Posts tagged "economics"

Space Based Solar Power – Alternative Energy Solution

FACT: There aren’t enough resources on this planet to sustain continued human growth and increasing quality of life. FACT: If we want to avoid catastrophic war, suffering, and global shortages of energy, we need to start looking to space seriously for solutions. Space Based Solar Power is the first step. Music – “Pulse” by Yoko Kanno www.energyfromspace.org

China’s Influence on Solar Energy

(March 3, 2010) Reyad Fezzani, CEO of BP Solar, discusses recent technological and business advances made by Chinese engineers and companies in relation to the clean energy sector with a particular emphasis on the solar photovoltaic industry. He also explains how BP Solar is leveraging its relationships with Chinese partners to help advance the future of cleantech. Stanford University www.stanford.edu BP Solar http Stanford Energy Seminar energyseminar.stanford.edu Stanford University Channel on YouTube http

Mexico Solar Panels for Climate Protection | Global 3000

The inhabitants of the barrio of Heroes de Tecamec do not have much money. But the people in this workers quarter of Mexico City are doing their part for climate protection.They use the energy of the sun to heat their water. There are sixty thousand houses in the barrio, a good one thousand have solar panels on their roofs. For the past two years Mexico has been running a cheap loan scheme to finance the installation of solar panels.

Solar Energy at Scale

(November 18, 2009) John Benner, Manager of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Electronic Materials and Devices research group, discusses the factors and bottlenecks involved in scaling various photovoltaic technologies to national and international production scales. Stanford University www.stanford.edu National Renewable Energy Laboratory http Stanford Energy Seminar energyseminar.stanford.edu Stanford University Channel on YouTube http