Expect to pay more for electricity from your utility company in the years to come. The prices will only continue to go up and up and up and...

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/10/05/americans-face-double-digit-hikes-in-electricity-bills-to-fund-upgrades.html

"Already weary of high gas prices and 9.1 percent unemployment, many Americans are about to get another kick in the wallet thanks to large increases in their electricity bills. ..."

There is a way to lock in your rates, now. Install solar PV!

Ever since the solar manufacturer Solyndra failed (and made national news for those few weeks), we've been getting questions about them...and the solar industry, in general. In fact, we are still fielding the occasional question - even now. So, we decided to share an article written on the Scientific American website back in October that explains the type of module Solyndra made [hint - they were never the standard module made by the majority of PV manufacturers], and why that company's failure is good news for the rest of the industry.

"How Solyndra's Failure Promises a Brighter Future for Solar Power"


As you will see, the solar industry is thriving quite well. The future is bright - for a number of reasons!

We finished, yet another, solar PV system. As you know, this one is a roof-mounted, solar, photovoltaic array on an apartment building in Melbourne, Florida.

We've been in Melbourne, Florida this week. We are working on a nearly 10kW grid-tied system that being installed on an apartment building. This system is intended to cover all the electrical expenses of the common areas for the building.

Almost done!

Yesterday, CNN posted the following article.

(CNN) -- Carbon emissions from energy use reached a record level last year, up 5% from the previous record in 2008, the International Energy Agency said.

The Paris-based agency called the findings a "serious setback" to limit global temperature increase to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 F), which was set at the U.N. climate change talks in Cancun, Mexico, last year.

"Our latest estimates are another wake-up call," said Fatih Birol, chief economist at the IEA. "The world has edged incredibly close to the level of emissions that should not be reached until 2020 ... it will be extremely challenging to succeed in achieving this global goal agreed in Cancun.


...Go to the CNN site to read the rest of the article.

Clearly efforts to put renewable energy in place need to be increased...and quickly!