Texas Solar Energy Society Welcomes You
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Welcome to our website!
The TXSES mission is to increase the awareness of the potential of solar energy and other renewable energy applications and to promote the wise use of sustainable and non-polluting resources.
We hope the information you find here will help us further that goal.
Warm regards,
Natalie Marquis
Executive Director
Texas Solar Energy Society
TXSES is a chapter of the American
 Solar Energy Society, shining a light on the solution since 1954. 
TXSES benefits from EarthShare Texas, which raises funds for over 70 local, state, national, and international nonprofit environmental groups. ESTX establishes workplace pre-tax giving campaigns, benefits from H-E-B's generous tear-pad-at-the-checkout-counter program in April, and has partnered with Reliant Energy's carbon offset program.
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Look below for the latest Science Daily article on solar and wind energy technology.
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Why the current drought makes solar and wind energy attractive
The Texas Senate hears warnings on drought and electricity. From an article in the Texas Tribune.
San Antonio announces contract to develop 400MW of solar powerOCI Solar will build the solar farms and move its headquarters to San Antonio as part of the city's larger plan to create a renewable energy engineering and manufacturing hub. The ribbon is cut for Austin's 30MW solar farm!With enough energy to power 5,000 homes, the Webberville Solar Farm is the largest solar facility in Texas and the largest solar power project of any municipal utility in the nation. The 2012 Cool House Tour application forms are now online.Interactive Solar Career Map is latest tool for industry job seekers.The December Solar Reflector, newsletter of the Texas Solar Energy Society.Solar 101-See it online!
View Cathy Redson's presentation prior to the Hill Country Solar Tour Oct. 1! This is a great introduction for homeowners and commercial businesses considering a solar system.
The economy's bright spot just might be solarIn 2010, solar installations grew 104% to 887 MW. During 2011's first quarter, installations grew another 66% to 251.5 MW. Read industry comments on the latest edition of Lawrence Berkeley National Lab’s “Tracking the Sun,” an annual report on solar pv in the U.S. Texas is #2 in farm & ranch solar and wind system implimentation.Read this Solar Today article about the strong uptick in solar, wind and digester systems in rural America. Texas is #2, behind California. |
Solar Energy News
- In solar cells, tweaking the tiniest of parts yields big jump in efficiency
- Researchers' refinement increases solar concentrator efficiency
- Transparency limits on transparent conducting oxides identified
- Nano research could impact flexible electronic devices
- Greenhouses and solar power: Crop testing with a special photovoltaic panel for greenhouses
- Keeping electronics cool: Findings on modified form of graphene could have impacts in managing heat dissipation
- Paint-on solar cells developed
- Towards artificial photosynthesis for solar hydrogen generation: Algal protein gives boost to electrochemical water splitting
- Discovery of a 'dark state' could mean a brighter future for solar energy
- New solar-powered classroom brings science to schools in developing countries
Wind Energy News
- Power generation is blowing in the wind
- Ramping up wind energy research
- Engineers study how hills, nearby turbines affect wind energy production
- Building a sustainable hydrogen economy
- Orion continues to make a splash
- Gone with the wind: Why the fast jet stream winds cannot contribute much renewable energy after all
- Why solar wind is rhombic-shaped: Temperature and energy equipartition in cosmic plasmas explained
- Americans using more fossil fuels
