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It is worrying to hear the government’s proposal to savagely reduce subsidies for solar power (Report, 1 November). Solar panels are a great option – they are accessible to anyone with spare roof space and, unlike most energy sources, can be installed at little risk to wildlife. The scale of subsidy reduction puts the scheme [...]
While a fruit packing and storage company in California is eliminating its entire utility bill with a 622 kW solar power system, a Georgia pecan farmer is selling all of the power generated by its 200 kW system back to the utility company under a five-year power purchase agreement. Venida Packing, a packing and cold [...]
It’s free, it’s bright, and it’s natural. Solar energy is clean, it has no side-effects, and the resource is abundantly available. It’s the perfect alternative to smoke-belchers like coal. The dream renewable option however has eluded us all the while, though, only because the cost of solar panels photovoltaic cells, to be more precise has [...]