ABC News / AP story on Solar Electric Systems [RE-wrenches]

[Jerry Caldwell]

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anyone got Paul Maycock's email?  He's mentioned in
the article and had some involvement with the Gardener
Mass. project along with Steve Strong.  Perhaps one of
those two would like to write a response.

Jerry
LES

--- Christopher Freitas  ---  OutBack Power
<cfreitas at outbackpower.com> wrote:
>  
> 
> 
> I was forwarded the following article regarding
> solar electric system
> performance and economics.  It is unfortunate that
> they used the
> experience from systems installed in 1985 as being
> representative of
> today's technology... 
> 
> I am not impressed with the article and would like
> to see other's take
> on it as well.  
> 
> http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20040605_579.html
> 
> Christopher Freitas
> OutBack Power Systems
> cfreitas at outbackpower.com 
> 
>
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> *******************************************
> 
> Community Works With Solar Power
> Pioneering Community in Massachusetts Works With
> Solar Power Energy
> 
> The Associated Press
> 
> GARDNER, Mass. June 5, 2004 - This old mill city
> built prosperity from
> the force of its waterways. So there was a legacy of
> renewable energy
> when the local electrical utility sought to thrust
> Gardner into the age
> of inexhaustible sun power, ahead of everyone. 
> On a summery evening in June 1985, Massachusetts
> Electric Co. dispatched
> three managers, two engineers, and an analyst to
> demystify photovoltaic
> power for about 70 mostly working-class locals
> gathered in a college
> auditorium.
> 
> Panels that convert sunlight into electricity had
> been powering
> satellites. Now they could electrify Gardner's
> homes, not to mention its
> library and even the Burger King. They would help
> the country save oil
> and coal used by utilities to make electricity.



	
		
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