Crowdfunding campaign raises $2.2M to build solar roadways
It's crazy. It'll never work. They cost too much. They'll crack. They're too delicate. You'll slide off them. Oil companies will never let it happen.
Scott Brusaw, an electrical engineer from Idaho, has heard it all before. Over the past eight years, skeptics (like this one) have been telling him his concept for solar roadways — replacing America's roads with solar panels, creating a power grid where pavement used to be — won't work. But Brusaw suddenly has a reason why it will — actually, 2.2 million of them.
Solar Roadways' crowdfunding campaign, which closed on Monday, raised $2.2 million — more than double what Brusaw was seeking — in just two months. The campaign, the most popular in Indiegogo's history, attracted more than 48,000 backers from all 50 states and 165 countries.
"It's been humbling," Brusaw, 56, told Yahoo News. "Really, really humbling."
The success can be attributed, in part, to a cheeky seven-minute video ("Solar FREAKIN' Roadways!") that has been viewed more than 16 million times on YouTube.
Upsolar Unveils Projects in Belgium and Croatia
Upsolar, a provider of solar PV modules, is announcing the completion of new projects in Belgium and Croatia that were developed in partnership with the Belgium-based engineering firm Upgrade Energy.
RoboticsTomorrow.com launches a newly designed website with expanded coverage
Approaching 3 years online, www.RoboticsTomorrow.com has expanded its coverage to include Advanced Manufacturing and Factory Automation. It has also revamped its website design for easier navigation and better compatibility with mobile devices.
Intersolar 2014 - New SunLink Modular Racking System Tackles Tough Roofs and High Costs
SunLink has launched Precision-Modular RMS, the newest addition to its quality engineered, aluminum Precision RMS solar racking family. In addition to superior layout flexibility, Precision-Modular offers the commercial PV industry more than 30% cost savings over SunLink's legacy systems.
NRG Energy Deploys 1,200 Megawatts of Solar Capacity to Capture Energy on Longest Day of the Year
Summer days ahead expected to bolster the 962,000 megawatt hours already generated by NRG's solar energy facilities in 2014
First Wind Marks Start of Commercial Operations at Second Largest Solar Project in Massachusetts
Local leaders and industry representatives celebrate the Massachusetts-based solar project, highlighting economic and community benefits of cost-competitive clean energy
ACORE Releases New Report: "Evolving Business Models for Renewable Energy"
Member-authored resource reviews role of renewables and
distributed generation in power market landscape & provides
recommendations for future success
Mexico's largest rooftop solar array features SolarWorld solar panels, racking, system design
SolarWorld supplies complete 1.16-MW system for Plantronics' Tijuana factory
enACT Systems Launches Mobile Software for Solar and Energy Efficiency Sales and Workflow Automation
The enACT platform starts by connecting solar and energy efficiency companies with new customers through online sign-ups, channel co-branding, and retail partnerships.
Bluesphere Signs Memorandum of Understanding to Build its 3rd Waste-to-Energy Project in Massachusetts
5.2 MW facility to convert organic waste into clean electricity to power Massachusetts
Vista Solar Selected to Install a 160-kW Solar System for Lettieri & Company in Brisbane, CA
Construction will begin at Lettieri & Company later this year and take about three weeks to complete.
CASE Statement on Tariff-Driven 14% Increase in Solar Module Prices
KYOCERA's Accumulated Solar Module Production Exceeds 5GW; 1.4GW Targeted for FY2015
Company marks June 21 World Solar Day by working to make solar energy more widely usable, in combination with storage and communications technologies
GREEN POWER EMC PROJECT TO BOOST GEORGIA'S SUPPLY OF SOLAR ENERGY
The ground-mounted solar project will be constructed near Hazlehurst, Ga., in Jeff Davis County.
Governor Patrick Keynote Speaker Monday at PV America
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick will give the keynote address Monday at 4 p.m. during the general session of PV America 2014.
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