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Solar Energy - Opening statement
All solar lights are “wireless”. They are not “hooked up” to external sources of power.
Solar lights produce no pollution and cause no harmful environmental effects.
Once installed, energy is free
Fourteen solar farms have a combined installed capacity of 388.4 megawatts and in 2011 generated 0.1 billion kilowatt-hours. (Source: Canadian Centre for Energy Information compilation, 2013)
There are now 3,133 megawatts of solar power installed in the U.S. That's enough to power nearly 3 million homes.
The average cost of solar power fell 27%, from $4.10 per watt in 2011 to $3.01 per watt in 2012.
The solar industry grew 76% in 2012 alone.
A single Air Force base in Nevada has saved $83,000 A MONTH since it switched from using traditional energy sources to solar energy produced on site.
You can lease your property (such as your roof) for solar panels, you don’t have to use it but you get paid for lending the spot. All solar lights are “wireless”. They are not “hooked up” to external sources of power.
Solar lights produce no pollution and cause no harmful environmental effects.
Once installed, energy is free
Fourteen solar farms have a combined installed capacity of 388.4 megawatts and in 2011 generated 0.1 billion kilowatt-hours. (Source: Canadian Centre for Energy Information compilation, 2013)
There are now 3,133 megawatts of solar power installed in the U.S. That's enough to power nearly 3 million homes.
The average cost of solar power fell 27%, from $4.10 per watt in 2011 to $3.01 per watt in 2012.
The solar industry grew 76% in 2012 alone.
A single Air Force base in Nevada has saved $83,000 A MONTH since it switched from using traditional energy sources to solar energy produced on site.
You can lease your property (such as your roof) for solar panels, you don’t have to use it but you get paid for lending the spot.

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