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		<title>Door to Door Training-September 10-12th in Redding California</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 02:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Padden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have scheduled a  Citizenre training for prospective Door to Door (D2D) sellers  that will be held September 10-12th in Redding California . Citizenre has a lot of opportunity in Northern California and D2D sales are a great way to reach customers in the specific areas where Citizenre has begun installations. Trainees will still be [...]]]></description>
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<div>We have scheduled a  Citizenre training for prospective Door to       Door (D2D) sellers  that will be held <em><strong>September 10-12th</strong></em> in<strong> Redding California</strong> . Citizenre has a lot of opportunity in Northern California and       D2D sales are a great way to reach customers in the specific areas       where Citizenre has begun installations.</p>
<p>Trainees will still be responsible for their own transportation       and housing costs during the training period.  For those that need       a place to stay, arrangements will be made as a group.</p>
<p>The class size is capped at 15 Ecos to make certain everybody       gets the attention they need.</p>
<p>Applications will be considered on a first-come, first served       basis, so applying early gives you priority over applications       submitted at a later date.  Because the class is limited in size,       and the opportunity in Northern  CA is large, we will be selecting       the most promising candidates for this initial class.  The       best candidates are those who <strong>a)</strong> Live in or near our current install area,<strong> b)</strong> have       proven ability to sell Citizenre’s offer, <strong>c)</strong> can commit to       spending at least 5 days/month in the Redding area selling D2D, and <strong>d)</strong> are excited       by the opportunity this training represents.</p>
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<p>In the training you will be provided with a training manual and  a       full day and a half of classroom instruction. After the classroom       training you will be taken out to sell with a trainer who will be       there to support you in closing sales. Over a typical day most       people close 4 sales a day resulting in 2-3 installs. With this       closing average it is possible to generate $250- $500 a day from       your efforts.</p>
<p>After you complete         the training you will be Citizenre <em><strong>CERTIFIED         D2D ECO</strong></em> with the ability to request         territory and work in our D2D program at         will. If you would like to fill out an application you can do so <a href="http://goog_1684085476/" target="_blank"> </a><strong><a href="http://docs.google.com/View?id=dhbx7bkh_9f37xg8gj" target="_blank">here</a></strong></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong> </strong><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></p>
<p>I look forward to meeting everybody at the training. Please call me if you have any questions about this training.</p>
<p>Tim Padden<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
(512) 797-6921<br />
House of Solar<br />
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		<title>Citizenre &#8211; Sunday night call has moved to Monday !!!</title>
		<link>http://houseofsolar.com/press/2010/08/citizenre-sunday-night-call-has-moved-to-monday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 22:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Padden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our Weekly Corporate calls will now be on Monday nights starting on Aug. 23rd. still at 6:00pm Pacific Time. 2 weeks ago corporate send out a survey and the Ecos responded that Monday was a better night for our national call. Come listen in !!!! If you can not log into your back office , [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our Weekly Corporate calls  will now be on Monday nights starting on Aug. 23rd. still at 6:00pm  Pacific Time. 2 weeks ago corporate send out a survey and the Ecos responded that Monday was a better night for our national call. Come listen in !!!!</p>
<p>If you can not log into your back office , you need to send in your W-9</p>
<p>Here are the <a href="http://www.citizenre.net/extras/downloads/w9dd_package.pdf">instructions of how to do this </a></p>
<p>Systems are being installed , Ecos are being paid !!</p>
<p>Tim Padden</p>
<p>House of solar</p>
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		<title>South Califonia D2D Training 8/26 -8/29</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 01:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Padden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The next Citizenre Direct sales training will be held Aug 26- August 29th. We have a lot of opportunity in Southern California and direct sales is a great way to sell to customers in the specific areas we can work. To kick off the S. Cali program Citizenre will be offering the next training to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The next Citizenre Direct sales training will be held Aug 26- August 29th.  We have a lot of opportunity in Southern California and direct sales is  a great way to sell to customers in the specific areas we can work. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">To  kick off the S. Cali program Citizenre will be offering the next  training to Eco’s at no cost</span> ( $900.00 Value) . Citizenre will be picking up the entire  training cost for Eco’s committed to selling at lease 5 days a month.  You will still be responsible for your transportation and housing for  the class and for those that need a place to stay, arrangements will be  made as a group. The class size is capped at 15 Eco’s to make certain  everybody gets the attention they need. All Eco’s are able to apply and  we are looking for Eco’s that will be able to work in Southern  California. If you are out of state, please tell us what will allow you  to go D2D in the LA area. We know some Eco’s have friends or family they  can stay with or a large down-line in the area  that will allow them to  come down and create results. Applications order gives you priority  over equal applications submitted at a later date. We will however be  choosing the best Eco’s to take advantage of this opportunity. The  Application form can be found below.</p>
