$4.3 Million to Run ONE Microwave Oven

[longknife]

And it only took six and a half years to build. And lets not even count the so-called green companies that have gone bust at the expense of you and me.

Green power is great in the right places and under the right circumstances. But, why does government have to force the issue? Why can't it be a simple case of market forces?

This particular story is @ Idaho’s $4.3 Million Solar Project Generates Enough Energy to Run ONE Microwave Oven

 

[danielpalos]

And it only took six and a half years to build. And lets not even count the so-called green companies that have gone bust at the expense of you and me.

Green power is great in the right places and under the right circumstances. But, why does government have to force the issue? Why can't it be a simple case of market forces?

This particular story is @ Idaho’s $4.3 Million Solar Project Generates Enough Energy to Run ONE Microwave Oven

It takes money to invent new forms of making money.

The Gillette Mach3 is a line of safety razors produced by Gilette and introduced in 1998 after more than $750 million in research and development costs.--https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillette_Mach3

 

[Old Rocks]

Daily Caller?

Solar Roads begin to shine in Idaho - East Idaho News

SANDPOINT — An Idaho company that sees the nation’s energy future tied to highways made of solar power panels last week flipped the switch on its first public demonstration project.



Solar Roadways installed its hexagonal panels in a town square in Sandpoint, 60 miles south of the Canadian border. Company co-founders Scott and Julie Brusaw view their technology — similar to what’s used in rooftop solar panels — as a way to enhance already-developed land so it can harness clean energy from the sun to power nearby homes and offices.

The company is also gearing up later this fall for a similar project in Missouri, where Solar Roadways panels will be installed in a 12- by 20-foot sidewalk area near a welcome center along historic Route 66.

These decentralized solar projects could provide alternatives to building large solar panel arrays on pristine lands, such as panoramic desert areas in the Southwest.

But the Brusaws are already encountering speed bumps along their solar highway.

A snafu with a lamination machine during the manufacture of the solar panels caused some of the modular units at Sandpoint to fail.

“We’ve got to get damaged panels replaced and make it all perfect,” the Brusaws said in an email to AMI Newswire.

The 150-square-foot Sandpoint project, where visitors can walk or ride their bikes over the panels, is designed to tap solar rays to generate an electric current, which will power nearby restrooms and a fountain, according to a city news release. The more than 300 LED lights embedded in each of the 70-pound panels can be programmed to produce coordinated, colorful light displays as well. They are also equipped with electric heating elements to melt snow in wintertime.

The Brusaws, whose company is located in Sandpoint, are starting small by installing the panels in pedestrian areas and parking lots, but they envision roadways built with the panels, which are waterproof and can be installed on top of existing roads. The couple estimates that replacing existing roads with electrified roads could produce three times the electricity the nation currently consumes while cutting greenhouse gases by 75 percent.

Some observers, however, wonder how maintenance of such high-tech highways could be funded when many of the nation’s roads lie in disrepair. They also question the high price tag of building electrified roadways, which some analysts have pegged at five times the cost of conventional paved roads, and see a diminished potential for generating energy because cars would be constantly rolling over them and blocking the sun’s rays.

“In theory, solar (photovoltaic) roadways sound great,” Mark Jacobson, director of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University, told AMI in an email. “The issue is the cost, which depends on the power output and repair costs, in comparison with PV in large utility-scale arrays on the ground, on rooftops, on parking structures and even elevated above roads.”

12 x 20 ft sidewalk. And it will keep the area snowfree. Don't know about roads, but looks like a good idea for sidewalks in cold country.

 

[edthecynic]

And it only took six and a half years to build. And lets not even count the so-called green companies that have gone bust at the expense of you and me.

Green power is great in the right places and under the right circumstances. But, why does government have to force the issue? Why can't it be a simple case of market forces?

This particular story is @ Idaho’s $4.3 Million Solar Project Generates Enough Energy to Run ONE Microwave Oven

GatewayPundit = Russian Fake News

 

[longknife]

And it only took six and a half years to build. And lets not even count the so-called green companies that have gone bust at the expense of you and me.

Green power is great in the right places and under the right circumstances. But, why does government have to force the issue? Why can't it be a simple case of market forces?

This particular story is @ Idaho’s $4.3 Million Solar Project Generates Enough Energy to Run ONE Microwave Oven

GatewayPundit = Russian Fake News

You are truly one sad dude.