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  1. Kevin Lancaster

    India unveils world’s largest solar power plant

    India unveils world’s largest solar power plant Images have been released showing the sheer scale of the size of the new solar power plant in southern India.
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    InfiniSolar 10Kw 3Phase grid tie inverter

    Item name (be very descriptive): InfiniSolar 10Kw 3Phase grid tie inverter Age and condition: Used about 4 weeks Do you include packaging: No Warranty: Yes Reason for selling: Upgraded to 16KW inverter Price: R42,000 Negotiable: Yes Location: Dalpark Ext 1, Gauteng Shipping or...
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    Tesla's Solar Roof Tiles (Elon Musk)

    http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-unveils-solar-roof-solarcity-video-2016-10 Im very excited about this!:) We need a new roof as well and I really hope they will sell this in SA. Its being released USA summer 2017. Definitely a game changer!
  5. Kevin Lancaster

    Growing food with seawater and solar power technology

    Growing food with seawater and solar power technology In a desert region of southern Australia is a farm that – without the use of soil, fresh water, or fossil fuels – grows and supplies 15 percent of the entire country’s tomatoes through state-of-the-art technology.
  6. Kevin Lancaster

    New solar cell is more efficient, costs less than its counterparts

    New solar cell is more efficient, costs less than its counterparts Exposed in step-like formation, layers of new photovoltaic cell harvest more of the sun’s energy.
  7. Zoomzoom

    What realistic and affordable alternatives are there to off-set electricity bills?

    I'm trying to find a less expensive alternative to off-set electrical bills. Advice given is ALWAYS to the more expensive, and more out of reach "Replace all appliances with more efficient models' yeah right *falls on floor laughing* so HAPPY you have the spare cash to just go out and...
  8. Kevin Lancaster

    See South Africa’s new giant solar power plant – photos

    See South Africa’s new giant solar power plant – photos Italian energy company TerniEnergia recently completed its giant solar park in South Africa, the 82.5MW Paleisheuwel photovoltaic plant.
  9. Kevin Lancaster

    New solar panels generate electricity from rain

    New solar panels generate electricity from rain Chinese scientists have developed a solar cell that harvests energy from raindrops.
  10. Kevin Lancaster

    US town rejects solar farm, says it will suck up all the sun’s energy

    US town rejects solar farm, says it will suck up all the sun’s energy Residents of Woodland in North Carolina “expressed distrust and fear of the solar panels”.
  11. Kevin Lancaster

    Massive breakthrough in solar power tech by SA researchers

    Massive breakthrough in solar power tech by SA researchers South African researchers have cracked the concentrated solar power puzzle that even Google couldn’t, The Guardian reports.
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    Google’s Project Sunroof maps solar panel savings.

    This week, Google launched “Project Sunroof,” a side project that calculates a household's potential for solar panel output. People who live in Boston, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Fresno are invited to enter their address at the Project Sunroof landing page to see how much available sunlight...
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    What are you doing to combat load shedding in your household?

    Just wanted to open a discussion about what measures you are taking to beat load shedding? generators? UPS? wind turbines? solar? Grid tied systems? What is working for you? What have you tried that didn't work? Be interesting to see what other people are trying. Also if anyone knows of...
  14. Kevin Lancaster

    The solar-powered family car of the future

    The 4-seater solar-powered family car of the future Solar Team Eindhoven has developed a solar-powered vehicle which has four seats and a range of 1,000km.
  15. Kevin Lancaster

    Solar-powered car to drive across Africa

    Solar-powered car to drive across Africa A group of university students and lecturers are on a road trip of a different kind as they travel over 4 000km to test out their solar powered car the Ilanga II.
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    Solar window coatings

    So, I have two rooms with east facing sliding glass doors which gets incredibly hot on sunny days (and it's not just direct sunlight - I get indirect sunlight reflected off the ocean as well). I have therefore been considering getting a window coating/film installed to limit the amount of heat...
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    Eskom Load Shedding and the Gamers

    Hi All, So with all the Loadshedding from Eskom I'm looking into alternatives and though I would share what I've found. (Please note that I am no expert and I've only learned about W/A/V in the last two days so things might be wrong) This is Solar + Wind vs a good UPS The summary of it is...
  18. mercurial

    How Much Room Do We Need To Supply The Entire World With Solar Electricity?

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    Huawei 3G, CCTV IP Cam, PTZ control lag. Some advice please

    I have setup a site where there is no power and no building infrastructure with network or internet, so please don't advise me to run a network cable to the nearest building. LOL I've got a HUAWEI 3G modem with 2 x IP Cams running on a solar panel and backup battery (yes it's big enough @...
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    Space weather: Solar magnetic field

    http://youtu.be/34gNgaME86Y Does space weather affect human behaviour ? Yes, does it... read more http://www.messagetoeagle.com/sunactivityhealth.php#.UgeM9m3LKSo http://www.esa-spaceweather.net/spweather/workshops/SPW_W3/PROCEEDINGS_W3/babayev.pdf
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    First Solar Power station in South Africa, where is it?

    I remembered last year Zuma said at Durban COP about build first Solar Power station in South Africa. But it's not say where and when. Recently I came cross a post http://satags.com/post/22805708133/first-solar-power It might mean the power station will be at Uppington Is anyone here have the...
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