Free Solar Panels?
Yes, if you win - and if you live in California or Colorado - and if you live in the counties listed...(!) Oh well, start in two states, then they tell two friends, and they tell two friends... I'm letting those I know in CA and CO know. RealGoods.com is giving away a $30,000 solar panel system, but hurry, you can only enter until 9/15/2010.
From their site: "... Only legal residents of Alameda, Fresno, Contra Costa, Kern, Imperial, Lake, Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Monterey, Napa, Orange, Riverside, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Tulare, and Yolo counties in California, and Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas, Gilpin, Jefferson, Larimer, and Weld counties in Colorado are eligible to enter. ..."
Read more at: realgoods.com.
How I built an electricity producing wind turbine
A true DIY'er, Mike Davis
loves to make things. While this is a few years old, it's thorough and easy to follow. He has also made solar panels from scratch, as well as a wood gasifier.
How I built an electricity producing wind turbine.
8000 MW of Solar Applications in Ontario Right Now | RenewableEnergyWorld.com
"...If you want to study how a feed-in tariff can positively affect a market, you only need to look at Ontario. According to Chantal Ramsey, Consul of Economic Affairs for the Ontario government, the province has been overwhelmed with the success of its program. In fact, at Intersolar in one of the press conferences, a solar CEO said that Ontario accomplished in 6 months what New Jersey has been trying to do for 8 years. ..."
8000 MW of Solar Applications in Ontario Right Now | RenewableEnergyWorld.com.
Using Broken Cells to Create a Solar Panel
Though the panel is not as pretty, and needs a bit of moisture evacuation, it actually works, and works well.
Learn more about making your own solar panels at: diysolarpanels.html
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