BioSentral

I got one...
In prison and you want power? Put the fuckers on excercise bikes and peddle yourself some electricty. Peddle your ass out of jail, now that is what I would consider "carbon credits".

California prison gets solar power plant - BLYTHE, Calif., May 28 (UPI) -- Ironwood State Prison officials in California say they've activated a new 1.18 megawatt solar power plant. [upi.com]

Solar plane flies into the night - A lightweight solar-powered UK plane smashes the official world record for the longest duration unmanned flight. [BBC UK]

Solar Cooking: An Experiment With Mixed Results -

This week's wintry weather (lows in the 50s F., showers predicted well into next week) nearly scotched my plans to try out my new solar cooker, which I got for $18 at a company called Sun Toys. My conundrum: because I live in a city where it's cloudy more often than it is sunny, solar cookers are of limited use...

[Worldchanging.com]

Does NJ have a solar energy future? - When it comes to the environment, New Jersey's image is one of a gloomy, chemical, toxic mess -- a polluted wasteland where it would be easy for Tony Soprano to dispose of a body. [The Boston Globe]

German city takes solar power to heart -

FREIBURG, Germany _ Solar architect Rolf Disch's house looks like an upside down Apollo spacecraft and serves as a testing ground for his design ideas. Its large windows look out on his projects realized throughout Freiburg.

[MSNBC Science]

Solar Web hosting company powers Live Earth sites - InfoWorld - The Web hosting company chosen to power the Web sites for this weekend's Live Earth concerts adopts an environmentally friendly business plan: Let the sunshine in. [Yahoo! News]

New look, location for solar Wi-Fi - After St. Louis Park residents said the hardware was ugly, the city devised a plan that includes painting the poles and relocating many of them to intersections.
[Startribune.com]

Dishing out power with a solar engine - Infinia looks to an existing technology--the sterling engine--to compete in solar-electric industry. [ZDNet.com]

My set up
(4) 15 watt panels
400 watt inverter
7 amp 12volt charge controller
(2) 50 amp hour 12 volt sealed batteries
Linksys WVC54G Wireless webcam
Cheap tool box

All the solar equipment came directly from Northerntools.com. The batteries from ebatteriestogo.com. At the moment, both places seem to be the cheapest. Northern's 15 watt panels are currently $79.99 which puts it roughly at $5.33 per watt, not bad. Size is really the only issue with these.