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Archive for September, 2009

Solar Power House in Virginia

Energy expert Alden Hathaway and his wife Carol live in a solar powered house in Londoun County near Hillsboro,Virginia. If one in every four houses in Virginia were solar powered, our power needs would be cut in half.

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Small Home Solar Power Electricity System

A brief layout of my solar system that I installed about 2 weeks ago.

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Solar Hot Water

Solar Hot Water

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Solar Home Heating: Part 1

SWITCH Renewable Energy Workshop #1: Solar Home Heating – Solar Thermal Part 1

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Solar Home Heating Part 2

SWITCH Renewable Energy Workshop #1: Solar Home Heating – Solar Thermal Part 2

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Solar Home Heating Part 3

SWITCH Renewable Energy Workshop #1: Solar Home Heating – Solar Thermal Part 3

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Solar Power Electricity

Details on how solar can provide clean electricity for your solar power house. Solar power electricity systems allow you to sell power back to the electrical grid for credit against your utility bill. Using solar power electricity reduces your carbon emissions and environmental footprint. This educational video is suitable for homeowners, educators, businessses, and solar contractors.

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Solar Power Electricity 101

Please sign the Declaration of Endependence at www.endependence.info/declaration . Short and concise explanation of solar photovoltaic systems. How do they work? Do I need batteries? Produced by the on-line local action network, Endependence.info. Show us how you are saving energy. We’ll copy your great ideas. Energy independence, we can’t do it alone, but we can do it together.

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Solar Hot Water

Talk about tank sizing and configuration as well as mechanisms for eliminating excess heat.

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