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Japan slips off solar energy pace
July 26, 2005
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[Asahi News] Germany leapfrogged Japan in 2004 to become the world's fastest growing producer of solar power. Japan still has the largest total capacity at 1.13 million kilowatts, as of the end of 2004, compared with Germany's 790,000 kilowatts. Last year, however, Germany installed enough equipment to generate 360,000 kilowatts, compared with Japan's growth by 270,000 kilowatts, according to figures from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. See the full story via Asahi news.
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Our efforts in this direction are less than these two smaller countries when we should be the leader in applying this technology. Shame on us for limping along as we are doing. We certainly could do much more if only our government would be more supportive and if the prices of the solar cells came down a little. I remember promises of inexpensive wattage for solar cells promised some 20 years ago. But then again, the dollar is not worth as much as before.
I was reading Lincoln's Gettysburg address this morning "Four score and seven years ago..." and I got to thinking that we may have to wait this long before renewables, especially PV technology, catch on in our country.
adrianakau@aol.com