Bytemarks

SunRun announced today that it will offer its solar power service in Hawaii to residential customers. SunRun will offer homeowners rooftop solar systems for as little at $0 down. The homeowner then pays SunRun for monthly solar electricity. The estimated monthly savings is up to 15% less than current electric utility rates. SunRun owns, monitors, [...]

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In preparation for this week’s Bytemarks Cafe, where we talk to Stevie Whalen from the Hawaii Agriculture Research Center and Dave Waller from Hawaiian Electric about biofuels, I dug up this presentation done by Maurice Kaya back in 2002, while he was the State’s Chief Technology Officer. In it you will find background information about [...]

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After our episode of Bytemarks Cafe on 12/3/08, I realized the question to how the Windbelt converted wind energy to electrical energy was never really answered with any clarity. Several callers and listeners responded that we seemed to evade the question. I think it was less a matter of evading and more one of not [...]

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