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Solar energy is Hot Stuff
Sharp, the world number one producer of solar cells, recently turned his hand to glass studded with LED lights and cells. Instead of generating enough electricity to power a house, it creates a psychedelic light show at night, powered entirely by the sun of the day: more likely to appear in a photo shoot for a magazine Wallpaper * Bulletin of the Green Party. Cool Halo Conservative leader David Cameron, owes much to solar panels being installed on the roof of his Notting Hill. And I can not walk down the street with my solar backpack without being stopped by strangers fascinated, an experience Graham Hill of the American eco-treehugger.com blog knows.
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Gadgets like the backpack have undoubtedly played an important role in the reactivation of the solar image. Our appetite for consumer electronics of all kinds has grown tremendously in recent years, with sales totaling a record $ 135.4bn (£ 71.4bn) in the U.S. alone last year. With so many gadgets to power, solar power suddenly has new uses. When Will Gould, a gadget lover and television script editor, went around the world for a year, his first purchase was a solar charger for iPods and phones. "I did not know when it would be near an outlet, "he explains," and, yes, there are gadget lust: I purchased the Solio has a beautiful flower-like, white in the design of iPod ".
Once a distant technology sitting on the roof and was difficult to understand, solar energy has become a tool we can get our hands on. As John Laumer, a Treehugger contributor, says, "seeing is believing. The new devices are increasingly incorporated solar. Additions Recent extravagant include a solar tent, scooter and LED house numbers, while the mundane as bicycle lights, flashlights and radios have been around for years. "Chargers" load anything smaller than a laptop have been particularly popular, and when the brand O'Neill introduced one snow'n'surf hip, sold. Even high street store now sells the Scotty Maplins, relatively cheap (£ 35) solar charger.
Like other elements of the green revolution - Like furniture and fashion - the design has been key. Adam Thacker, better energy systems, the manufacturer of the Solio, says: "When we first looked at doing a charger of renewable power, which quickly became apparent that most stuff was sold by making people feel guilty about their environmental impact. The design is so important. The iPod is the best MP3 player out there, but it captured the imagination of people for the way it looks. "
Shopping inspired design and practical experience have gone some way to the demolition of ignorance about solar energy. Contrary to popular myth, solar cells do not require light direct sunlight to produce electricity, and Britain really well situated for the sun. Sharp's research says that if every single building in the UK was covered with solar panels, we generate more current UK consumer, industrial and residential electricity - no need to gas, nuclear, coal or energy wind.
Obviously, some of us are awakening to the benefits of making our own electricity at home. Solarcentury, a company promotion of solar energy in the UK, has seen sales of its residential facilities - The devices that conform to the solar panels in homes - twice between 2005 and 2006. Donnachadh McCarthy, who offers "eco-audits" of their solar home in south London, believes the Cameron effect should not be ignored.
"Solar was definitely sexy. Lately, I've had several rich, naturally conservative customers who want solar, and their real motivation is to reduce carbon emissions, "he says." But there are a number of other reasons. A family is worried about his enlightenment disappears in the case of an energy emergency or oil crisis ".
There is also a practice, the very British reason for our interest in solar energy: money. With the bill average household electricity over £ 900 (and set to rise again with the latest price rises British Gas), solar panels are starting to make sense in £ 4000, after receiving a government grant available for installation. You can add value, too. When two new homes in Norfolk sold recently, the solar photovoltaic roof tiles Solarcentury sold 8.6% more than its neighbor. Classification of energy efficiency in the information packets the home next year, grants of up to £ 3,000 and the forthcoming legislation should help improve further planning.
Solar may suddenly be cool, but there are reasons to pause. The recent government energy review concrete figure little solar energy promotion, and the scale of what has been achieved can be overstated. As McCarthy points out, "only 100 solar PV installations have happened in London since 1999, so it is perhaps a bit early to say who is truly fashionable. "Moreover, the price of solar installation at home is unlikely to drop soon, since the silicon - the raw material solar cells - is now in high demand. Sharp, however, is working to keep prices low by cutting the silicon used in cells even thinner than 180 microns today.
However, the forecast looks bright for solar energy. Celebrity Cameron can not be underestimated, our increasing energy use gadget - expected to double by 2010 - must ensure the economic success green alternatives', and an ethical life is in fashion. If you are doing fair trade, organic and green choices in other areas of your life, solar energy is the next logical step. Moreover, as the parks crowded streets and high summer show, that the British love to do something with the sun.
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