The US Department of Energy’s just recently had a competition with the theme of a Solar Wall. Well an architecture from Chicago firm called Solomon Cordwell Buenz has won that competition with an amazing design. The Solar Wall will be 32,000 square feet and is set to cover the south elevation of the DOE’s Washington DC headquarters in a very elegant design.
This is definitely an awesome design and took Sun Wall very literally. Once completed this energy system will generate 200 kW of energy. No information on when it is set to be built or how much it will cost but I think it might be a while and cost quiet a bit simply due to the design of the wall.
Via: Clean Technica
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It would cost the equivalent of 60 cents a gallon to charge and drive an electric car.The electricity to charge the car could come from solar or wind generated electricity.If all gasoline cars,trucks,and suv’s instead had plug-in electric drive trains, the amount of electricity needed to replace gasoline is about equal to the estimated wind energy potential of the state of N.D.This past year the high cost of fuel so seriously damaged our economy and society that the ripple effects will be felt for years to come.Why not invest in setting up some alternative energy projects on a national basis, create clean cheap electricity,create millions of badly needed new green collar jobs, and get out from under our dependence on foreign oil.What a win-win situation that would be. There is a great new book out called The Manhattan Project of 2009 Energy Independence NOW by Jeff Wilson. I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in alternative energy. http://www.themanhattanprojectof2009.com
Posted By: Alan | January 12th, 2009 at 7:55 pm