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— SPOKE, October
14,
News
2003
Solar generators on the rise By MIKE WILSON
Vision campaign for the fantasy
Canada and CIBC, you can get those panels for $10,000.
is
planning
dream home. You can also
to install solar generators
on about
existing houses for about $20,000, as
a year on your electricity
Eastbridge subdi-
long as you have a south-facing
David Elzinga, project manager for the solar neighbourhood, making it a 10-year return on your invest-
A Waterloo company 15
homes
vision
in the
in
the
north
end
of
Waterloo.
install solar
panels on
unshaded roof or a yard on the south side of your house.
Arise Technologies also donated a generator to the
One Voice One
With
a
financing
made with
the
deal
Arise
government of
The panels could save you $ ,000 1
bill,
said
ment.
“We
power will be the cheapest energy on the planet,” he said.
are expanding quickly with urban sprawl and a growing population.
but cities
Elzinga attributes that to rising costs for conventional energy and
Also cities are where the most power is needed and that may make solar power a better bet. “I think wind and solar power go hand-in-hand in the future of power
“People started to realize
how dependent expect that eventually solar
on
they were
electricity (after the
blackout).
They
generation,” said Elzinga.
Since last August’s blackout Arise has seen more interest in its products.
couldn’t
buy gas, the food in their fridges went bad, if they had a well they couldn’t
pump
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“People started to realize how dependent they were on electricity. They couldn’t buy gas, the food in their fridges went bad, if they had a
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well they couldn’t
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said Elzinga.
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can provide a house with enough power to run the refrigerator, some lights, and a TV or radio for news.
we could much as 30
also said
getting as
possibly be per cent of
our power from the sun.
Wind power alternative
is
another source of
power Elzinga
be prevalent along with
caoadiermes
He
also said that solar
is
“I
a far bet-
urban environments. “The chances of a blade falling
ter bet for
off (a windmill) and hitting
think wind
and solar power go hand-in-hand in the future of power
said will
solar.
generation.”
some-
Elzinga
one are pretty slim, but there’s a chance.” (Photo by Darren Smith)
Canadian Forces take aim
at
Elzinga said that makes
it
diffi-
cult to get insurance for an electric-
Conestoga
ity-generating windmill in the mid-
Sgt. Scott Smith, senior recruiter for the
Waterloo Wellington area, talks with graphic design professor Vince Sowa. The Canadian Forces come to at Conestoga the first Thursday of every month.
dle of large city. Also, the size and noise are problems.
A
country the size of Canada has a lot of open space for windmills.
Solar panels provide 25 to 75 per cent of the total electricity for a house. It’s difficult to
sumption
varies.
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