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given the scale we're looking at, your proposal actualyl makes a lot of sense.

It's just that, on my side, I'm less qualified to comment about solar.

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by Jerome a Paris (jeromeguillet@yahoo.fr) on Thu Nov 13th, 2008 at 05:37:09 PM EST
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I'm not an expert either when it comes to the nitty-gritty of the acutal installation. I don't even know at what power level you can no longer feed into the low-voltage (380V) grid and have to be near a medium-voltage power line. Technical things like that are probably country-dependent.

I know that Italy has a decent feed-in tariff but that the bureaucracy can be a hassle (varying with the Regione you are in). My dream is to meet someone whose cousin has a 500m2 factory roof somwhere in Puglia. Something like that would remove the need to buy land.

An interesting concept is this one which allows dual use of land (PV with  car park or grazing cows below) and is tracking so it will get up to 30% more energy. I don't know if they are mass producing this yet. They mention a 600kW system which should be finished about now. This is still medium-large for a PV system.

I would be willing to lend a hand with whatever relevant experience I have but I don't think I'd be able to do it alone. Otherwise it would probably not be ready before the time when you want to get your retirement money out.

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by tomhuld (thomas punkt huld at jrc punkt it) on Thu Nov 13th, 2008 at 06:39:19 PM EST
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