Is now the right time to invest in solar power for home owners?  Just take a look at (fossil fuel) electrical prices in Arizona in the last few years.  The trend is clear.  Year after year, electrical prices are creeping upwards, and this is a pattern that is unlikely to stop. After all, the amount of oil Read More

So how does solar power work, anyway? We’ve been chasing solar power as a practical energy source for a very long time. In fact, the first working solar cell was invented in 1839!  About fifty years later, the first working  solar panel was created, however it could only capture about 1% of the solar energy. That’s been Read More

W2 Energy, Inc. is pleased to announce that the Arizona Research Institute for Solar Energy at the University of Arizona has prepared its laboratory to test the Advanced Energy Storage and Utilization and System , which uses as its core the NT Plasmatron and SteamRay.

FARNBOROUGH, England, July 17 (UPI) — An unmanned solar-powered plane has set a record by remaining aloft for seven straight days, flying day and night, its designers say. Solar energy – Energy – Solar – England – Renewable

Los Angeles (AFP) July 16, 2010 An ultra-light unmanned aircraft powered by solar energy and designed for military surveillance and other uses has stayed in the air a record seven days, its manufacturer said Friday. The British-based firm QinetiQ said its 22.5 meter (74-foot) long Zephyr, weighing just 50 kilos (110 pounds), continued to fly Read More