01-20-2007, 09:35 PM
<!--emo&:cool--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/specool.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='specool.gif' /><!--endemo--> Solar power eliminates utility bills in this US home
[ 19 Jan, 2007 2013hrs ISTREUTERS ]
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/He...982,curpg-1.cms
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The excess is stored in the form of hydrogen which is used in the winter when the solar panels can't meet all the domestic demand to make electricity in the fuel cell.
Strizki also uses the hydrogen to power his fuel-cell driven car, which, like the domestic power plant, is pollution-free.
Solar power currently contributes only 0.1% of U.S. energy needs but the number of photovoltaic installations grew by 20% in 2006, and the cost of making solar panels is dropping by about 7% annually, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association.
As costs decline and the search accelerates for clean alternatives to expensive and dirty fossil fuels, some analysts predict solar is poised for a significant expansion.
The New Jersey project, which opened in October 2006 after four years of planning and building, cost around $500,000, some $225,000 of which was provided by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities.
The state, a leading supporter of renewable energy, aims to have 20% of its energy coming from renewables by 2020, and currently has the largest number of solar-power installations of any US state except California.
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[ 19 Jan, 2007 2013hrs ISTREUTERS ]
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/He...982,curpg-1.cms
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The excess is stored in the form of hydrogen which is used in the winter when the solar panels can't meet all the domestic demand to make electricity in the fuel cell.
Strizki also uses the hydrogen to power his fuel-cell driven car, which, like the domestic power plant, is pollution-free.
Solar power currently contributes only 0.1% of U.S. energy needs but the number of photovoltaic installations grew by 20% in 2006, and the cost of making solar panels is dropping by about 7% annually, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association.
As costs decline and the search accelerates for clean alternatives to expensive and dirty fossil fuels, some analysts predict solar is poised for a significant expansion.
The New Jersey project, which opened in October 2006 after four years of planning and building, cost around $500,000, some $225,000 of which was provided by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities.
The state, a leading supporter of renewable energy, aims to have 20% of its energy coming from renewables by 2020, and currently has the largest number of solar-power installations of any US state except California.
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