Leonardo Da Vinci predicted a solar industrialization as far back as 1447.
Now Australia announces their plans to build the world’s largest space-age solar
power station. It will power 45,000 homes, cost about 420 million dollars, and
save the earth from 400,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions a year. The
President’s proposed 2007 budget includes a Solar America Initiative that
promises to make solar technologies more affordable by 2015. The advantages
are clear. Solar energy can be used without the emission of pollutants, is
unlimited in supply, and can be stored and used to do just about anything.
Thanks to the engineering genius of Solar Oasis, that now includes solar
powered plant lighting.
The low power requirement of LED grow lights simplify the conversion to
a solar energy system. A solar “photo voltaic” panel/battery system of 324 watts
@ 24Vdc will supply ample power for a 56 Gro-Bar light grid layout, allowing
the lights to operate continuously, 24 hours per day. A solar system of this size
has an estimated cost of under $3,000 per planting bed, for 100% power grid
independence while maximizing grow chamber utilization. The implication for a
solar community is food, grown anywhere, using the least amount of water,
regardless of the availability of farmland. Go Sun, and go SolarOasis!–AL