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Solar Science has merged with Yes Solar – we’re moving!
We’ve merged with a very exciting nationwide solar company called Yes Solar! Check out the press release below, and then get on over to www.yessolar.co.za to check out our new home… Yes Solar is proud to announce that it has … Continue reading
Eskom want to be solar giants, or do they?
Eskom released a press statement on Monday (see news story here) saying that they want to be solar giants. Among other things, they talk about a 100MW wind plant to be completed by 2012 and a 100MW solar thermal facility … Continue reading
Obama to put solar panels on the White House
Jimmy Carter put them on in the late 1970′s, but someone later took them off again. Now, under pressure from the environmental lobby groups in his country, Barack Obama is having solar panels installed on the roof of the white … Continue reading
What to look out for when installing Solar Water Heating
I’ve put together a list of things to look out for when purchasing a solar water heating system. Here they are: Certification – what kind of certification does the system have? First prize is SABS Mark Approval. This is a … Continue reading
So do solar geysers actually save you any money?
A potential client today said that her husband had been dissuaded from going solar by two electrical engineers who told him that he wouldn’t save any money. Once I’d recovered from the shock, I realised that I actually had to … Continue reading
Reading about the US’s Power Trip
I picked up a great book this weekend – it’s called Power Trip and it’s by a woman called Amanda Little. I’m only at the beginning, but so far she’s charted a very interesting piece of American history, looking at … Continue reading
Solar Science’s Sunday Shout-out
So, it’s a quiet Sunday evening in Cape Town, and I have no topic for today’s blog. So… I’m going to just run through a few things that I think are cool, and that you should check out. For a … Continue reading
South African Solar Challenge 2010 starts today
South African Solar Challenge is a two week race for vehicles powered by alternative fuels. The cars race 4000km across South Africa, in a loop from the Innovation Hub in Pretoria to Cape Town to Durban, and then back up … Continue reading
Greenpop – greening Cape Town one tree at a time
I bumped into Rowan Pybus yesterday at the Sauvignon.com launch. Rowan is a young Capetonian filmmaker – his production company is called Makhulu Productions, and you can check out some of his work on their blog site – makhulu.blogspot.com. He … Continue reading
Sometimes there is such a thing as a free lunch..
Solar Science went to the launch of Sauvignon.com today – a new wine, but also much more than that. It’s an aspiring global wine brand, as well as an online meeting place for the ecologically oriented. The wine and the … Continue reading
