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Solar energy is hot stuff
Sharp, the world number one manufacturer of solar cells, recently turned his hand to glass studded with LED lights cells. Instead of generating enough electricity to power a home, it creates a psychedelic light show at night, powered entirely by the sun of the day: it is more likely to present at a photo shoot for a magazine Wallpaper * Green Party newsletter. Conservative leader David halo cool Cameron owes much to the solar panels being installed in his Notting Hill roof. And I can not walk down the street with my backpack without solar being stopped by strangers fascinated Graham Hill experience of the American eco-blog treehugger.com knows well.
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Gadgets and backpack have undoubtedly played an important role in reactivation of the solar image. Our appetite for consumer electronics of all kinds has grown tremendously in recent years, with sales totaling a record U.S. $ 135.4bn (£ 71.4bn) U.S. only last year. With so many dishes to energy, solar energy suddenly has new uses. When Will Gould, a lover gadget and TV script editor, set out to travel the world for a year, his first purchase was a solar charger for iPods and phones. "I do not I knew when it would be near an outlet, "he explains," and, yes, there are gadget lust: the Solio has bought a beautiful flower-like, white iPod in the design. "
Once a distant technology sitting on the roof and it was difficult to understand, solar energy has become a tool we can get our hands on. As Laumes Juan, a Treehugger contributor, says, "seeing is believing." new solar gadgets are increasingly incorporated. Recent outlandish additions include a tent with solar energy, scooter and LED house numbers, while mundane bike lights, flashlights and radios have been for years. "Solar Stocks" by anything smaller than a laptop have been particularly popular, and where the mark snow'n'surf O'Neill introduced a hip, was exhausted. Even the main street store now sells the Scotty Maplins, a relatively inexpensive solar charger (£ 35).
Like other elements of the green revolution - such as furniture and fashion - design has been key. Adam Thacker, from Better Energy Systems Solio manufacturer, says: "The first time he looked to make renewable power a charger, which quickly became apparent that most of what was sold for making people feel guilty about their impact environment. The design is so important. The iPod is not the best MP3 player out there, but it caught the imagination of people for the way it looks. "
Shopping inspired design and practical experience have been demolishing the ignorance of solar energy. Contrary to popular myth, solar cells do not need sunlight directly to produce electricity, and Great Britain actually very well placed for the sun. Sharp's research says that if all buildings in the United Kingdom is covered with solar panels, we generated more than present in the UK industrial electricity consumption and residential - would not need gas, nuclear energy, coal wind, even power.
It is clear that 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 its sales to its residential installers - Teams that fit solar panels on homes - double between 2005 and 2006. Donnachadh McCarthy, which offers "environmental audits" of their home south of London solar power, believes the Cameron effect should not be overlooked.
"Solar was definitely sexy. Lately, I've had several rich, naturally Tory, customers who want solar, and their real motivation is to reduce carbon emissions, "he says." But there are a lot of other reasons. One family was concerned about the lighting going in case of an emergency or crisis energy oil. "
There is also a practical reason, very British in our interest in solar energy: money. With electricity bill average household over £ 900 (and set to rise again with the latest British Gas price rises), solar panels begin to make sense at £ 4,000, after having received a government grant available for installation. You can add value, too. When two new homes sold in Norfolk recently, a solar energy photovoltaic shingles Solarcentury sold for 8.6% more than its neighbor. Energy efficiency ratings in packs of next year the information main grants of up to £ 3,000 and imminent laws better planning should further help.
Solar may suddenly be cool, but there are reasons for pause. The recent revision of the energy contained little concrete government promotion of solar energy, and the scale of what has been achieved can be overstated. As McCarthy notes that "only 100 solar PV installs have happened in London since 1999, so it is perhaps a bit early to say which is really trendy." In addition the price of solar installation at home is unlikely to drop soon, since the silicon - the raw material for solar cells - is now in great demand. Sharp, no 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. the power of celebrity Cameron should not be underestimated, our growing gadget energy use - expected to double the 2010 - should ensure the success cheap green alternatives, "and an ethical life is in fashion. If you are making a fair trade, organic and green options in other areas of your life, solar energy is the obvious next step. Moreover, as the parks and streets crowded with high summer show, that the British love anything to do with the sun.
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