365 Awesome! » light http://www.365awesome.com awesome - all year long Mon, 14 Nov 2011 02:04:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Solar Plants http://www.365awesome.com/2010/03/solar-plants/ http://www.365awesome.com/2010/03/solar-plants/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:00:14 +0000 Kristin http://www.365awesome.com/?p=332 Driving, riding or biking through Portland, you might notice tall sculptures in organic forms.  Colorful metal flowers and plants spring out of the cement platforms at light-rail stops, spiraling toward the sun.

If you look closely, you’ll find that there are solar panels nestled into the metal petals and leaves.

Plant-shaped solar collectors

Some solar plants have wind turbines as well.  These plant-shaped, solar-powered street-lights are pretty. They’re also pretty awesome.

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