globalization of electricity [RE-wrenches]

[Joel Davidson]

It's not an either/or solar world. Most PV will be on the roof at the point
of use, but an increasing amount of PV is going on building vertical
surfaces. Some PV will be centralized because of population density and
available transmission lines. I can imagine a distant future where people
live in buildings with exterior and interior surfaces producing and
consuming energy and light at different times.

"Lee Tavenner, Solar Plexus" wrote:

> One of the beauties of solar is that it is so locally adaptable.  Why
> would you consider putting solar out in a pristine desert with the added
> expense and detriment of a huge transmission infrastructure when you can
> just put it on your roof?  Coal plants need to be far away for obvious
> reasons, (or should I say unobvious reasons).  Solar gets a 10 on low
> transmission costs.  We just did another 6KW sunslate installation on a
> remote resort.  That is an aesthetically incredible product!  Roofs are
> the future when you're looking at the globalization of electricity.
> Just my two-bits.  Lee Tavenner
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