[RE-wrenches] Plug-in solar

[Dan Fink]

Don't Panic, as the cover of Douglas Adams' Hitchhikers Guide says. Plus 
I suspect Mr. Welch our esteemed moderator will move this thread to 
another board shortly anyway.

The whole Clarian thing looks entirely like premature exclamation by a 
PR department, prodded by a businessman who knows nothing about solar, 
wind or the NEC codebook, but is trying to get Google to fund his 
venture if he can win a contest. The PV modules and circuitry "will be" 
UL listed--they are not now, and any DIY project that feeds the grid 
without meeting NEC code or being inspected by the utility is an illegal 
"guerrilla" installation as previously mentioned here. Clarion's  
rooftop wind stuff is laughable, defies the laws of physics. And so on.

Strange, I got my Journalism degree in 1989 --I seem to remember that 
lesson One that corporate Flacks are supposed to learn in J-school is 
that, just like with stand-up comedy,  timing is everything -- if it all 
happens too soon, before all the hardware is ready, nobody gets 
satisfied on either end.

DAN FINK
Buckville Energy Consulting LLC
danfink at buckville.com


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> *From:* John McNicholas - Key Power Services 
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> *Subject:* [RE-wrenches] Plug-in solar
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> Coming to a hardware store near you.....
> http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation/08/17/plug.in.solar.energy/index.html?hpt=C2
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> John McNicholas
> NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer ™
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> Key Power Services, Inc.
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