by Tina Boniface | May 22, 2015 | Educational, Environmental
Solar energy is one of the first things we think of when considering “going green.” What could be more renewable than the sun? Abundant, pollution-free energy that also has the means to dramatically reduce your electric bill. Of course, from sunshine to electricity...
by IPS Staff | May 22, 2015 | Environmental
The last post we wrote described solar energy trapped in the earth in the form of fossil fuels, and how that is quite similar to the energy used to fuel the human body contained in a bacon cheeseburger. We would like to go into a deeper discussion on food energy vs....
by IPS Staff | May 22, 2015 | Environmental, Industry News
Oil and utility companies use more solar energy than anyone on the planet. It’s true, oil companies like Shell, BP, and ExxonMobil have been pulling solar energy from the ground for hundreds of years. Fossil fuels are made from just that, fossils; and fossils come...
by IPS Staff | May 22, 2015 | Environmental, Industry News
With recent decreases in the cost of installing a solar power system (about 50% since 2007), there has been an exponential increase in the number of solar photovoltaic (PV) system installations in the past three years. However, in the United States, we still don’t...
