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1. GOJ should encourage China to set up a regional Solar Power Distribution & Research Center in JA... werk off dem surplus supply
2. With ready access to cheap panels and Chinese expertise & money...incentivize homeowners and businesses to retrofit solar kits on their premises
Nuff installation werk dat...Now dats a JEEP to believe in an peeple cyan shock JPS
Memba mi dun tole unnu arredy
Solar power comes of age
BY PAUL RODGERS Business Editor rodgersp@jamaicaobserver.com
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
SOLAR power has finally become a viable option, driven by falling prices for photovoltaic panels and the soaring cost of oil, say proponents of the alternative energy.
Rooftop panels, which could last for 25 to 30 years, will now pay for themselves in just six or seven years, claim advocates. Until recently, the pay-back period was up to 20 years.
Roger Chang with one of the “dirt cheap” photovoltaic panels that looks set to revolutionise the cost of electricity.
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The cost of solar cells has fallen by as much as 49.5 per cent since the start of 2011, according to the PVX spot market index, which tracks the monthly wholesale costs of the industry.
“China is manufacturing dirt-cheap panels,” said Roger Chang, president of the Jamaica Solar Energy Association. “Most of the companies that made solar panels in the US have moved their manufacturing to China.”
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/busin...#ixzz1rkC9E3hH
1. GOJ should encourage China to set up a regional Solar Power Distribution & Research Center in JA... werk off dem surplus supply
2. With ready access to cheap panels and Chinese expertise & money...incentivize homeowners and businesses to retrofit solar kits on their premises
Nuff installation werk dat...Now dats a JEEP to believe in an peeple cyan shock JPS
Memba mi dun tole unnu arredy
Solar power comes of age
BY PAUL RODGERS Business Editor rodgersp@jamaicaobserver.com
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
SOLAR power has finally become a viable option, driven by falling prices for photovoltaic panels and the soaring cost of oil, say proponents of the alternative energy.
Rooftop panels, which could last for 25 to 30 years, will now pay for themselves in just six or seven years, claim advocates. Until recently, the pay-back period was up to 20 years.
Roger Chang with one of the “dirt cheap” photovoltaic panels that looks set to revolutionise the cost of electricity.
1/1
The cost of solar cells has fallen by as much as 49.5 per cent since the start of 2011, according to the PVX spot market index, which tracks the monthly wholesale costs of the industry.
“China is manufacturing dirt-cheap panels,” said Roger Chang, president of the Jamaica Solar Energy Association. “Most of the companies that made solar panels in the US have moved their manufacturing to China.”
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/busin...#ixzz1rkC9E3hH
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