that of the “Solar Power Myth Buster.” Continue reading →

Sugar and spice and everything nice…or snakes and snails and puppy dog tails? Or would today’s young people say that solar energy panels are made of Beiber boys and grown-up toys? Continue reading →

Is your patio lighted? How about your curb or your driveway? If they are, I think I could hazard a safe guess that they’re solar. Continue reading →

Solar power has had excruciatingly slow in the United States. The price of solar energy components is generally sited as the primary reason. That may be valid…until you consider rising fossil fuel costs, what it costs not to adopt solar energy, and how mass production can bring down price. Continue reading →

Are you afraid that solar energy is just too expensive? Have you received bids on your new home, or a solar project you’ve been considering, and decided you just can’t afford it? Continue reading →

Installing a home solar power system becomes more and more feasible as the price of component parts goes down. No real revelation there, just basic economics. Continue reading →

Erik Lysen said in Renewable Energy World Magazine in 2003: The surface of the Earth receives an amount of solar energy equivalent to roughly 10,000 times the world energy demand.” Continue reading →