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Yes, where are you moving to from GW? We're looking for options...

The article mentions light bulb durability. There was a cartel, the awesomely-named Phoebus Cartel [1] that encouraged its members to reduce the typical operating life of bulbs fro…

A new video from NELHA shows off-grid water tank manufacturing in Kona, Hawaii using concentrated solar heat. With most of the Big Island dependent on rain catchment, tanks are a c…

With the understanding that DIY is great, and this is a super-cool project, etc, we've used this [1] commercial door opener from Omlet (chuckle) with great results. Can be set to o…

IMHO I also think they erred in going for 'moon-shot' uses of solar thermal energy (hydrogen production, making cement) vs lower-temperature applications like plastic molding etc.

A dramatic decline for a formerly 'hot' solar thermal startup backed by Bill Gates and Bill Gross.

Very useful tool, allowed us to generate enveloping gears easily that were difficult Solidworks and Alibre. Thought the hardware crowd here would find this interesting. (No affilia…

For a certain range of indie pop, KCRW's Eclectic24 is great: https://www.kcrw.com/music/shows/eclectic24

I have no inside info re Ivanpah, but we often get folks asking if our H1 heliostat [1] can extend the generation window of an existing PV array, or if they can mount PV on our H1 …

I am super late to mention this, but we use sendcutsend also, great results. For 3D work, was surprised not to see https://www.hubs.com/ mentioned - used to be 3DHubs. US and inter…

[shameless self-promotion] We're building one version of Solarpunk at LightManufacturing. Fun visuals in videos below. Off-grid real-time manufacturing using solar heat, without en…

A newsstand was famously the setting for 'The Cricket in Times Square'... sad to think the context lost for some newer readers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cricket_in_Times_S…

Hi Elina - how about adding Garden of Life Fit and other products? (No affiliation with them, just a happy user). Link: https://www.gardenoflife.com/raw-organic-fit-protein-chocola…

Several comments... Disclaimer, I work in this space. a) Surprised that on HN no one has commented on the similarities with Heliogen: https://www.heliogen.com/ This US-based compan…

In Congo, a hard-fought solar investment shows a possible path forward despite financing challenges.