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St. Lucie officials encouraging residents to sign up for free home energy audits before April

ST. LUCIE COUNTY  Residents now can sign up for free audits through the county nonprofit program aimed to help them afford improvements to make their homes more energy-efficient.

The Main Advantages Of Installing Solar Panels At Your Residence

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In solar cells, tweaking the tiniest of parts yields big jump in efficiency

By tweaking the smallest of parts, engineers are hoping to dramatically increase the amount of sunlight that solar cells convert into electricity.

Solar Energy Systems for Pools

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The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Off-the-Grid Solar

Factory-rated output is not woods-of-Maine output, the author discovers as he adds up the kilowatt hours.

Facts about Solar Photovoltaic

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Solar Power Movies That Saves You Money

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Ala. island lab switches over to solar power

DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. (AP)  As long as the sun is shining, the Dauphin Island Sea Lab is getting plenty of electricity from a new source  rooftop panels that store solar energy. The new solar power system installed at Alabama's marine science lab in the fall is generating up to 100 kilowatts of power per hour  enough to run the lab's lights, computers, microwave ovens and air conditioners. The ...

Greenhouses and solar power: Crop testing with a special photovoltaic panel for greenhouses

A new photovoltaic module allows electricity to be generated without greenhouse crops being affected by over-shading.

Wisconsin Surpasses its DOE-Backed Home Energy Efficiency Goal

Wisconsin has surpassed its home energy efficiency goal established with the DOE under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.