Pope Benedict XVI has put $1.5 million worth of solar panels at the Vatican on top of the Paul VI auditorium in order to rain the light of the heavens down upon his pilgrims while saving 200 tons of CO2.
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Pope Puts Solar Panels on Rooftop to Save Energy
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Submitted by greentechgazette on Mon, 2008-09-29 20:57. | Tags: technology | energy | panels | pope | solar | vatican

Residential Solar Panels Standard in Some Master Planned Communities
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Residential solar panels are being installed now in some master-planned communities to suppy 100-percent of the off-grid electricity and at affordable prices.
Submitted by greentechgazette on Wed, 2008-07-16 18:39. | Tags: architecture | communities | electricity | grid | master | Off | panels | planned | residential | solar

Solar Power the San Francisco Treat
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San Francisco has just passed a bill that will give incentives to residents to install solar panels on their rooftops.
Submitted by greentechgazette on Fri, 2008-06-13 18:09. | Tags: technology | francisco | incentives | panels | power | residential | san | solar

Residential Solar Panels to Get Cheaper in California
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California city and state officials are making residential solar panels cheaper for homeowners with some creative incentive programs.
Submitted by greentechgazette on Fri, 2008-05-30 18:16. | Tags: business | California | city | companies | panels | photovoltaic | power | residential | solar | state

Nanosolar Cheap Solar Cells Are Shipped
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Nanosolar with the help of the Google Guys has developed cheap solar panels that don't use silicon and are now bringing them to market. You can even buy one on eBay.
Submitted by greentechgazette on Thu, 2007-12-20 18:27. | Tags: technology | cells | cheap | electricity | megawatt | nanosolar | panels | plants | power | solar
SOLAR INGENUITY
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It was just a matter of time before someone figured out how to do it: A solar powered electric bicycle.
Submitted by reubenmiller on Wed, 2007-09-26 06:10. | Tags: transportation | absorbed | alternative | battery | bicycle | canada | canadian | eco | electric | electronic | energy | environment | ev | E_V Sunny | friendly | green | hour | hub | incorporated | invention | inventor | kilometers | lbs | miles | motor | new | panels | per | peter | pounds | powere