Solar Power Makes a Comeback
Medialink (June 2007) — Solar energy is abundant and infinitely renewable. Now, major corporations are doing their part to help the environment by putting their unused rooftop space to good use.
Corporations like Google, Staples, and General Motors are rolling out the latest solar technology. In fact, the General Motors California facility has the largest corporate design Solar Energy System in operation. Their current installation generates only one mega-watt.
While solar energy costs have dropped over 50 percent over the last 30 years, prices still remain high for the average consumer. Yet if you have the biggest companies in the world putting solar technology on their rooftops, that will drive up supply and demand of the systems. In turn, this will bring down the costs making it affordable for even the smallest of homeowners.
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Thats awesome I …
Thats awesome I hope they can save the company. SOunds like they will move to china or mexico. Hard to imagine if they are getting power for free.
Is out there an …
Is out there an affordable Solar Power system for home owners?
Gee er uhhh… sure …
Gee er uhhh… sure is great of GM to work the economics so they can run rancho cucamunga on solar power… wow…
I was supervisor/ …
I was supervisor/lead installer on the GM rancho cucamonga job -
The commentator made a mistake on his numbers-
There are 7,692 uni-solar laminate/modules-
641 strings of 12 laminate/modules wired in series
This installation was one of the funnest jobs I have worked on -
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California should …
California should really have no power outages with all the sun available especially in the south. If only any company would take GM Cali as an example, the problem would be solved.