Comments on: Japan To Cut Solar Panel Costs By 50%

By: Solar panel | Solar Energy |

Solar panel | Solar Energy | — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:45:46 +0000

Most places in the high plains have plenty of solar energy available to meet some, or all of your needs.

A solar system is ideal for urban areas where building codes prevent a wind turbine.

By: UK

UK — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:12:28 +0000

Solar panels should be free – paid for by the government. How they haven’t made it LAW for builders to install solar panels onto new-build rooftops I’ll never know. We might not make much electricity from them but on a large scale it could really help. They could even be plugged straight into the National Grid and reduce the need for production, then even empty properties would be contributing.

James.

By: Solar Charger

Solar Charger — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:47:43 +0000

I’m in the UK, and would like to think that this type of scheme would work here. There’s a reluctance to embrace solar technology (partly because we don’t seem to get much sunshine!) and it is seen as a fad – it the government promoted it then it would be seen as an official endorsement. I appreciate that given the current economic climate that these type of tax breaks will be unlikely.

By: Tully

Tully — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:09:49 +0000

Point of fact: That’s not “market-driven.” That’s SUBSIDY-driven. They’re not cutting the actual cost, they’re subsidizing it.

Small-scale solar is getting competitive on its own right now. The breakthrough point will be where the amortized net cost of small-scale (home install) photo-voltaics hits around 15 cents per kWh. I look forward to net metering and affordable home install.

By: Avinash_Tyagi

Avinash_Tyagi — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:24:36 +0000

No it should still go to the consumer, as consumption is what drives an industry, companies will go where there is profit to be made, if people will be more likely to buy a zero emissions car companies will enter that market. Companies are already working on things like Plug in Hybrids and new generation of electrics, because they know that people are demanding those vehicles, you want to incentivize consumption, not production.

McCain doesn’t follow that plan because this is a way to slide in what amounts to another corporate tax cut.

By: Pdx632

Pdx632 — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:58:28 +0000

Is there a commercially viable zero emission car available on the market today that I could buy to get those tax incentives. Solar panels are already available to the market, so the incentive SHOULD go to the consumer to purchase. Until a car is available, the incentive SHOULD go to the manufacturer to make them.