Greetings EEVBees:
More politically motivated clap-trap from the usual suspects..." Media Trackers is primarily sponsored by the Tea Party non-profit and training group American Majority, which is funded for the most part by the Sam Adams Alliance"...Meanwhile in the real world, ... growth of photovoltaics continues along at an exponential rate.
--As fas as I know the facts as set forth in by WFTS News Tampa are correct and have nothing to do with the Tea Party. There have been a number of articles and the facts have been vetted. Also I do not recall anyone saying that sales of solar panels were declining. Abhorring government waist is not the same thing as hating solar panels. Panels do survive after the warranty period, but without warranty. There are a number of installations out there with China made panels. I wonder how many are 25 years old. I also wonder why banks do not like to lend money on 50 year solar payback projects. Oh, right, Greed! As a general matter in large solar system installations they compute the number of panels required say for a 20 year payback, and then add say 10% for panel degradation, and another 5% or to account for soilage. So for a brand new installation like this to be performing at half of that promised is probably not something to be proud of.
--If the facts about the return on investment, are as stated, then the provenance of the article hardly matters, and I hardly think that WFTS News in Tampa is a Tea Party conspirator.
--See below link for another article on the catastrophe, which includes a few additional facts.
http://energy.tdprofiti.com/tampa-solar-panels-fail-to-meet-promises.html "County Director No Longer Supports
Hillsborough County Energy Director Randy Klindworth, who primarily upheld a solar row project, told WFTS he would no longer support spending taxpayer dollars on such projects. “I’ve got to be clever how a county spends taxpayer money. we wish to be really correct in how we do that, make certain we get a good lapse on investment,”
--Oh well, Randy probably goes to Tea Party meeting with the folks from WFTS News Tampa.
--Thanks to all for the posted articles.
“Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts.” "
Richard Feynman 1918 - 1988
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Clear Ether