http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/05/peel-stick-solar-fulfills-the-need-for-speed/ Business, Better. Since 2005 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:18:23 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/05/peel-stick-solar-fulfills-the-need-for-speed/comment-page-1/#comment-10697 stop green path Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:33:30 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2008/05/peel-stick-solar-fulfills-the-need-for-speed/#comment-10697 if it can save a few million acres of fragile desert wilderness, i am totally on board. residential and commercial point of use applications must be included - it's remote "utility scale" projects that need to be SCRAPPED for a million reasons (entrenching monopolies, increasing costs, waste, manipulation, fires and unreliability, environmental devastation, groundwater depletion, etc.). let's get these things up NOW! and get on those legislators to start offering us a few of the huge advantages they give to Big Energy! if it can save a few million acres of fragile desert wilderness, i am totally on board. residential and commercial point of use applications must be included – it’s remote “utility scale” projects that need to be SCRAPPED for a million reasons (entrenching monopolies, increasing costs, waste, manipulation, fires and unreliability, environmental devastation, groundwater depletion, etc.). let’s get these things up NOW! and get on those legislators to start offering us a few of the huge advantages they give to Big Energy!

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/05/peel-stick-solar-fulfills-the-need-for-speed/comment-page-1/#comment-10696 Harold Warren Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:31:25 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2008/05/peel-stick-solar-fulfills-the-need-for-speed/#comment-10696 Hey... I agree with everybody that wants cheap solar at home. I would like that too... but this is great to see happening. Why? Not just because it is a step in the right direction for the planet, but for consumers as well. The busier the solar sector becomes, the more demand AND competition for the technology.... it may take a little while, but look what happened with microwave ovens. When that new technology came out, the product options were first sold for commercial use, were light-years behind what most American homes now have ( as far as ability for use) and cost a small fortune to purchase. Now microwave ovens are pretty inexpensive... but it took having a market for the product for the product to evolve and for there to me an economy of scale to reduce per-unit manufacturing expenses. This looks like it has real potential... Hey… I agree with everybody that wants cheap solar at home. I would like that too… but this is great to see happening.
Why? Not just because it is a step in the right direction for the planet, but for consumers as well.
The busier the solar sector becomes, the more demand AND competition for the technology…. it may take a little while, but look what happened with microwave ovens.
When that new technology came out, the product options were first sold for commercial use, were light-years behind what most American homes now have ( as far as ability for use) and cost a small fortune to purchase. Now microwave ovens are pretty inexpensive… but it took having a market for the product for the product to evolve and for there to me an economy of scale to reduce per-unit manufacturing expenses.
This looks like it has real potential…

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/05/peel-stick-solar-fulfills-the-need-for-speed/comment-page-1/#comment-10695 Ken Wed, 28 May 2008 20:59:35 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2008/05/peel-stick-solar-fulfills-the-need-for-speed/#comment-10695 Actually there is already a pretty good peel & stick technology out there - I just installed a ~4.8 kw system on the roof of my home in Miami Beach - checkout the blog if you want www.3001northbayroad.com Actually there is already a pretty good peel & stick technology out there – I just installed a ~4.8 kw system on the roof of my home in Miami Beach – checkout the blog if you want http://www.3001northbayroad.com

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/05/peel-stick-solar-fulfills-the-need-for-speed/comment-page-1/#comment-10694 weee Wed, 28 May 2008 19:57:50 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2008/05/peel-stick-solar-fulfills-the-need-for-speed/#comment-10694 Looks like progress to me. I'm in the UK so we don't have huge amounts of sunshine but I'm not going to let that stop me - let me know when I can buy them in the UK and I'm in. Looks like progress to me.
I’m in the UK so we don’t have huge amounts of sunshine but I’m not going to let that stop me – let me know when I can buy them in the UK and I’m in.

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/05/peel-stick-solar-fulfills-the-need-for-speed/comment-page-1/#comment-10693 Energy Guy Mon, 19 May 2008 19:28:56 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2008/05/peel-stick-solar-fulfills-the-need-for-speed/#comment-10693 Some of you have some bad information. I happen to work for a general contractor, in the Bay Area, where one of the DRI Energy offices is located (and where this video was shot). These proprietary panels are going through UL Listing and have passed all the major test and are slotted for distribution in June of 2008. These panels are available to the residential public, but, do not have a very good application for a comp or clay tile roof. For DRI Energy's "Residential Solutions" you need to visit their website at: http://www.dricompanies.com/ResidentialSolutions.aspx. They have unique patents on both s-tile and flat tile solar solutions... Some of you have some bad information. I happen to work for a general contractor, in the Bay Area, where one of the DRI Energy offices is located (and where this video was shot). These proprietary panels are going through UL Listing and have passed all the major test and are slotted for distribution in June of 2008. These panels are available to the residential public, but, do not have a very good application for a comp or clay tile roof. For DRI Energy’s “Residential Solutions” you need to visit their website at: http://www.dricompanies.com/ResidentialSolutions.aspx. They have unique patents on both s-tile and flat tile solar solutions…

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/05/peel-stick-solar-fulfills-the-need-for-speed/comment-page-1/#comment-10692 passivesolar Mon, 12 May 2008 17:07:52 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2008/05/peel-stick-solar-fulfills-the-need-for-speed/#comment-10692 If I remember correctly from the book, it was 1.21 jigowatts. If I remember correctly from the book, it was 1.21 jigowatts.

