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		<title>New Look for SolarTown Learning Center: Learn the Ins and Outs of Solar Policy and Solar Energy Products</title>
		<link>http://www.solartown.com/blog/2012/01/new-look-for-solartown-learning-center-solar-policy-and-solar-energy-products/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of our primary goals at SolarTown is to educate consumers on solar energy in general and solar energy products in particular. We know that you have perused the over thousand solar energy products that we are selling. We hope that you have also spent some time at SolarTown’s Learning Center to learn about solar power products. We know that our customers like our Learning Center, but as the number of articles has ballooned, it has become more unwieldy to navigate. We have put in a new interface to allow you to click on the category that you are looking for.
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		<title>Solar Gifts 2011 Light Up the Holidays</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Look here for the top ten solar gifts for this holiday season. You are getting nervous as the holiday season approaches and you don't have any ideas of what to get your eco minded friends and relatives. Please do not fret as we are offering all kinds of green and solar gift ideas for every budget and for every taste.  A solar gift for the holidays is just what you are looking for. You will notice some repeats from previous years, just more efficient and better quality. The basic technology has not changed very much in decades. We continue to think that solar landscape lights make terrific gifts. The quality and brightness of our selection of solar powered lights continues to improve every year so take a look at our featured products or just browse our solar lights and garden section. Check out these and other solar gift ideas.]]></description>
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		<title>Cash Grant for Solar Energy Products Terminus Redux</title>
		<link>http://www.solartown.com/blog/2011/11/cash-grant-for-solar-energy-products-terminus-redux/</link>
		<comments>http://www.solartown.com/blog/2011/11/cash-grant-for-solar-energy-products-terminus-redux/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Solar Events]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know that you may have a heck of a time trying to give up with the jargon, and your Latin may be rusty since high school. One thing if for sure: the solar industry is hoping for a minor miracle that the cash grant program will be extended. The solar energy industry is still dependent on government incentives and the cash grant is the most effective of all of government support for the solar industry.  The naysayers will roll their eyes: “Handouts are for losers,” they grumble. Tell that to every other energy industry that have received generous support over the years.]]></description>
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		<title>What the #%*!? is Going on in the Solar Energy Industry?</title>
		<link>http://www.solartown.com/blog/2011/10/what-the-is-going-on-in-the-solar-energy-industry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.solartown.com/blog/2011/10/what-the-is-going-on-in-the-solar-energy-industry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The whirl of events have left even the closest market observers shaking their heads in disbelief at how much has changed in the solar industry over the past several months. The solar industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the United States. Just how much is the solar energy business growing in the US. Well, a lot if you are counting watts. If you take the second quarter of 2010, 186 megawatts was installed; 2011, 314 megawatts, or an increase of 69%. The irony is that despite this explosive growth in the solar industry and a lot more people putting solar panels on their roofs, solar companies are getting hammered. Their margins are being squeezed and they are not making much money. I am not even talking about the woes of Evergreen Solar, which filed for bankruptcy and is down 99% year-to-date. We won’t even talk about the spectacle of Solyndra, the financial problems of which may only be the least of the problems for some of the executives there. (When the FBI comes knocking on your door, they are usually not bringing gifts.) If you are or were an investor in solar energy stocks, don’t even look at your stock holdings unless you want to barf up your breakfast. But if you are a homeowner interested in a home solar panel system, you may still be smiling as prices have come way down.]]></description>
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		<title>Solar Decathlon Shines on the National Mall</title>
		<link>http://www.solartown.com/blog/2011/09/solar-decathlon-shines-on-the-national-mall/</link>
		<comments>http://www.solartown.com/blog/2011/09/solar-decathlon-shines-on-the-national-mall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 02:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Solar Decathlon is an event sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, in which students from around the world design, build and operate solar-powered and energy-efficient houses. The team with the house that best incorporates elements such as design excellence, affordability, customer appeal and maximum energy efficiency, wins the competition. The event is meant to educate both the public and the students involved in the project of energy and energy efficiency. The first day of the Solar Decathlon was rainy, which did not deter the visitors as they waited in line to visit each house and discover what made it so special. Fortunately, the rain did not dampen the spirits of the crowds and was no deterrent to this solar event.]]></description>
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		<title>Solar Energy Products in Emergencies and Natural Disasters</title>
