Will Solar Power be Practical with Subsidies?

Silly rabbit.

Military applications only have to work; they do not have to be practical nor cost effective. remember, there is a sizable tax base to cover these expenses.

Think of this as $99 million invested in a politically supported demonstration of feasibility and $1 million invested in technology- for a one year payback..

Solar power can be practical, it powers my calculator. understanding application suitability is the real issue, and I'm not convinced that either the military nor the great spender (Mssr Obama) will ever get there.

milo

I believe it is. The city of Bangalore, South India, will be launching a program to install solar power supplies delnked from the grid in about 10,000 homes in a pilot project.

Bangalore has close to ten million population.

Of course installed cost/KW solar is much cheaper in India.

Bioramani

Hello Bioramani!

Do you have a link to solar power kits for homes in India?

Such us to be exported ...

Thanks,

OldBeaver

If present work to screen print solar cells onto roofing material prove feasible, the price of solar panels will plummet and it will become competitive with any other power sources, possibly even cheaper.

This would definitely change the picture.

Solar power is already here or there but the conversion methods lack critical mass!