Category Archives: inspiration
Solar Energy for home owners by the Rocky Mountain Institute
Solar energy doesn’t only come in the form of solar panels. From shading to skylights or drying clothes, there are a multiple of applications that take advantage of solar energy. Below is a great info-graphic by the rocky mountain … Continue reading
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Tagged home, residential, saving, solar
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Can you make insulation from mushrooms?
One question we often come across concerns the sustainability of different materials and technologies, be it solar panels or fiberglass insulation. The answer is that each material has it’s own advantages and disadvantages, so we should do our research before … Continue reading
Posted in inspiration, insulation, materials
Tagged bio, biodegradable, mushroom, mushrooms, natural, natural insulation
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interview: Alan South from Solarcentury
At Ecobuild 2013, we had the opportunity to talk to various members of Solarcentury, the UK’s most experienced solar energy company and a beacon of innovation. Among them Alan South who has over 20 years technical and leadership experience in … Continue reading
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Tagged companies, innovation, interview, solarcentury, uk
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re.nooble selected for Startup Chile
We just received some great news last night: re.nooble has been selected for Startup Chile, a company accelerator scheme in Chile. Re.nooble and 99 other companies have been chosen out of 1577 applicants from 68 countries. It is an honour to … Continue reading
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Tagged clean web, funding, internet, news, solar, startup
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Mosaic photovoltaics
The american company Solar Mosaic has opened a new round of investment on their site Their innovative business model marries multi-million project finance, crowdfunding and investment. In simple terms: Instead of seeking financing from bankers, pension funds or investment banks it … Continue reading
Posted in americas, inspiration, renooble, solar PV
Tagged business models, invest, investment, mosaic, solar mosaic
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status update: solar PV
the state of the market In case you missed it, the solar photovoltaics industry was this past decade’s hottest drama. Here’s a quick summary: ground-breaking innovations, shortage of raw materials, dubious intellectual property practices, oversupply, sub-cost dumping, bankruptcies, international lawsuits, … Continue reading
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Tagged affordable, BoS, grid parity, innovation, installed capacity, modularity, modules, peakers, peaking, scalability, solar PV
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a kilo-what?
In California, company Gen110 decided to quiz people about fuel prices and electricity prices. These are the results: This reveals the difference in awareness between electrical bills and fuel costs. Yet one can easily spend a similar amount of money … Continue reading
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Tagged awareness, electricity, energy, fuel, kilowatt, price, units, watt
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