Sunday, October 25, 2009

Dell's New Solar Parking Lot


"Think about how hot your car gets on a sunny day. Dell decided to harvest all that wasted energy by installing these solar panels in their parking lot. Now they're keeping cars cool and putting that sunlight to good use."  More after the jump.
"The structure generates 130 kilowatts of solar power, enough to offset 145,000 lbs of greenhouse gas emissions annually. There are even charging terminals available for electric cars, but only two can be charged at a time. Seems like a pretty smart way to keep drivers comfortable and harvest some spare energy on the side."
Source: Gizmodo

One thing they forgot to mention, additional energy will be saved because cars will not have to run their air conditioning as much if they sit in the shade. That means they will use less gasoline and therefore cost less. Just saying....

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