		<link>http://www.solartown.com/blog/2011/08/solar-energy-products-in-emergencies-and-natural-disasters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington DC is known for being in the political epicenter of the world, but is not generally known for natural disasters. But with a week of earthquakes shaking our foundation and the impending hurricane that is expected to come ashore just about 150 miles away in Ocean City, Maryland, we are thinking about natural disasters and some solar energy products that may help you weather the storm. Let’s go over just a few of the solar power products that SolarTown offers that will help you in an emergency. But there are a number of other solar energy products that will help you through the storm.  You may not have electricity from your power sockets, but you definitely should have a solar flashlight or a solar radio. If all of the gas is shut off, your gas oven is not going to work. You can take out your solar oven and cook up a chicken for your family—so long as there is some sun. Right, if there is a hurricane outside, you are not going to be able to use the solar oven, but after the storm passes, the sun may come out, and then take out your solar oven.]]></description>
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		<title>Back to School with Solar Power: Solar Energy for Kids at SolarTownKids</title>
		<link>http://www.solartown.com/blog/2011/08/back-to-school-with-solar-power-solar-energy-for-kids-at-solartownkids/</link>
		<comments>http://www.solartown.com/blog/2011/08/back-to-school-with-solar-power-solar-energy-for-kids-at-solartownkids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are looking for activities to do with your kids—when they are home because of the snow, or earthquakes, or just for a weekend activity, then you may want to check out our new sister site meant just for kids, parents and teachers. SolarTownKids is meant for kids who want to teach their parents a thing or two about solar energy. SolarTownKids introduces the basics of solar energy for kids and explains why and how we should use solar power. Many schools throughout the country are putting solar panels on their roofs, and these solar arrays are great learning tools for kids to understand the power of solar energy. As our kids are getting back to school, we encourage you to visit this special site for solar kids.]]></description>
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		<title>Solar Manufacturing in the US Surrenders</title>
		<link>http://www.solartown.com/blog/2011/08/solar-manufacturing-in-the-us-surrenders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 22:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The loud sucking noise you hear is the sound of solar manufacturing going overseas. If it were not clear before this month,  it is now abundantly evident that manufacturing of solar panels that you may want to put on your home in the United States are not going to come from the US anymore. The trend of manufacturing of solar panels in China is only accelerating as the news in the past few weeks has shown. The evidence is plastered on every news release—we surrender and are leaving town fast. BP Solar hammered shut its operations in Maryland. Evergreen Solar filed for bankruptcy. And now Solon is closing its US plant. Solar panels are not like nails or screws, but more akin to refrigerators or dish washers—consumers pay more for quality and features. We still hold that view and will advise our customers to shop wisely and look at various criteria to rate solar modules, and of course one of those is cost, but that should not be the end all.  The market, as shown by the flight of solar manufacturing, is going elsewhere. Thinning margins means a commodity market and the Chinese are willing to tough it out in the long to capture the lion’s share of the business. The future for manufacturing of solar panels in the United States is bleak.]]></description>
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		<title>Discount Solar Panel of the Week</title>
		<link>http://www.solartown.com/blog/2011/08/discount-solar-panel-of-the-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:26:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starting this week, SolarTown will offer a discount solar panel of the week. Every week on Monday, we will post a solar panel that offers great savings. This year, our distributors and vendors have been offering huge savings on solar modules as prices have continued to fall. And they offer to SolarTown discounts, which we are able to pass on to our customers. Some of our customers are most interested in the least expensive solar module that they can purchase.  For those installers and contractors who are ready to purchase immediately, the discount solar module of the week will allow them to take advantage of deep discounts that are available while supplies last.]]></description>
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		<title>SolarTown Open House Attracts Throngs</title>
		<link>http://www.solartown.com/blog/2011/08/solartown-open-house-attracts-throngs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.solartown.com/blog/2011/08/solartown-open-house-attracts-throngs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The cookies were baking in our solar oven, the music was blaring on our solar radio, and our solar car mascot, “the Turtle,” was laboring down the sidewalk.  All was good for SolarTown’s open house, which we celebrated yesterday here in our new home in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, DC. We may not have had throngs, but we had a good turnout of friends and neighbors who came to show their support for SolarTown and to share their latest solar war story. The weather was perfect to hold the open house on our patio, but since we held it late in the afternoon we were not sure whether we would be able to “fire up the grill.” In this case, the “fire” had to come from the sun as the solar oven does not store the sun’s rays.  It was late in the afternoon, and the first challenge was the large cumulus clouds looming over us.  With the sun oven, it is pretty clear, if the sun doesn’t get through, the oven won’t heat up. ]]></description>
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