Energy Concepts

Turning the White House Green

350.org teamed up with solar panel company, Sungevity, to encourage President Obama to re-install solar panels on the White House. Jimmy Carter installed them during his time in office, but Ronald Reagan had them removed and they haven't been replaced yet. The panels that were sadly taken down by Reagan were adopted by Unity College in Maine. The students of Unity College along with 350.org's founder, Bill McKibbon, plan to return one of the original panels to Mr. Obama with hopes that he'll get a new set for himself.

Congratulations to Our Second Solar Oven Winners!

Congratulations to Shane and Mary! They were lucky enough to have their names drawn from our raffle for the last solar oven given away at Farm Tech Days! Shane and Mary, who live at Red Rock Ranch, were delighted to the lucky winners. They plan to use their oven as often as they can. They [...]

Visit Energy Concepts at Farm Tech Days & Win a Solar Oven!

Not Just for Farmers Even though Farm Tech Days in Pierce County has already started doesn’t mean you can’t still stop by to say hi to us! Farm Tech Days runs through July 22nd. To find out more information visit, the Farm Tech Days website for more information. You can find us at booths 726/727! [...]

Craig’s Blog: Reflections on the Fair by Craig

I started going to the Energy Fair twenty years ago. My educational background was in wind and solar technology. My Colorado State University engineering curriculum in the ‘80s included classes on their state-of-the-art solar research campus. Therefore, with those credentials on my transcript, I had more than a tacit interest in the Energy Fair goings on. During my first [...]

Congratulations, Trent, Our Solar Oven Winner!

The winner from our Solar Oven Contest stopped in with his daughters to pick up their awesome new solar oven.

SunPower Breaks Efficiency Record, Interns Congratulate Solar Panel

SunPower captures 24.2 percent of direct sunlight! Is that a Guinness World Record we smell? Once again, SunPower demonstrates that its monocrystalline silicon solar cells are out ahead of the pack! Try saying monocrystalline silicon solar cells five times fast. Regardless of their tongue-tying jargon, SunPower knows how to work those solar cells to the [...]

Intern Blog: SolarDay 2010 Celebrations

Last Saturday, June 19th was SolarDay! SolarDay is a national and international day of recognition of Solar Energy, Clean Technology, Energy Independence, Sustainability and Protection of the Planet. Last week we blogged about the events Energy Concepts was hosting to celebrate SolarDay: SolarDay 2010 – June 19 We went to the Farmers’ Market in Hudson, [...]

Introducing the Interns & Their Blog

In May 2010, Energy Concepts decided to hire two interns for the summer months to help with social networking and graphic design. After a grueling interview and reviewing process, two interns were selected. That’s us! We run the Facebook Page, tweet with others on Twitter, add photos to Flickr, help with the newsletter: The Energy [...]

Hello Dear Friends

As we approach the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, I can’t help but think about the enormous power of that giant source of energy that sustains our planet – the Sun! I wanted to let you know that on Saturday, June 19, we here in the United States and others around the [...]

Energy Concepts Current June/July 2010

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