Topic: Solar Panels

City of Clarksville announces Exit 8 Athletic Complex plans take shape

April 19, 2021 |

Clarksville, TN – Clarksville Mayor Joe Pitts and City Department leaders presented details of the Exit 8 Athletic Complex on Monday to a joint meeting of two City Council standing committees considering the proposal — Clarksville Parks & Recreation and Finance & Administration.

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NASA’s InSight Lander detects Two Strong Quakes on Mars

April 2, 2021 |

Pasadena, CA – NASA’s InSight lander has detected two strong, clear quakes originating in a location of Mars called Cerberus Fossae – the same place where two strong quakes were seen earlier in the mission.

The new quakes have magnitudes of 3.3 and 3.1; the previous quakes were magnitude 3.6 and 3.5. InSight has recorded over 500 quakes to date, but because of their clear signals, these are four of the best quake records for probing the interior of the planet.

NASA’s InSight lander used a scoop on its robotic arm to begin trickling soil over the cable connecting its seismometer to the spacecraft on March 14, 2021, the 816th Martian day, or sol of the mission. Scientists hope insulating it from the wind will make it easier to detect marsquakes. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)

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NASA’s InSight Lander holding up to Dust on Mars

February 16, 2021 |

As dust collects on the solar panels and winter comes to Elysium Planitia, the team is following a plan to reduce science operations in order to keep the lander safe.

Pasadena, CA – NASA’s InSight lander recently received a mission extension for another two years, giving it time to detect more quakes, dust devils, and other phenomena on the surface of Mars.

While the mission team plans to continue collecting data well into 2022, the increasing dustiness of the spacecraft’s solar panels and the onset of the Martian winter led to a decision to conserve power and temporarily limit the operation of its instruments.

This artist’s concept depicts NASA’s InSight lander after it has deployed its instruments on the Martian surface. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)

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Clarksville-Montgomery County Green Certification Program to hold Free Residential Solar Panel Webinar with CDE, CEMC

February 1, 2021 |

Montgomery County, TN – The Clarksville-Montgomery County Green Certification Program will host a free educational webinar for residents regarding solar panels.

The webinar will be held online on Tuesday, February 9th, 2021 at 6:30pm.

The webinar seeks to provide residents with accurate information on solar panel use and the role they play in a whole-home energy system.

CDE Lightband 6.38kW solar array installed at the CDE main campus at 2021 Wilma Rudolph Boulevard.

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NASA’s Perseverance Rover gets Mars Helicopter connected to it’s bottom

April 11, 2020 |

Pasadena, CA – With the launch period of NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover opening in 14 weeks, final preparations of the spacecraft continue at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

In the past week, the assembly, test and launch operations team completed important milestones, fueling the descent stage – also known as the sky crane – and attaching the Mars Helicopter, which will be the first aircraft in history to attempt power-controlled flight on another planet.

Over the weekend, 884 pounds (401 kilograms) of hydrazine monopropellant were loaded into the descent stage’s four fuel tanks.

The Mars Helicopter and its Mars Helicopter Delivery System were attached to the Perseverance Mars rover at Kennedy Space Center on April 6, 2020. The helicopter will be deployed about two-and-a-half months after Perseverance lands. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)

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CDE Lightband awarded American Public Power Association Solar Research Grant

February 24, 2020 |

Clarksville, TN – CDE Lightband has received a research grant by the American Public Power Association’s Demonstration of Energy & Efficiency Developments (DEED) program.

CDE Lightband 6.38kW solar array installed at the CDE main campus at 2021 Wilma Rudolph Boulevard.

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Tennessee National Guard goes Solar

November 9, 2019 |

Nashville, TN – It shouldn’t be any guess as to which primary color is the U.S. Army’s favorite… GREEN! The various shades of earth tones in a soldier’s uniform reflects the terrain in which they operate.

Just as nature conceals soldiers from the enemy, they are devoted to protecting the U.S. homeland from harm. Over the last few months, the Tennessee National Guard has been making great strides to become a much greener organization.

(L to R), Adam Glod, SLS Energy Solutions, Richard Hunter, SLS Energy Solutions, Maj. Gen. Jeff Holmes, Tennessee’s Adjutant General, Kathy Glapa, Tenn. Dept. of Environment and Conservation, Todd Smith, SLS Energy Solutions, Danny Brown, Energy Manager for the Tenn. Army National Guard and Chris Koczaja, President of Lightwave Solar cut a “GREEN” ribbon at the unveiling of a state-of-the-art Solar Photovoltaic system at the Joint Force Headquarters, Tenn. National Guard in Nashville, November 6, 2019. (Sgt. Robert Mercado)

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NASA picks proposals from American Small Businesses for Advance Space Tech Development

June 19, 2019 |

Washington, D.C. – NASA has selected 363 proposals from small businesses and research institutions across 41 states to help advance the types of capabilities needed for those future missions, as well as to support the agency in other areas.

American businesses will help NASA land astronauts on the Moon in five years and establish a sustainable presence there, as part of the agency’s larger Moon to Mars exploration approach.

NASA has selected 363 proposals from American small businesses and research institutions advance technologies in the areas of human exploration and operations, space technology, science, and aeronautics. (NASA)

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NASA’s Mars InSight Lander undergoes Solar Array Deployment Test

January 26, 2018 |

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Pasadena, CA –  NASA’s next mission to Mars passed a key test Tuesday, extending the solar arrays that will power the InSight spacecraft once it lands on the Red Planet this November.

The test took place at Lockheed Martin Space just outside of Denver, where InSight was built and has been undergoing testing ahead of its launch. The mission is led by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

“This is the last time we will see the spacecraft in landed configuration before it arrives at the Red Planet,” said Scott Daniels, Lockheed Martin InSight Assembly, Test and Launch Operations (ATLO) Manager.

The solar arrays on NASA’s InSight Mars lander were deployed as part of testing conducted Jan. 23, 2018, at Lockheed Martin Space in Littleton, Colorado. Engineers and technicians evaluated the solar arrays and performed an illumination test to confirm that the solar cells were collecting power. The launch window for InSight opens May 5, 2018. (Lockheed Martin Space)

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APSU 9th Street parking lot gets Solar Canopy

July 9, 2014 |

Clarksville, TN – On sunny afternoons, the electric meter attached to the Austin Peay State University Hemlock Semiconductor Building won’t be breaking any speed records.

That’s because, in addition to the solar panels on the building’s roof, a new solar parking canopy in the neighboring 9th Street parking lot will feed even more of the sun’s energy into the electrical system, keeping utility costs down.

New Solar Canopy at Austin Peay’s 9th Street parking lot. (Linnea Rainey/APSU)

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