One person's sustainable is another person's tacky; As interest in...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  March 26, 2008 ;   Lemagie, Sarah;   787 words ......Minnesota homeowners who want to install solar panels on their roofs describe the panels as...association boards, some of which ban solar panels in their covenants. It's a conflict...community associations from banning solar panels. The proposed law, which is unlikely...

Solar panels generate excitement

New Haven Register;  August 12, 2006 ;   David Hutter;   492 words ......Studies Magnet School is having 272 solar panels installed on its roof, as part of an...Aug. 24, project officials say. The solar panels will generate enough energy to save...spokeswoman. "The Barnard School's use of solar panels keeps with the city's trend of clean-ener...

Grey skies at school; SNEAK THIEVES STEAL pounds 20,000 OF NEW SOLAR...

Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England);  April 26, 2008 ;     338 words ......By NICOLA JUNCAR Education Reporter SOLAR panels worth thousands were stolen from a school...investigations into the theft of the solar panels which have only been up for a month...community. The school had more than 20 large solar panels fitted after receiving a grant from...

SPAIN SET TO MAKE SOLAR PANELS COMPULSORY IN NEW BUILDINGS.

Europe Environment;  November 10, 2004 ;     214 words ......planning to make it compulsory to install solar panels in new buildings and homes to be renovated...multiply the surface area covered by solar panels by ten between now and the year 2010...Spain has 581,000 square metres of solar panels, way behind Germany, which boasts 5...

College to Use White House Solar Panels

The Washington Post;  August 2, 1991 ;   Sean Kelly;   325 words ......at Unity College in Maine. Thirty-two solar panels that were installed by Jimmy Carter...as a source of reusable energy. The solar panels were removed by the Reagan administration...that I should attempt to obtain these solar panels for Unity," Marbach said, explaining...

Solar panels that are lean and green.(News)

Pretoria News (South Africa);  July 24, 2008 ;     362 words ......Reuters Bulky and obtrusive rack-mounted solar panels may be a thing of the past. Spurred...objections of home owners to traditional solar panels. They are building their technology...manufacturer SunPower Corp. SunPower is making solar panels designed to work seamlessly with both...

Fun - and profit - in the sun; Bob Kinney cut energy costs at Capitol...

Automotive News;  October 4, 2004 ;   Truett, Richard;   787 words ......electricity-producing solar panels on its roof. The money...says. Because a typical car dealership guzzles electricity...dealerships will add solar panels to their roofs. It's...that installing the solar panels on the roof, at a cost...Electricity produced by the solar ...

Where the sun always shines The latest solar panels work when it's cloudy,...

The Sunday Telegraph London;  August 20, 2006 ;   Catherine Quinn;   787 words ......month Currys took its first delivery of solar panels, to be sold in store alongside flat...televisions and DVD players. When you can buy solar panels on the high street, it's evident that...save the planet at the same time. When solar panels first came on the market, they were...

SunPower Begins Volume Shipments of its New Higher-Power Solar Panels.

PR Newswire;  April 4, 2006 ;     606 words ......commercially available solar cells and solar panels, today announced volume shipments...new line of industry-leading solar panels. This next generation line of...applications. The new line of solar panels, SPR-220, SPR-215 and SPR-95...

Now we're always in hot water! ; John and Phil Tweed are delighted with...

Western Daily Press (Bristol UK);  November 19, 2007 ;     787 words ......are delighted with their new solar panels which are helping to heat hot...summer has meant their three solar panels, which were installed at the...even in cloudy weather, the solar panels contribute to the hot water...adds: "You can tell when the solar panels kick in ...

AGING SOLAR PANELS LOSE WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE SAYS...

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  July 18, 1996 ;   Baca, Ricardo;   308 words ......College is dismantling its distinctive solar panels because of a dramatic drop in the panels...was heated and cooled by two banks of solar panels. It was billed as the largest solar...educational institution in the world. While solar panels might have been seen as the wave of...

20 Jerusalem schools to receive solar panels

Jerusalem Post;  June 12, 2008 ;   BEN SALES;   379 words ......Headline: 20 Jerusalem schools to receive solar panels Byline: BEN SALES Edition; Daily Section...Jerusalem Municipality will install solar panels on 20 city schools in the coming years...director-general, said the city decided to use solar panels because they were the best fit for ...

McNerney hails store's solar panels

Oakland Tribune;  March 28, 2008 ;   Jennifer Gokhman;   465 words ...MANTECA -- An acre of solar panels and converter boxes sits atop a...many homes and businesses have solar panels mounted on stands, Target stores...produced is checked daily. The solar panels are cleaned often, because even...

Brighter future for solar panels: silicon shortage eases.(unknown)

The Christian Science Monitor;  June 6, 2008 ;   Arnoldy, Ben;   631 words ......Monitor Quartz, the raw material for solar panels, is one of the most abundant minerals...a principal material used in most solar panels. The problem stalled a steady decline in prices for solar panels. Now the silicon shortage may be coming...

Fuji Electric Systems to market light and flexible solar...

New Materials Japan;  June 1, 2005 ;     302 words ......Ltd--is expanding into the market for solar panels with a line of products that are lightweight...technology for the rapid production of solar panels on plastic and will begin volume production...supports, the company claims. Further, the solar panels are flexible so they can be bent ...