Laptop Battery Creating electricity in Gloucester County got a little cleaner
Thursday, as state officials helped a national energy provider
unveil the first and largest solar electric generator in South
Jersey.
Although it has been around a long time, solar power is only now taking off. Solar panels, which harness the sun's energy, feature in many homes (although nothing compared to the Continent). Solar panels can readily bought in DIY stores and generate electricity via photovoltaic cells. Solar power is also being tested on sound barriers on the M27 in Hampshire to provide electricity as well as noise protection.
Thinkpad Approximately 1,300 solar panels have been mounted atop the BJ's
Wholesale Club store, located off of Deptford Center Road.
Thermal solar power can directly heat water in rooftop panels for houshold supplies and sunlight can also be converted to electricity using photovoltaic cells, which use semiconductors to turn photons into electricity. Both types of power need good light, .Solar panels can power spacecraft, cars and aeroplanes and when new cheaper versions of photovoltaic cells become available more energy could be generated from solar than from nuclear in the next 15 years.
Microsoft The opportunity to make electricity production cleaner developed
from a partnership between the state, the Texas-based Green
Mountain Energy Co. and Solar Power Electric.
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Laptop Computers ''On behalf of Gov. James E. McGreevey, the state and the Board
of Public Utilities, I am proud to mark this historic
partnership,'' said Jeanne M. Fox, president of the state BPU.
''Renewable energy is one of the most important products in the
future of New Jersey and future
of our society which is
why New Jersey is committed to
identifying and using renewable energy resources.''
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Laptop Computer Clifton Payne Jr., eastern regional president for Green Mountain
Energy Co., said solar energy is further proof that their customers
can help change the way power is made in New Jersey.
Energy provided by home solar panels is the cleanest method available today. No environmental pollution is created. The US federal agencies are strongly promoting solar panel use. There is a federal energy bill that includes a tax credit for up to thirty percent of the initial cost of home solar panels. The credit caps at two thousand dollars. Several states also offer incentive plans to promote home solar panel usage.
Desktop Computer ''Making electricity is the leading cause of industrial air
pollution in the U.S., emitting billions of tons of carbon dioxide
annually,'' Payne said. ''The large solar electricity facility will
help avoid 40 tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually. That
reduces as much carbon dioxide pollution as not driving more than
2,000 trips by car the length of the Atlantic City Expressway,
adding up to more than 90,000 miles.''
Notebooks The solar panels will be maintained by Sun Power Electric, who
also installed the panels. The panels are 2-foot by 4-foot that
take up more than 12,000 square feet of the store's roof, which
officials said is enough to fill the Phillies' infield at Veterans
Stadium in Philadelphia. The 52-kilowatt system will feed its
generated electricity in a grid that supplied power through the
region, officials said.
Lenovo Green Mountain began offering New Jersey residents solar
generated electricity in March of 2000. Just this month, the state
announced it would be purchasing electricity from Green Mountain
Energy Co.
Hard Drive Officials said this is the first large solar electricity
generating project in South Jersey which is built under the New
Jersey Clean Energy program, and will be known as the Green
Mountain Energy Solar at Southern New Jersey.
Travelstar Approximately 60 fourth graders from Sewell Elementary School in
Mantua Township, wearing gold colored sun shaped plastic masks,
helped dedicate the solar electricity generator.
Gateway Sara Dill, manager of energy for BJ's, said the company is
pleased to help provide a way for clean energy.
Laptop Parts ''By providing our roof top as a location for solar electric
generating facilities, we are putting latent space to use for a
great purpose.
Software BJ's is also in a partnership with Green Mountain and has roof
top solar panels on stores in Middletown, R.I., Plymouth Meeting
Pa. and North Dartmouth, Mass.
Hard Drives By Shawn Menzies
Gloucester County
Times - 5/17/2002
Topic: Solar Energy
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