OrganicAuthority.com - Organic Blog » photovoltaic http://www.organicauthority.com/blog Organic Authority - organic food, organic living, green living, organic thoughts. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:00:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 Texas Could Be 100% Powered By Solar http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/the-environment/texas-could-be-100-powered-by-solar/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/the-environment/texas-could-be-100-powered-by-solar/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 11:08:50 +0000 Gerald "Gerry" Pugliese http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=3673 sunEverything is bigger in Texas, same goes green power. Officials from Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy group, believe solar technology, all by itself, could supply electricity for the entire state.

But the solar panels are no small order. To feed Texas’s energy needs, the photovoltaic plants would need to cover an area of 30 miles by 30 miles.

In the study, researchers found Texas has the potential to generate 148,000 megawatts of juice from solar technology. Currently, the total solar capacity of the United States is only about 9,000 megawatts.

The types of solar engineering include parabolic troughs, parabolic dishes/sterling engines, central receivers, linear fresnel reflectors and solar water heaters. All sorts of complicated stuff, but it sure sounds impressive!

Luckily, things like photovoltaic are quick to produce and cheap. Other contraptions, such as setting up mirrors can increase energy intensity and superheat liquid that can be used to produce power even on cloudy days and at night.

Via CleanTechnica.

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If you keep up with environmental news you probably have some vague notion that state’s offer a variety of financial incentives, rebates and tax exemptions for installing renewable energy systems in your home or office building. I think. They do, right? Yeah. They do. For example, Santa Monica, California has a green building grant program. New Jersey provides sales tax exemptions for solar and wind energy systems. And New York City gives property tax abatement for installing photovoltaic equipment. And there’s a lot more! To find out what your state offers. Check out the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency. North Carolina Solar Center and the Interstate Renewable Energy Council runs it and its funded by U.S. Department of Energy.]]> http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/the-environment/your-states-green-incentives/feed/ 0