Comments on: Top 10 Countries Using Solar Power http://1bog.org/blog/top-10-countries-using-solar-power/ One Block Off the Grid organizes group discounts on solar panels for your home, lowering the cost to buy solar power. Signing up is free! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:20:13 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Emilie Coldiron http://1bog.org/blog/top-10-countries-using-solar-power/comment-page-1/#comment-10996 Emilie Coldiron Fri, 08 Apr 2011 08:12:10 +0000 http://1bog.org/?p=8853#comment-10996 I must i always would have been a little leary of all the so-called hype happening around solar. After examining quite a lot of programs and buy options my spouce and i decide to make the leap. We finished up getting solar without the need of money down and now we immediatly started saving money the 1st month is was installed. I have to admit that this potential benefits to solar look like real and I am very happy that we made a decision to proceed with it. I must i always would have been a little leary of all the so-called hype happening around solar. After examining quite a lot of programs and buy options my spouce and i decide to make the leap. We finished up getting solar without the need of money down and now we immediatly started saving money the 1st month is was installed. I have to admit that this potential benefits to solar look like real and I am very happy that we made a decision to proceed with it.

]]> By: bob http://1bog.org/blog/top-10-countries-using-solar-power/comment-page-1/#comment-10498 bob Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:06:43 +0000 http://1bog.org/?p=8853#comment-10498 also the people should be reppin the south ya feel me brah? like forreal doe. we #1 out here!!!!!!!!!! also the people should be reppin the south ya feel me brah? like forreal doe. we #1 out here!!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: bob http://1bog.org/blog/top-10-countries-using-solar-power/comment-page-1/#comment-10497 bob Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:05:38 +0000 http://1bog.org/?p=8853#comment-10497 i think this article is amazing. i think this article is amazing.

]]> By: sydney http://1bog.org/blog/top-10-countries-using-solar-power/comment-page-1/#comment-7860 sydney Thu, 16 Sep 2010 21:14:50 +0000 http://1bog.org/?p=8853#comment-7860 Good article, provides informaiton that is well worth considering. For the past 5 years I have followed the growth of the Solar Industry in my home state of California. Here in San Diego California I have seen the US Navy install solar panels on many of their facilities, cities like Chula Vista install them atop their schools and my neighbor have a set of panels placed on his roof, with great success. I have two solar heating panels (not PV) on the roof of my home and they have done a wonderful job in supplying me with hot water for over 26 years. The PV industry is evolving quickly, costs are dropping, the technology is working towards more efficient cells, and reliability of solid state converters continue to improve. It's a moving target for a homeowner: Where do you step in and make a purchase? Within the next two to five years will your installation become a technological dinosaur, whose cell efficiencies begin to decay further impacting your return on investment (which isn't linear). Remember when the TRS-80 home computer was sold? and quickly superceeded by a six year technology burst that placed it on the junk heap. How are maintenance and repair costs figured into the overall economics? Will the guy who installed your solar panels be around 5/10/15 years from now? All things that come into consideration. I actually envision the day when we don't need solar panels, some guy will show up at the front door and tell me: "Bob, we have the spray rig on the truck and plan to coat your house with photovoltaic self drying liquid, after three days we will be back to install the converters and hook you up to the grid." That's when I'l break out my checkbook. Good article, provides informaiton that is well worth considering. For the past 5 years I have followed the growth of the Solar Industry in my home state of California. Here in San Diego California I have seen the US Navy install solar panels on many of their facilities, cities like Chula Vista install them atop their schools and my neighbor have a set of panels placed on his roof, with great success. I have two solar heating panels (not PV) on the roof of my home and they have done a wonderful job in supplying me with hot water for over 26 years.
The PV industry is evolving quickly, costs are dropping, the technology is working towards more efficient cells, and reliability of solid state converters continue to improve. It’s a moving target for a homeowner: Where do you step in and make a purchase? Within the next two to five years will your installation become a technological dinosaur, whose cell efficiencies begin to decay further impacting your return on investment (which isn’t linear). Remember when the TRS-80 home computer was sold? and quickly superceeded by a six year technology burst that placed it on the junk heap. How are maintenance and repair costs figured into the overall economics? Will the guy who installed your solar panels be around 5/10/15 years from now?
All things that come into consideration. I actually envision the day when we don’t need solar panels, some guy will show up at the front door and tell me: “Bob, we have the spray rig on the truck and plan to coat your house with photovoltaic self drying liquid, after three days we will be back to install the converters and hook you up to the grid.” That’s when I’l break out my checkbook.

