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Solar Powered Hospital

Started by sbspalding · 9 months ago

50% of the power for Sutter-Auburn Faith Hospital in Sacramento California will be coming from solar soon. Set to be completed at the beginning of next year, this project will involve retrofitting a stretch of nearby parking lot to include 3500 solar panels.
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7 comments

  • Sunny

    5 months ago

    A suprising number of companies (including Google) are implementing solar power to provide part of their energy requirements. This, of course, has been helped by generous federal tax breaks :)
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  • sbspalding

    5 months ago

    Indeed, huge tax credits never hurt.
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  • book cover designer

    5 months ago

    I believe what you said is true my friend. Hopefully what you dream will come true
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  • make fake id's

    4 months ago

    " The idea is that solar power will provide a cheaper, more environmental friendly means of keeping the lights on. " ...hopefully more and more people turns towards it.................... : )
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  • Home Solar and Wind Power

    4 months ago

    in the final analysis, i think th emaintennace costs of these pannels might be too high especially when their depreciation hits over 60% which is roughly in three years. but all the same its a very noble idea
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  • slots

    4 months ago

    Nothing wrong with solar energy. I'm not big on the wind turbines to produce energy because they impose on a person's view, birds flight patterns, etc..but I don't see too many negatives when it comes to solar power.
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  • Greg@SolarEnergyAdvantages

    1 month ago

    As long as they have power to run on during the night hours. this could be great and could save the hospitals lots of money.
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