Due to our lack of a sound environmental
policy, we have put our ecostructure and environment in a very brittle condition.
As you read this, one acre per second of rain forest is being destroyed.
Species are disappearing at the rate of 10 per hour, 100,000 per year. 99%
of all species that ever existed are now extinct.
In accordance with the above we have
striven to develop benign residential photovoltaic systems, solar systems,
and energy-saving devices for homes, agriculture, and solar farm uses. Many
of these systems utilize a roof-mounted photovoltaic arrays and allow excess
solar-generated electric energy to be fed back to the local utility grid,
eliminating the need for on-site storage. Photovoltaics and other forms of
solar energy are the ideal fuels inasmuch as they do not pollute the environment
and are a completely renewable fuel. PV modularity, simplicity, reliability
and low maintenance requirements have been firmly established. Photovoltaic
systems have a variety of applications, including power for houses, navigational
aids, remote lighting, communication stations, weather stations, water pumping,
and general stand alone power systems. In addition, commercial applications
number in the tens of thousands worldwide.
In addition to the technological benefits
associated with the use of photovoltaic power, both large and small private
owners of a photovoltaic system are afforded the opportunity to gain some
measure of energy independence. Photo voltaic and solar systems make this
possible by collocating the energy source (solar radiation), the power generating
system (solar cells), and the power refining plant (the power conditioning
unit). As with all solar technologies, the basic resource is cost-free,
inexhaustible and variable, though predictable. The degree of protection
provided from the vagaries of cost and supply of non-renewable fuels (oil
and nuclear) can be a major asset associated with PV system
ownership.
Foreign crude oil imports currently
provide the raw material for production of half of the liquid fuels consumed
in the United States and represent a cash outflow of almost 8 million
- 12 million per hour . Recent events have dramatically illustrated the
substantial economic cost, instability and economic vulnerability of such
imports. In time of war, oil embargoes, and holocaust, foreign oil and much
of our domestic petroleum supplies would be disrupted. Photovoltaics and
/ or other forms of solar energy are fuels that can substitute domestic renewable
resources for petroleum products now and increasingly in the next decade
and beyond. PV produces energy that is benign.
Also, photovoltaic systems provide
the opportunity to bring electricity to people and areas which have never
had power for refrigeration, water pumping, lighting, and other basic
necessities. For many applications, stand alone photovoltaic power has proven
to be more reliable, and less costly, than conventional alternatives. The
following online catalog of solar devices represents our small solar systems.
We also build and remodel (alter) houses and / or buildings making them 100
% energy independent, they are powered by six different benign energy sources;
photovoltaics, bio-gas, ethanol, methanol, LN-G, solar hot water, energy
advantage low-E gas, and recycled garbage, wood, corn, and paper products,
and a low MPH wind turbine.
If you have any questions, and / or
ideas that you would like to discuss send us an Email
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And remember : Help Reduce the Greenhouse
Effect - Plant Trees and Shrubs and Use Renewable
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