]]> By: Solar Energy Projects Spain http://1bog.org/blog/top-10-countries-using-solar-power/comment-page-1/#comment-5287 Solar Energy Projects Spain Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:59:32 +0000 http://1bog.org/?p=8853#comment-5287 <strong>A dozen emerging markets will lead to sustainable growth for the Solar Industry......</strong> I found your entry interesting thus I've added a Trackback to it on my weblog :)... A dozen emerging markets will lead to sustainable growth for the Solar Industry……

I found your entry interesting thus I’ve added a Trackback to it on my weblog :)…

]]> By: Solar Energy Projects Spain http://1bog.org/blog/top-10-countries-using-solar-power/comment-page-1/#comment-5261 Solar Energy Projects Spain Wed, 04 Aug 2010 19:41:16 +0000 http://1bog.org/?p=8853#comment-5261 <strong>Spain Nearing Accord With Solar Producers on Reducing Subsidies...</strong> I found your entry interesting thus I've added a Trackback to it on my weblog :)... Spain Nearing Accord With Solar Producers on Reducing Subsidies…

I found your entry interesting thus I’ve added a Trackback to it on my weblog :)…

]]> By: genie guardado http://1bog.org/blog/top-10-countries-using-solar-power/comment-page-1/#comment-5002 genie guardado Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:44:50 +0000 http://1bog.org/?p=8853#comment-5002 I wonder what would take so that Third World countries could be part of this? I wonder what would take so that Third World countries could be part of this?

]]> By: Top Ten Countries Using Solar Power | Solar Energy for Iraq http://1bog.org/blog/top-10-countries-using-solar-power/comment-page-1/#comment-4931 Top Ten Countries Using Solar Power | Solar Energy for Iraq Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:50:02 +0000 http://1bog.org/?p=8853#comment-4931 [...] Top Ten Countries Using Solar Power Posted on July 29, 2010 by akismet-573505a6d534740466964c8db03f7941 http://1bog.org/top-10-countries-using-solar-power/ [...] [...] Top Ten Countries Using Solar Power Posted on July 29, 2010 by akismet-573505a6d534740466964c8db03f7941 http://1bog.org/top-10-countries-using-solar-power/ [...]

]]> By: Clayton http://1bog.org/blog/top-10-countries-using-solar-power/comment-page-1/#comment-4921 Clayton Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:06:19 +0000 http://1bog.org/?p=8853#comment-4921 hip - It looks like Nuclear power has lost it's cost advantage over solar power. Check it out: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/27/business/global/27iht-renuke.html?_r=2&emc=tnt&tntemail1=y hip –

It looks like Nuclear power has lost it’s cost advantage over solar power. Check it out: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/27/business/global/27iht-renuke.html?_r=2&emc=tnt&tntemail1=y

]]> By: The Real CO2 Footprint of a Product? | Energy Goes Green http://1bog.org/blog/top-10-countries-using-solar-power/comment-page-1/#comment-4917 The Real CO2 Footprint of a Product? | Energy Goes Green Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:20:46 +0000 http://1bog.org/?p=8853#comment-4917 [...] Top 10 Countries Using Solar Power | Buy Solar Panels for Your … [...] [...] Top 10 Countries Using Solar Power | Buy Solar Panels for Your … [...]

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