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Solar Flare
Just a few short years ago, if you mentioned “rare earth metals,” most folks would assume you were t...
Community Solar | Get Renewable Energy without the Panels
How would you support the growth of renewable energy on a community level? Many environmental scienc...
A Most Excellent Solar Adventure
Photo courtesy of PlanetSolar.org. It’s been an incredible ride, but today will be the culmination o...
Could It Be I'm Green?
I have a confession to make. Even though I live in a part of Denver particularly proud of its green ...
A New Play on Solar
The launch of new “plug-n-play” solar panels has generated buzz in recent weeks. The manufacturer, C...
100 MW and Counting…
When an ecstatic member of the Xcel Energy Solar*Rewards team told me their program had recently rea...
The Solar Decathlon
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon began last week with an impressive display of energy...
Harvesting the Wind
My husband, a proud Colorado native, has shared with me that one day he will pack his bags, grab his...
It’s Like Putting Sunshine in a Battery
I am not going to lie — when I first heard about solar battery storage, I was not overly excit...
Bright Spot: SolarTAC Facility Serves as Sun Laboratory
In 2010, Xcel Energy ranked fourth in the Solar Electric Power Association’s (SEPA) list for new sol...
Sometimes it Takes a Community to Harness the Sun's Power
The house in which I grew up sat on a narrow plot of land – only 15 feet separated us from the...
Hands-Free and Battery-Free
While hands-free cell phones have been commonplace for some time, a new technology could make cell p...
Hit the Glass, Jack
For many, the winter of 2010-11 has been brutal. From coast to coast, we’ve seen massive snow storms...
How to Camouflage Your Solar Array
You can’t cover it with twigs. As effective as that was on Gilligan’s Island, your solar array needs...