<p>There will be a $200. deposit required .This money will be refunded at the completion of the course.</p>
<p><a href="http://fs8.formsite.com/citizensolar/form682144747/index.html">Sign up page</a></p>
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		<title>Jerret Goodale gets some solar</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:21:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Padden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jerret Goodale , one of the top Ecos in the company, received his Citizenre solar system yesterday in Redding California. Jerret has been a driving force in the company since 2007 as RSD of the Northern California/ Hawaii territories.  When asked about the system Jerret said &#8220;It went on with ease&#8221; , &#8220;I am glad [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jerret Goodale , one of the top Ecos in the company, received his Citizenre solar system yesterday in Redding California. Jerret has been a driving force in the company since 2007 as RSD of the Northern California/ Hawaii territories.  When asked about the system Jerret said &#8220;<strong><em>It went on with ease</em></strong>&#8221; , &#8220;<strong><em>I am glad to have it and start saving money</em></strong> &#8221; , &#8220;<strong><em>It&#8217;s about time</em></strong>&#8221; and &#8220;<em><strong>Let&#8217;s get the ball rolling</strong></em>&#8220;.  In response to the companies growth in California, sales teams are getting together all over the state to ramp up sales production and get customers on the installation calendar. Jerret had a meeting with his team right after the installation on his  and reported that the team was &#8221; <em><strong>Focused and ready to go sell some solar</strong></em>&#8221; and we believe him.</p>
<p><a href="http://houseofsolar.com/press/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Jerret_2.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-279" title="Jerret_2" src="http://houseofsolar.com/press/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Jerret_2-300x203.jpg" alt="" width="479" height="280" /></a></p>
<p>Good Job Jerret !!!</p>
<p>Tim Padden<br />
House of Solar</p>
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		<title>Solar Power Is Cost Competitive with Nuclear Power</title>
		<link>http://houseofsolar.com/press/2010/08/solar-power-is-cost-competitive-with-nuclear-power/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:19:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Padden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scaling Up Solar: The Global Implications of a New Study that Says Solar Power Is Cost Competitive with Nuclear Power Two US researchers have declared that solar electricity in their home state is now cheaper than next-generation nuclear power. Olivia Boyd looks at their study – and its global implications. by Olivia Boyd The sunshine [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>Scaling Up Solar: The Global Implications of a New<br />
Study that Says Solar Power Is Cost Competitive<br />
with Nuclear Power<a href="http://www.worldchanging.com/"><br />
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<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.worldchanging.com/nuclear_solar_power_shift_thumb.jpg" alt="" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="200" height="148" align="right" /></p>
<p><em>Two US researchers have declared that solar electricity in their  home state is now cheaper<br />
than next-generation nuclear power. Olivia  Boyd looks at their study – and its global implications.</em></p>
<p>by Olivia Boyd</p>
<p>The sunshine of North Carolina, a state on America’s Atlantic  seaboard, has long been a draw for tourists seeking a little southern  warmth on the region’s beaches. But holiday companies are not the only  ones trumpeting a good local deal. The price of the state’s  solar-generated electricity has fallen so far that it is now cheaper  than new nuclear power, according to <a href="http://www.ncwarn.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/NCW-SolarReport_final1.pdf" target="new">a report published in July</a> by researchers at the state’s <a href="http://www.duke.edu/" target="new">Duke University</a>.  The authors say their figures indicate a “historic crossover” that  significantly strengthens the case for investment in renewable energy –  and weakens the arguments for large-scale, international nuclear  development.</p>
<p>Solar power is usually branded as a clean but expensive energy  source, incapable of competing on economic grounds with more established  alternatives, such as nuclear. The outspoken pro-nuclear stance adopted  by a raft of iconic environmental figures – James Lovelock, Stewart  Brand, Patrick Moore – has helped to instill in policy making circles  the <a href="http://www.eppgroup.eu/press/showPRExport.asp?PRExportID=14897" target="new">sense</a> that this is the only power source that can restructure our energy  supply at the pace, scale and price required by the pressures of rapid  climate change. This study, which was co-authored by former chair of  Duke University’s economics department <a href="http://econ.duke.edu/people?Gurl=%2Faas%2FEconomics&amp;Uil=jblackburn1929&amp;subpage=profile" target="new">John Blackburn</a> and commissioned by <a href="http://www.ncwarn.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/NCW-SolarReport_final1.pdf" target="new">NC Warn</a>,  a clean-energy NGO with a firm anti-nuclear bent, challenges that view.  “This report should end the argument for risking billions of public  dollars on new nuclear projects,” says Jim Warren, NC Warn director.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/011462.html">MORE&gt;</a></p>
<h2><a href="http://www.worldchanging.com/">WorldChanging Team</a>,  4 Aug 10</h2>
