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Solar Power Expected to Double In US in 2010

Posted by Dan On October 18th

Over 27,000 people went to Solar Power International – a power conference & trade show in Los Angeles held last week, and there was good reason for excitement…

Solar Power Cape Coral Fort Myers Fafco Solar 500x69 Solar Power Expected to Double In US in 2010

The US Solar Electric Industry, including both solar photovoltaic (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP) installations could achieve a milestone by installing a gigawatt of new capacity in 2010!

That’s enough to power 200,000 homes, and it’s double capacity installed in 2009.

Rhone Resch, the president & CEO of Solar Energy Industries Assocation (SEIA), which organized the event with the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA), said:

“We now live in a world where you can be born in a solar hospital, get educated in a solar school, go to a solar college and while there drink beer brewed at a solar brewery.

Get married in a solar church, go to work in a solar office building, watch your favorite baseball team in a solar stadium and live in a country protected by the world’s best armed forces powered by solar.  And I’m hopeful that when I get to that magic age, my kids have the opportunity to put me in a solar-powered nursing home.

The breadth and depth of solar in our lives is amazing.”

Be sure to learn all about the multiple forms solar power can take here in Southwest Florida:

If you have any questions, be sure to give us a call at (239) 574-1500 or contact us.

Enjoy!

-Dan

“There is more to the cost of oil than the ticking numbers at the fuel pump” was the editor…

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Image courtesy of National Geographic – Gulf Oil Spill Segment.

…of National Geographic’s October 2010 Gulf Oil Spill segment’s parting comment on Page 4 (Editor’s Note).

After the initial assessment of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill – he speaks the truth…

That cost is becoming increasing visible and painful.

National Geographic has done an excellent job of providing great in-depth coverage of the recent Gulf Oil Spill, and it’s all available online, as well as in print.

Be sure to check out their online photo gallery as well.

If you have a moment, let me know how you feel about National Geographic’s coverage by commenting below.

Thank you,

-Dan