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Electric Vehicle Sales Predictions

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

Source: www.going-electric.org
Many studies by various consulting companies provide forecasts for the sales of Electric Vehicle (EV), especially electric cars, in the coming decades.
Most forecasts include Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs), Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEV). The most pessimistic ones predict that, by 2020, the sales of electric cars will reach [...]

Batteries for Solar PV Off-Grid Systems

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Batteries
Technically, a battery is any device that can store energy.  But what we typically refer to when we think “battery” is an electrochemical device that converts chemical energy into electricity through a galvanic cell.  A galvanic cell is a device consisting of two electrodes of different metals that we call anode and cathode, and an [...]

A Quick Way to Figure out Roof Angle for Solar Installation

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

Roofers and Solar Installers don’t always talk the same language when it comes to explaining roof angle.  Solar Installers are always told to install panels at an angle – given in degrees (usually based on latitude position).  Roofers, on the other hand, use construction terms to define a roof angle. A  roofer describe this angle [...]

ETA Offers “ACCREDITED CERTIFICATION” as an Entry-Level Solar PV Installer

Friday, September 11th, 2009

Up to now, there existed only one option for any kind of acknowledgement of entry level knowledge of Solar Photovoltaic basics. This option was the NABCEP Entry-Level Certificate of Knowledge.
Today, this no longer holds true. Thanks to the Electronics Technician Association (ETA), you now have another option. Today you can now earn an [...]