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These pages are a collection of solar power links and information about solar energy. Here you will find out how to get some of your electric power from the sun. This is of course beyond the reach of most people on the planet even though the sun shines directly on them on most days. It is still cheaper to burn oil, coal, wood, etc.
Solar energy is still too expensive to address all of our energy needs.
Solar industry chases a cheaper kilowatt
Brighter economic prospects for clean energy have set off a race to
manufacture more efficient solar panels, which will improve the cost per
kilowatt for consumers. Solar PV systems are still substantially more expensive
than purchasing electricity generated from fossil fuels or nuclear power,
according to industry experts.
New Mexico music fest tunes into solar power TAOS, N.M. --- As Californians struggle with power shortages and the White House pushes a national energy plan, hundreds of people gathered in New Mexico on Friday for an annual music festival singing the praises of solar power. The third annual Taos Solar Music Festival in the northern New Mexico mountain resort of Taos combines a weekend of rock, pop and folk with a hefty dose of proselytizing for the virtues of nonpolluting power from the sun. More |
