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Barcelona, Spain [RenewableEnergyAccess.com] In a remote village in the Negev Desert of Israel, several companies have collaborated to install a multipurpose solar electricity system that will eventually provide the entire village, more than 100 separate structures, with solar power.
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February 23, 2006
Africa, I believe is the place where reneable energy generation will also favour so much. It will be fun to be able to generate your own power without depending on the epileptic power generation in Africa.
The most populous African nation- Nigeria is yet an untapped resource in the renewable energy generation. If great companies like yours will invest in Africa especially in Nigeria you will never regret doing that. |
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February 24, 2006
Israel does not have significant domestic sources of hydro electricity or fossil fuels so solar heating of domestic water has been the norm for many years and almost every roof has a solar collector and water tank. This photovoltaics project is a logical next step in the implementation of its renewal energy strategy. The applicationof this technology can be a positive model for other desert areas arond the world.
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February 24, 2006
It is not only Africa who needs solar help, but the U.S. also. With gasoline above $2.00 per gallon, and heating oil and natural gas increasing in price, family budgets are stretched as far as they can go. There truly should be a manhattan project implemented to bring energy prices under control.
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February 24, 2006
SOLAR: FREE ENERGY, AT A PRICE - Like most things electronic, solar power has been getting cheaper. Today it can be cost-effective for powering houses and businesses, at least where utility power is expensive or unavailable. Tomorrow it will make sense for almost everyone.
"Fifty cents a watt is kind of the holy grail," says David Pearce, president and CEO of Miasole, one of many other companies working on "thin-film" solar cells. At that price solar could compete with utilities and might take off. If prices continued to drop, solar cells might change the whole idea of energy by making it cheap and easy for individuals to gather for themselves. That's what techies call a "disruptive technology." |
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February 25, 2006
One thing is certain. Members of all faiths and walks of life can benefit from the development of renewable energy It is also encouraging to note that even the least developed country can become first in the percentage of renewable energy used in their energy mix, through sensible well planned applications of existing local technologies, materials and labor. Each new day brings new information available to everyone on how anyone can use renewable energy in their daily lives. For example, the most polluted water on earth, can be converted to the cleanest water on earth, simply by solar evaporation. In documents from all faiths are found common grounds for each of us to contribute to the betterment of all manking and reap the benefits for all. JerryCheesman@yahoo.com
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February 25, 2006
At USD4.50 per Watt, solar modules are becoming too expensive for developing world. Thanks however that solar thermal is inching up and keeping the hope of lighting African villages withought the harmful global warming gasses.
The Isreal village solar project needs to be copied extensively by African countries. We have been involved in solarizing Nigerian villages. So far we have over 30 solar water pumping systems supplying water to remote villages in Nigeria's Kano State. Baba Dahiru Dahiru Solar Technical Services, 9/8 Kundila Market, Zaria Road, Box 10867, Tel: 2348037043930 Email: dahirusolar@yahoo.com Kano Nigeria. |
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West African women make all sorts of fruit juices. If they are lucky, they freeze them. We help build local economy by donating freezers; under the blazing sun, frozen juices have greater value economically and organoleptically.
Our organization provides a great way to invest in Africa. Visit our web site, projecthopeandfairness.org to see pictures of our donations and of the villagers rejoicing over the PH&F's efforts.