Solarbuzz Reports World Solar Photovoltaic Market Grew 34% in 2005;

[jpak]

837 Megawatts Installed in Germany

http://www.solarbuzz.com/News/NewsNACO408.htm

World solar photovoltaic (PV) market installations reached a record high of 1,460 Megawatts (MW) in 2005, representing annual growth of 34%, says the annual PV market report issued today by Solarbuzz LLC, the San Francisco based solar energy consultancy.

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"Cumulative installed solar PV electricity generating capacity expanded by 39% in 2005 and now exceeds 5 Gigawatts worldwide and investment in new plant to manufacture solar cells exceeded $1 billion in 2005," said Craig Stevens, President of Solarbuzz LLC. "Meanwhile, the PV industry raised more than $1.8 billion in the capital markets over the past 12 months."

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Solarbuzz market demand forecast scenarios show worldwide industry revenues will reach $18.6 to $23.1 billion with annual PV installations between 3.2 and 3.9 Gigawatts in 2010.

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[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Wish I could afford to get some panels *sigh*

[jpak]

2. Maine has a solar rebate program

http://www.dsireusa.org/library/includes/maphomeowner.cfm?State=ME&CurrentPageId=1&RE=1&EE=0

....and there's an outfit in Maine that makes plug-and-play grid-intertie PV systems for a very reasonable price...

...and reasonably priced solar hot water systems designed for Maine's climate can be had too...(and they can save as much as 5000 kWh of juice per year).

http://forpros.lowes.com/articles/0805elect_whatshot.cfm

:)

[Dead_Parrot]

3. Wow...

reasonably priced solar hot water systems... can save as much as 5000 kWh of juice per year

5MWh for hot water? Have you checked to see if the local Turkish baths have plumbed themselves into your system? :D

[jpak]

4. Here in the states we have "Energy Guides" on our boilers

A typical US boiler uses 4500-5500 kWh per year of electricity and costs ~$400-500 per year to operate....

http://www.energy.gov.on.ca/index.cfm?fuseaction=conservation.tips_water

They are the second biggest consumer of energy (after heating and cooling) in a typical US home.

[Dead_Parrot]

5. Ack!

I know everything is supposed to be bigger in the US, but that's taking the piss. That's nearly my entire home energy consuption...

[NMDemDist2]

7. no worries mate, I have an on demand system that uses power only

when I am using hot water.

after years of the American way of keeping hot water hot all the time "just in case" I happily traded it in on a unit that only heats the water I use. and since I live in a desert I don't use much water if I can help it

now if I could only figure out how to cool this house to 80 degrees without a damned A/C unit my "carbon footprint" would shrink dramatically!

[GreenPartyVoter]

6. Oh yes, I know we do but first we have to get out of this trailer and then

we can think about getting panels. :)

[NMDemDist2]

8. wow! I just looked at your profile and saw your homepage

I linked that page the other day around here when someone asked for a resource for the evangelicals who may want to split from the Repukes

:yourock: and i'm not even a Christian!