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/05/peel-stick-solar-fulfills-the-need-for-speed/comment-page-1/#comment-10691 peace Mon, 12 May 2008 11:56:07 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2008/05/peel-stick-solar-fulfills-the-need-for-speed/#comment-10691 muddyh2o - Nice "Back To the Future" reference. I think some of the edified posters here didn't get reference. muddyh2o – Nice “Back To the Future” reference. I think some of the edified posters here didn’t get reference.

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/05/peel-stick-solar-fulfills-the-need-for-speed/comment-page-1/#comment-10690 peace Mon, 12 May 2008 11:54:49 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2008/05/peel-stick-solar-fulfills-the-need-for-speed/#comment-10690 muddyh2o - Nice "Back To the Future" reference. I think some of the edified posters here didn't get reference. muddyh2o – Nice “Back To the Future” reference. I think some of the edified posters here didn’t get reference.

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/05/peel-stick-solar-fulfills-the-need-for-speed/comment-page-1/#comment-10689 fbifido Mon, 12 May 2008 11:05:40 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2008/05/peel-stick-solar-fulfills-the-need-for-speed/#comment-10689 2.25 kilowatts / 6 panels = 375 watts per panel 1.21 gigawatts / 375 watts = xxxxxxxx panels my office building runs about 7840 KwH 30days 2.25 kilowatts / 6 panels = 375 watts per panel
1.21 gigawatts / 375 watts = xxxxxxxx panels
my office building runs about 7840 KwH 30days

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/05/peel-stick-solar-fulfills-the-need-for-speed/comment-page-1/#comment-10688 webwalker Mon, 12 May 2008 10:33:34 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2008/05/peel-stick-solar-fulfills-the-need-for-speed/#comment-10688 You can't do 5th grade math? Then you don't deserve the technology. You can’t do 5th grade math?
Then you don’t deserve the technology.

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/05/peel-stick-solar-fulfills-the-need-for-speed/comment-page-1/#comment-10687 muddyh2o Mon, 12 May 2008 09:38:45 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2008/05/peel-stick-solar-fulfills-the-need-for-speed/#comment-10687 how many panels do i need for 1.21 gigawatts? how many panels do i need for 1.21 gigawatts?

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/05/peel-stick-solar-fulfills-the-need-for-speed/comment-page-1/#comment-10686 muddyh2o Mon, 12 May 2008 09:37:49 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2008/05/peel-stick-solar-fulfills-the-need-for-speed/#comment-10686 how many panels do i need for 1.21 gigawatts? how many panels do i need for 1.21 gigawatts?

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/05/peel-stick-solar-fulfills-the-need-for-speed/comment-page-1/#comment-10685 Doug Mon, 12 May 2008 03:52:31 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2008/05/peel-stick-solar-fulfills-the-need-for-speed/#comment-10685 This article doesn't mention the disadvantages of peel and stick: radically reduced output from the cells due to very high temperature (no air current behind them to cool them), increased cooling load on the building (dark surface transfers heat into roof), and the higher cost of the "modules." I'm not sure the reduced installation time necessarily makes up for these shortcomings. This article doesn’t mention the disadvantages of peel and stick: radically reduced output from the cells due to very high temperature (no air current behind them to cool them), increased cooling load on the building (dark surface transfers heat into roof), and the higher cost of the “modules.” I’m not sure the reduced installation time necessarily makes up for these shortcomings.

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/05/peel-stick-solar-fulfills-the-need-for-speed/comment-page-1/#comment-10684 Carl White Sun, 11 May 2008 16:00:29 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2008/05/peel-stick-solar-fulfills-the-need-for-speed/#comment-10684 "I would like to thank M Lewis and T Roaster for including some delightful sarcasm in a much needed criticism of the "if you cant solve everything all at once with one single solution RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX on your first foray into the COMPLEX and expensive energy market, then please go screw a goat you capitalist overlord serving single-celled coward" dumb-ass-internet-troll-scape." Haha... can I hire you to write insults? Good ones. Certainly any step toward simple installation that doesn't involve poking holes in rooftops is welcome. The problem with businesses dropping off the grid first is that it means higher, not lower, prices for households, as the power companies struggle to balance costs with declining incomes. So, I share the frustration of the first poster, in being effectively barred from being able to preemptively drop off the grid first. That being said, it's like complaining about being charged a fee by a boat that's come to pull you out of the ocean and rescue you. I'll still take the rescue. “I would like to thank M Lewis and T Roaster for including some delightful sarcasm in a much needed criticism of the “if you cant solve everything all at once with one single solution RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX on your first foray into the COMPLEX and expensive energy market, then please go screw a goat you capitalist overlord serving single-celled coward” dumb-ass-internet-troll-scape.”
Haha… can I hire you to write insults? Good ones.
Certainly any step toward simple installation that doesn’t involve poking holes in rooftops is welcome.
The problem with businesses dropping off the grid first is that it means higher, not lower, prices for households, as the power companies struggle to balance costs with declining incomes. So, I share the frustration of the first poster, in being effectively barred from being able to preemptively drop off the grid first.
That being said, it’s like complaining about being charged a fee by a boat that’s come to pull you out of the ocean and rescue you. I’ll still take the rescue.

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