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Originally Posted by delboy
Sorry, covering the whole building with solar panels and getting 24 wind turbines will provide them with TEN PER CENT of their energy? That's pathetic! And how long before they recoup their investment at that rate? Assuming they do, that is - presumably the panels have a limited working life.
And before someone says "It's not about the money" my point is that there's not much incentive for companies to do this if they're making a loss.
And where are the windows?
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According to this site, the panels on this building are good for about 50 years and can be recycled.
http://www.modbs.co.uk/news/fullstor...ar_energy.html
Of course PV panels aren't even remotely cost-effective where line power is available. I'm pretty confident that even a diesel generator would be considerably cheaper. But it's still a new technology, and the more use it gets the faster it will develop. Projects like this are useful for that purpose.