Solar is the Fastest Growing Form of Power
Posted by Solar Source on Oct 24, 2017Solar Energy Continues to Dominate the Power Generation Industry
For the 6th consecutive year in a row, clean energy has set installation records. Of those, solar energy has continued to be the MVP of renewables—and now, the International Energy Agency (IEA) just came out with a report detailing that solar is now the fastest growing form of power compared to any other source of fuel for the first time in 2016 and largely surpassing the net growth of coal.
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Your Best Option for Backup Power
Posted by Solar Source on Sep 25, 2017Your Best Option for Backup Power
Superior Solar’s experts have performed extensive research on the latest available solar home battery options and have declared the LG Chem RESU battery the best in the business. After dominating the home electronics industry for years, LG has entered the U.S. home energy storage market with this exciting product.
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All Solar Panels Are NOT Created Equal
Posted by Solar Source on Jun 8, 2017Why Panels with the Same Rating Can Produce Different Levels of Energy
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The sonnenBatterie: What You Should Know
Posted by Solar Source on Mar 28, 2017A new home energy storage solution has been popping up and it’s been getting a lot of attention. “Oh, you must be talking about the Powerwall, right?” Wrong! We’re talking about the sonnenBatterie.
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Diamond Batteries: The Next Big Thing
Posted by Solar Source on Dec 1, 2016Energy storage has had a lot of press, lately. Affordable home battery backup options with great efficiency are finally on the market and people are looking to buy them. But batteries still have a ways to go until they achieve peak energy storage.
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Tesla’s Powerwall 2.0: Everything You Need to Know
Posted by Solar Source on Nov 11, 2016It seems like it was just yesterday when Tesla came out with the Powerwall Home Battery. Wall-mounted, sleek, and smooth, this clean and aesthetic piece of technology gained a lot of press. Since the battery has been out, however, new designs and modifications have been made to it. The result? The Tesla Powerwall 2.0.
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Gloucester Cathedral Goes Solar
Posted by Solar Source on Nov 4, 2016The UK’s Gloucester Cathedral is going solar! Over 1,000 years old, the historic building has recently installed 150 solar panels in an effort to cut its carbon footprint. While many are celebrating the marriage between historic buildings and cutting-edge clean energy, others wonder if going solar could affect the architectural conservation of this (and other) monumental buildings.
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Perovskite Solar Cells: Pt. 2
Posted by Solar Source on Oct 28, 2016We’ve talked about Perovskite Solar Cells before and we need to talk about them again.
In previous designs, researchers have used several elements when creating different forms of perovskite, a photovoltaic crystalline structure that’s thinner, more flexible, easier (and cheaper!) to manufacture than silicon crystals. But a new study has recently come out in the Oct. 21 edition of Science using very inexpensive and available materials to create the perovskite solar cell.
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Eco-Friendly Home Becomes A Green Learning Model for Students
Posted by Solar Source on Oct 19, 2016The 125-year-old Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut, recently built a new eco-friendly home for faculty members to serve as a high-performance residence and learning space for students. The house, which features cutting-edge sustainable technology, has received multiple awards for environmental innovations, including the LEED Platinum certification under the Building Design and Construction rating system for Homes. It is the first building in Connecticut to achieve that status, as well as the first in the state to be certified as a Passive House by the Passive House Institute U.S.
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6 Solar Myths - Busted!
Posted by Solar Source on Oct 13, 2016America’s solar industry is going through a record-breaking period. Just this year, it’s expected that the number of solar panels installed will rise 94 percent from 2015, and solar panel jobs are increasing exponentially. We’re finally on our way to more sustainable and renewable lifestyles. But even though solar panel demand continues to grow and installation prices dropped, people still have some misconceptions about what it means to go solar.
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