http://gigaom.com/cleantech/another-big-solar-deal-in-the-works-for-sce/ Wed, 30 May 2012 01:16:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gigaom.com/cleantech/another-big-solar-deal-in-the-works-for-sce/#comment-20009 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:41:29 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=22811#comment-20009 [...] Another Big Solar Deal in the Works for SCE Southern California Edison plans to announce what it’s calling “the world’s largest solar deal” this morning, but details are scarce. There are a couple of ways this could go. [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/another-big-solar-deal-in-the-works-for-sce/#comment-20008 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:54:48 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=22811#comment-20008 With current solar technology, there is no doubt that huge solar projects, in desert areas around the world are the most effective way to generate electricity from the sun.
The problem, it seems, lies not on the generating part (solar energy systems) but on the consuming end – electrical appliances. President Obama already noticed that and plans to tackle that issue with efficiency regulations.
My take on this is different – we need to make appliances use solar energy directly. Take new solar farm mentioned in this post – solar energy is converted to heat, heat converted to steam, steam to mechanical energy, then to electricity (through a turbine). So many energy transformations…
The solution is solar appliances, using photons directly from the sun, no energy conventions, almost 100% efficiency.
To read more on solar appliances:
http://thetanoon.com/2009/02/11/solar-appliances-why-making-appliances-solar-is-our-only-chance/

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