http://solarskies.com/mfg/news/ News OpenACS 5.0 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:29:44 GMT http://solarskies.com/rss-support/images/openacs_logo_rss.gif http://solarskies.com/mfg/news/ 126 48 http://solarskies.com/mfg/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=4485 http://solarskies.com/mfg/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=4485 for Plumbers, HVAC Contractors, Mechanical Contractors, Solar Companies, and Code Officials. Topics will cover in detail what constitutes a quality, code-compliant, solar water heating system. Learn how to design and install a solar energy system for both domestic hot water and space heating needs! This two-day workshop covers solar resource fundamentals, solar thermal applications, components, codes, and standards for commercial and residential buildings. Instructors: Kurt Koegel of Sol... Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:29:44 GMT http://solarskies.com/mfg/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=4483 http://solarskies.com/mfg/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=4483 Minnesota State Fair Grounds (Saint Paul) Grandstand Building, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days *Free admission Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:21:42 GMT http://solarskies.com/mfg/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=4486 http://solarskies.com/mfg/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=4486 Richard and Margie Irland selected H & H to install two SolarSkies collectors on their south facing roof for domestic water heating. This drain back system features an eighty gallon solar storage tank with built in heat exchanger IMC Eagle 1 solar control with display. System components are 100% American made products. H & H upgraded the homes' piping from the water main to the newly installed Hillenbrand water softener. A new softener ensures a longer life for both the solar hot water system ... Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:34:03 GMT http://solarskies.com/mfg/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=4482 http://solarskies.com/mfg/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=4482 "Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty recently announced initiatives to encourage solar, wind and other renewable energy projects at the local level and to reduce global warming emissions...He proposed four changes, including one to authorize local governments to issue $10 million to $20 million in revenue bonds to provide low-interest loans to individuals for "microenergy" projects. Those might include installing solar panels to produce hot water, geothermal equipment to heat and cool homes or bus... Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://solarskies.com/mfg/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=4484 http://solarskies.com/mfg/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=4484 If you?d like to learn how to heat your home?s water at little or no cost for the next 30-plus years, plan to stop by a solar water-heating system installation/demonstration.. A system designed to provide nearly all of the household?s hot water will be installed by a certified solar contractor in partnership with Paul?s Plumbing and Heating and the homeowner. The solar water heating system includes two four-foot by eight-foot panels manufactured by SolarSkies of Starbuck, Minnesota. The ... Sun, 16 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://solarskies.com/mfg/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=4480 http://solarskies.com/mfg/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=4480 Best Power, working with Solarskies of Starbuck, Minnesota, installs the solar hot water system. We selected what we considered to be the best solar hot water heating system on the market for this project. We liked what Kurt Koegel was able to tell us about the system, their green manufacturing practices.. Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://solarskies.com/mfg/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=4481 http://solarskies.com/mfg/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=4481 Solar water heating.. systems will be discussed in detail. Kurt Koegel of SolarSkies, Inc. will be on hand to answer questions about solar water heating installations, system costs, and more. Tue, 22 May 2007 11:13:44 GMT http://solarskies.com/mfg/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=2498 http://solarskies.com/mfg/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=2498 The Top 10 Technologies are selected by PATH due to their strengths in one or more of the following areas: quality and durability; energy efficiency; environmental performance; safety and disaster mitigation; and affordability. Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:35:12 GMT http://solarskies.com/mfg/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=2497 http://solarskies.com/mfg/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=2497 a book by Bob Ramlow with Benjamin Nusz (both from Wisconsin) Heating water with the sun is almost as old as humankind itself, and it is done all over the world. Yet there are strangely few resources on the topic in North America. The Solar Water Heating book fills this gap... Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:51:14 GMT http://solarskies.com/mfg/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=2490 http://solarskies.com/mfg/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=2490 Last two years have been significant for the Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources (MNES) as many innovative measures were initiated and new schemes launched to accelerate utilisation and exploitation of the New and Renewable Energy Sources of Energy (NRSE). As a result, the Renewable Energy Sector is increasingly assuming a greater role in providing grid power to the Nation as its total capacities reached about 8,000 MW and India attaining Fourth position in wind power in the world wit... Tue, 13 Mar 2007 11:00:43 GMT