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Article Source: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)It's 4:45 on a sweltering August afternoon, and the rooftop solar panels are starting to lose juice. The sun's lower angles and that huge cottonwood tree are interfering with the efficient photon-to-electricity transfer.
What is an environmentally conscious — but air-conditioning-loving — homeowner to do?
Plants with Storage in Spain, Nevada, Arizona, California
Abengoa Solar is building a 250-megawatt CSP plant near Gila Bend, Ariz., that will cover 1,900 acres and use 900,000 mirrors to direct sunlight to heat a working fluid inside its tubes. The plant's six hours of thermal storage mean it can deliver electricity after the sun sets to approximately 70,000 homes.
#1 - Sat Feb 18, 2012 1:18 PM ESTAnd for homeowners that want to capitalize on this should do what?
#2 - Sat Feb 18, 2012 1:28 PM ESTeither iinstall a battery system to store solar during the day, and then power an inverter at night for electricity, or
invest in a large water tank ( 500 gallons.) and entire roof top solar panel system.. heats water in tank all day, then heats home at night using radiators... easy if your home is heated with a boiler and radiator system
there is also rock storage, but that must be constructed into the foundtation.
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