China turns out first solar-powered air conditioner

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China turns out first solar-powered air conditioner - GlobalTimes

China's first solar-powered air conditioner that can also send excess electricity to the power grid began rolling off a Gree Electric Appliances production line Wednesday.

The first 50,000 units will be sold in the American market. After that, the units will also be available for purchase in China, according to company sources.

The air conditioner, independently developed by Gree, mainly uses solar power, using normal electricity only when solar power is inadequate, said Huang Hui, chief engineer of Gree Electric Appliances.

The American government is supporting efforts to send excess solar energy to local power grids, and so the model should be popular in America, said Huang.

Well this is an interesting development. At the end of the article (after the jump) it also says the second generation model will be 100% solar.

 

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Just curious why they would sell the first 50,000 here. Are we Guinea Pigs? If we get hurt or killed, they will know what exactly to retrofit? Sounds like a Cool Idea.

 

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And they can't be cost effectively manufactured in the US. I know how this movie ends.

 

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Just curious why they would sell the first 50,000 here. Are we Guinea Pigs? If we get hurt or killed, they will know what exactly to retrofit? Sounds like a Cool Idea.

$$$.

 

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Still wonder why we do not use nontoxic CO2 more commonly.

 

[Intense]

Just curious why they would sell the first 50,000 here. Are we Guinea Pigs? If we get hurt or killed, they will know what exactly to retrofit? Sounds like a Cool Idea.

$$$.

Like either of us could climb let alone trip over the trade imbalance already?