Lucius Fox

Chief Executive Officer of Wayne Enterprises

May 25th 2012

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Solar Eclipse from Kanarraville, UT. May 20th, 2012

Credit: by-tor

Posted at 3:50pm and tagged with: Science, Astronomy, Solar, Eclipse, Lunar, Moon, Sun, Space, NASA, submission,.

n-a-s-a: Solar Eclipse from Kanarraville, UT. May 20th, 2012 Credit: by-tor

March 17th 2012

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Bright Planets at McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope

Image Credit: Mike Line (Caltech), Ed Mierkiewicz (Univ. Wisconsin-Madison), Ron Oliversen (NASA-GSFC) 

Posted at 1:46pm and tagged with: Astronomy, Space, Solar, Sun, McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope, NASA, Caltech, University of Wisconsin-Madison, NASA-GSFC,.

n-a-s-a: Bright Planets at McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope Image Credit: Mike Line (Caltech), Ed Mierkiewicz (Univ. Wisconsin-Madison), Ron Oliversen (NASA-GSFC) 

January 11th 2012

Solar Panels Compete With Cheap Natural Gas

 

Rows of solar panels at a solar farm in Kings Mountain, N.C.
Renewable energy is growing rapidly in the U.S., with wind and solar industries enjoying double-digit growth each year. Part of that growth comes from more homeowners choosing to install solar panels.

With government subsidies, some people can even make a financial argument for installing the panels. But in recent years, the price of one fossil fuel — natural gas — has declined so much that solar panels are having difficulty competing.

Posted at 2:25pm and tagged with: Renewable Energy, Solar, Solar Power, Natural Gas, Sustainability, Environment, Energy,.

January 10th 2012

Skyline Solar breaks ground on solar power plants at two military bases

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Skyline Solar of Mountain View is set to announce Tuesday it has broken ground on two 100-kilowatt solar power plants at domestic military bases — Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California and Fort Bliss in Texas.

Posted at 5:12pm and tagged with: Renewable Energy, Solar, Solar Power, Defense, Skyline Solar, Department of Defense, US Army, US Air Force,.

January 9th 2012

Solar power just what the doctor ordered in Kenya

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Faced with rising energy prices and frequent electricity blackouts, hospitals and medical clinics in Kenya are turning to solar energy to provide life-saving power.

The number of medical facilities using solar energy has been growing steadily, reaching about 300 in 2010, according to the Kenya Bureau of Statistics.

Posted at 1:38pm and tagged with: Kenya, Africa, Alternative Energy, Solar, Technology, Medicine,.