| Powering everything with solar energy isnt | | | | discount to existing suppliers. Also, houses that |
| possible just yet, since the UK doesn't produce | | | | are being built locally now have wind turbines |
| enough sunlight to do this. | | | | attached to create energy! At last progress from |
| Hi-tech ways to capture enough sunlight per day | | | | the house builders are making an effort - they |
| every day to power everything in a home or | | | | can be the real drivers behind this change. |
| business hasn't been discovered yet. The current | | | | In the recent 2006 Budget announcement by |
| cost of solar panels can run into thousands of | | | | Gorden Brown, millions of pounds have been |
| pounds, which would require the panels to produce | | | | allocated to helping homes and businesses take |
| electricity for years without maintenance in order | | | | advantage of renewable energy and the benefits |
| to see a return on investment. What is needed is | | | | that it brings. This is a welcoming strategy by the |
| more grants available to people to enable them to | | | | government. More and more homes are also |
| afford renewable energy in the homes. Otherwise | | | | attaching mini-wind turbines to their homes to |
| only the relatively well off will be able to afford | | | | boost the electricity generated by solar panels, |
| paying over £2000 for solar panels and then | | | | British Gas (Centrica) have recently been looking |
| saving money over the next 10-20 years. B & Q | | | | for volunteers to pilot this with. |
| and other retailers in the UK have now started to | | | | Developing countries with sunny climates such as |
| advertise solar and wind turbines on TV, they | | | | Africa are the perfect place to take advantage of |
| must becoming more mainstream for them to do | | | | this renewable energy especially in rural areas that |
| this. | | | | are not connected to the national grid for |
| Currently, many people use solar panels, which | | | | electricity. There needs to be a commitment |
| can be placed on a side of a roof to attract | | | | from the G8 and other government around the |
| sunlight during the day to heat a small number of | | | | world in providing funds to achieve this.I have just |
| rooms and water. Solar panels can be purchased | | | | read about the founding of google and the |
| at a number of locations throughout the UK, as | | | | founders are keep to develop solar power and |
| well as online. Hopefully, solar panels will become a | | | | have invested in a number of companies that |
| part of daily life, in order to prevent the | | | | have solar panels attached to like a mat that you |
| disappearance of natural resources and to | | | | can roll out and stick onto a building instead of the |
| maintain energy conservation. In August 2006 high | | | | current large, expensive panels that are available |
| street chain Currys have said that they will start | | | | at the moment! |
| to sell off the shelf solar panels at a substantial | | | | |