Green Options » solar hot water heater http://greenoptions.com/tag/solar-hot-water-heater Posts tagged 'solar hot water heater' Sun, 03 May 2009 17:54:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en New Solar Power Farm in Israel Will ‘Help Fight Terror’ http://cleantechnica.com/2009/05/03/new-solar-power-farm-in-israel-will-help-fight-terror/ http://cleantechnica.com/2009/05/03/new-solar-power-farm-in-israel-will-help-fight-terror/#comments Sun, 03 May 2009 17:54:46 +0000 Jake Richardson http://cleantechnica.com/2009/05/03/new-solar-power-farm-in-israel-will-help-fight-terror/ solar powerShimon Peres, the President of Israel helped launch a new solar farm at Kibbutz Yavne this week. The farm uses concentrating solar power to generate electricity and hot water. President Peres said at the launching ceremony, “It is a natural way to fight terror because the oil-producing countries of Iran and Venezuela destroy our lives by terror.” He also called solar power democratic because sunlight is available to everyone.

No government aid was required for the project. It was funded entirely by Israeli venture capitalists. The cost of the electricity generated is approximately 8 cents per kilowatt hour. This price is slightly less than the cost for electricity provided by the main power supplier in Israel, the Israeli Electric Corporation.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2009/05/03/new-solar-power-farm-in-israel-will-help-fight-terror/feed/ Hawaii Law Requires All New Homes Install Solar Hot Water Heaters http://ecoscraps.com/2008/06/01/hawaii-law-requires-all-new-homes-install-solar-hot-water-heaters/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/06/01/hawaii-law-requires-all-new-homes-install-solar-hot-water-heaters/#comments Sun, 01 Jun 2008 15:27:00 +0000 Jennifer Lance http://ecoscraps.com/2008/06/01/hawaii-law-requires-all-new-homes-install-solar-hot-water-heaters/ solar hot water heater home diagramAll new homes built in Hawaii will be required to install solar hot water heaters beginning in 2010, cutting energy costs by 30%.  The state of Hawaii has a goal of at least 70 percent renewable energy use by 2030. “Achieving this goal is nearly impossible without widespread use of solar water heaters,” Hawaii Sierra Club director Jeff Mikulina says. “The solar roofs bill is smart policy, sensibly crafted to smooth a transition toward zero-energy homes of the future.”

Via:  Sierra Club 

Image:  This Old House

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