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Recently in australia a national survey found that we had well over 1 million homes running either partially or totally on solar generation systems. That figure was about 10 thousand 10 years ago & the rate of installations is increasing exponentially. When one takes into account our small population, passing the million mark must account for a significant percentage of the houses there are in this country. Within a few years it is predicted that solar systems of some form will be the norm rather than the exception. The benefits are manifesting in some great ways; for nearly 2 years now there have been free installation-pay-by-your-power-savings (over about 2 to 5 years, depending on the system) on offer from solar providers, we've had a government rebate system in place which has boosted the whole industry and the number of installations enormously, and now have at least one company (in Melbourne) offering to lease roof-space from home owners and from businesses for the space to install solar panels. The latter is very significant as this enables the huge inner-city roof and wall acreage used by businesses, condo's and all manner of other buildings to be used as well. It also provides a model for traditional power utilities to make the solar transition.Traditional power companies are, extremely importantly, buying any excess power one cares to feed back into the grid, thus enabling the model of install-now, pay-from-savings model. This part is I believe vital to establishing a viable city-based solar power system.
The really excellent thing about this is, apart from the obvious savings in dollars and noxious emissions, that the power generated is done so by (so far) over a million little systems that require no staff, no company or anything complicated in the way if infrastructure, & the power used is done so mainly right under the generator. No power wastage through transmission. Less reliance on the old overhead wire infrastructure, and of enormous significance, getting businesses using or helping to generate solar.
With the revolutions in cost reduction and efficiency have come true viability as a source of the main power consumption of our city's masses. We'll still use traditional power generation for times when solar isn't viable, but to quote my sister yesterday "my next door neighbour said she payed a total of 20 something bucks to the power company last YEAR (in total)". She did add that her neighbour had installed double glazing and was something of an enthusiast. The future of solar is here already, and growing fast. The only drawbacks I can see of significance are the means of efficiently storing excess power locally -at the generation point, and, perhaps in the durability and/or containment of any dangerous elements used in the power systems themselves;eg. batteries etc.
Like or hate it, solar is booming downunder.
The really excellent thing about this is, apart from the obvious savings in dollars and noxious emissions, that the power generated is done so by (so far) over a million little systems that require no staff, no company or anything complicated in the way if infrastructure, & the power used is done so mainly right under the generator. No power wastage through transmission. Less reliance on the old overhead wire infrastructure, and of enormous significance, getting businesses using or helping to generate solar.
With the revolutions in cost reduction and efficiency have come true viability as a source of the main power consumption of our city's masses. We'll still use traditional power generation for times when solar isn't viable, but to quote my sister yesterday "my next door neighbour said she payed a total of 20 something bucks to the power company last YEAR (in total)". She did add that her neighbour had installed double glazing and was something of an enthusiast. The future of solar is here already, and growing fast. The only drawbacks I can see of significance are the means of efficiently storing excess power locally -at the generation point, and, perhaps in the durability and/or containment of any dangerous elements used in the power systems themselves;eg. batteries etc.
Like or hate it, solar is booming downunder.
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