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NWSG Events

Wed Aug 15, 2012 @ 6:30PM - 09:00PM
NWSG Meeting - Net Zero Buildings
Wed Jul 18, 2012 @ 6:30PM - 09:00PM
NW Solar Meeting, Solar Monitoring - Portable Solar Generators
Wed Jun 20, 2012 @ 6:30PM - 09:00PM
NW Solar Meeting, Solar Hot Water
Wed May 16, 2012 @ 6:30PM - 09:00PM
NW Solar Meeting, Revenge of the Electric Car (movie)
Sat May 05, 2012 @ 9:00AM - 03:00PM
Lacey Alternative Energy Fair
Wed Apr 18, 2012 @ 6:30PM - 08:30PM
NWSG - Habitat Embraces Renewable Energy Solutions
Wed Mar 21, 2012 @ 6:30PM - 08:30PM
NWSG Regular Meeting - Community Solar
Wed Feb 15, 2012 @ 6:30PM - 08:30PM
NWSG Regular Meeting - Solar Electric Boating
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NWSG Monthly Meeting 

    Wed, May 16th
 
Location:  (map)
     Oscars Restaurant
      8726 S Hosmer St
         Tacoma, WA

Time: 6pm Social
         7pm meeting

Speaker This Month:

Topic:  
  Revenge of the
    Electric Car
(movie & discussion)

  See calendar for details!

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Latest Solar Events

Maty 5th - Lacey Alternative Energy Fair, sat 9am-3pm, booths, food, electric car races. Brother's Electric & Solar will have a booth there. (see calendar for more details and weblink)

May 16th - NWSG Meeting, Revenge of the Electric Car (movie),  discussion afterward

June 2nd – 3rd Mother Earth News Fair at the Puyallup Fairgrounds. NorthWest Solar Group, and Sun’s Eye Solar will have a booth. Go to Mother Earth News website for more information.

June 20th - NWSG Meeting, Solar Hot Water, by our own hot water expert Robert Bonnell.

 
Why Go Solar in the Northwest? PDF Print E-mail
Written by brought to you by Solarworld (Portland, OR)   
Wednesday, 18 April 2012 08:15

Why Go Solar in the Northwest?

 join us as we make plans to solarize Tacoma, WA
Last Updated on Saturday, 28 April 2012 22:25
 
How is insolation defined? (amount of sunlight in the sky) PDF Print E-mail
Written by Nick Morganelli CBS3 Meteorologist   
Sunday, 13 May 2012 06:59

Q: How is insolation defined? (amount of sunlight in the sky)

A: Get the sunscreen ready! It takes less than 30 minutes to get a sunburn during the summer. With the summer solstice being the highest direct sunshine lasting about 12 weeks and will give us the strongest solar rays of the year. Insolation is a term that meteorologists use. It is a combination of three words; incoming, solar, and radiation. So, we can say we have maximum insolation today due to our cloudless sky. It is calculated by the amount of solar energy over a given area for a certain period of time.
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