Solar Business for Everyone
photo credit: Jesse Wagstaff
Want to get into the solar business but don’t know anything about electricty? No problem, says the NY Times, neither do these guys:
Technology advances and falling prices for solar technology have opened the gates for solar installations by businesses with no background in electricity generation.Energy generation “is not our primary business, but it’s in our best interest,” said Mike Defferding, executive vice president of Forest City Military Communities, a developer. “There’s an economic incentive to make the jump to become an energy company.”
Forest City has installed more than 100 kilowatts of solar-generating capacity at housing it manages on a marine base in Hawaii, Defferding said. And it is planning to build a 3.6-megawatt solar farm on Hawaii’s Big Island to power affordable housing the company manages there.
solar panels on July 3rd, 2009 8:10 pm
Solar industry is growing so fast.I am sure more and more peoplewill jump into this business.
RedHotFranchises on July 4th, 2009 8:05 am
Indeed the demand for solar energy has increased.
Worldwide photovoltaic installations increased by 5,948 MW in 2008, up from 2,826 MW installed during the previous year. In 1985, annual solar installation demand was only 21 Megawatts.
HomeMade Solar on July 5th, 2009 1:49 pm
I am just beginning to learn more about the benefits of Solar Energy. Now We can even make solar panels and wind mills from home. Home Made Solar Energy, what a concept. Thanks for letting me post.
Jaclyn on July 6th, 2009 8:54 am
Solar energy has been getting more and more prevelant as time goes by. It is a slower moving technology in terms of it hasn’t been presented and all of a sudden everyone jumps on board, but the more you look around as time goes by you can see where it is slowly growing. It is a very beneficial way to run our economy today, we just need to get more people on board with the concept.
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