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Environment & Energy

Warpy

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1. After the last few summers there, one expects them to add to the power

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Original post)

Wed Dec 10, 2014, 12:00 AM

Dec 2014

so they can eventually install some form of AC. I have friends there who spent weeks collapsed under a fan with ambient temperatures between 110-125.

Solar makes a great deal of sense there as it does in this part of the country. The problem is getting utility companies to upgrade infrastructure enough to accept it into the grid.

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One in 5 of all Australian households now using solar [View all] OKIsItJustMe Dec 2014 OP

After the last few summers there, one expects them to add to the power Warpy Dec 2014 #1

Getting the electric companies set up to accept feed back from solar but we have a large portion Thinkingabout Dec 2014 #2