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		<title>Sunday Night Call 8.8.2010- recap</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Padden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight&#8217;s call was led by Erika Morgan who is in charge of company communication: Erika went over a few things the first being that just in the last week Citizenre has made: 7 Site visits in LADWP ( the utility in LA)  last week with 10 to go this week. 22 site visits in Redding [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tonight&#8217;s call was led by Erika Morgan who is in charge of company communication:</p>
<p>Erika went over a few things the first being that just in the last week Citizenre has made:</p>
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<li>7 Site visits in LADWP ( the utility in LA)  last week with 10 to go this week.</li>
<li>22 site visits in Redding CA last week 12 more scheduled for this week.</li>
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<p>The site visits and installations are picking up speed and new crews are quickly coming on board to visit customers and install systems.</p>
<p><strong>There are two new areas under <span style="text-decoration: underline;">resources</span> in the back office.</strong></p>
<p>The first is information about the Door to Door sales program. This week there will be posts going up about how to be involved with the company training program to become a qualified Citizenre Door to Door sales Eco. Many of the sales that are being produced right now are through D2D sales for the fact that the areas we are installing in are defined within a specific area. This means that customers must be in the utility boundaries and the sales areas must be chosen to be effective.</p>
<p>Selling Door2Door, the  average Eco I have worked with so far, can sign up 3-6 customers a day. With a typical install rate, 2-4 of those sales should be installed earning the Eco $500 + Dollars a day. For those that live in California this is a fantastic chance to get out and not only start making money but building you team and residual income. To sign up for the certification  training class click this <a href="http://fs8.formsite.com/citizensolar/form682144747/index.html">link</a></p>
<p><strong>Sungevity</strong></p>
<p>Erika then went over the new territory offer from Sungevity for Arizona and Colorado</p>
<p>Until August 18th  Sungevity will be offering a $200 bonus for all confirmed customers ( you can find the details in the back office under resources)</p>
<p>In completing the call Erika went over a Power Point slide show that went over the the company&#8217;s future and how to best be involved. This will be posted in the back office later this week.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s it in a a nutshell.</p>
<p>The company is really beginning to ramp up.</p>
<p>I just received another $1000 + check !!<br />
It feels good to put solar on houses and get paid to do it.</p>
<p>Tim Padden<br />
House of Solar</p>
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		<title>This week with Citizenre</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 07:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Padden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To bring everybody up to speed:- Things are moving fast Citizenre is now installing in LA, Burbank, Pasadena, Glendale and Redding CA . Citizenre is contacting existing customers to schedule site visit for system design we will be soon to be moving into Colton, Banning, Corona and Riverside. David will be talking to Anaheim this week [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To bring everybody up to speed:- Things are moving fast</p>
<ul>
<li>Citizenre is now installing in LA, Burbank, Pasadena, Glendale and Redding  CA . Citizenre is contacting existing customers to schedule site visit for  system design we will be soon to be moving into Colton, Banning, Corona and  Riverside.</li>
<li>David will be talking to Anaheim this week to finish up the last few  installs in that territory.</li>
<li>The Sunday night call is now information packed with transparency on all  subjects. There is a good chance it will soon be moved so more people can  attend. ( Personal note -It&#8217;s great to have Information flowing again)</li>
<li>The next direct sales training for Door 2 Door sales will be the third week  of August. The last training ( 2 week ago) was a  big success with all trainees  becoming certified D2D sellers and closing deals over on their first weekend. In  the next couple of days there will be D2D sales links added to the back office.  You can make a $1000 + in a weekend</li>
<li>$6000 + in commission checks went out this last week to Eco&#8217;s with more to  come . 2 people were not paid because they had not sent in their W-9 forms.  After that was announced they sent them right in <img src='http://houseofsolar.com/press/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </li>
<li>We are about to open up Arizona and Colorado with Sungevity. <strong>There will be a  call this Wednesday with Sungevity</strong> (5:00 PDT) to go over the details and answer questions. You can sign up  for the call in the back office. ( I think the real opportunity in these new  territories comes through new FRA&#8217;s. The conversion rate for old FRA&#8217;s has been  low. I will be in Denver in a couple of weeks to hold an Eco meeting to get the  ball rolling)</li>
<li> If you are locked out of the back office download these forms and email or  fax them in  <a href="http://www.citizenre.net/extras/downloads/w9dd_package.pdf">http://www.citizenre.net/extras/downloads/w9dd_package.pdf</a> email to : <a href="mailto:support@citizenre.net" target="_blank">support@citizenre.net</a></li>
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<p>It is really great to see the energy building again in the company and Eco&#8217;s  making income. I have no doubt that we will be the largest Solar company in the  country of the next couple of years. When you look at the number of customers  the other &#8220;Big Players&#8221; have  it is but a drop in the bucket compared to what we  can do in 1/20th the time . In the next few months we will be the number one  solar installer in most of our markets !!! and the ball has just begun to  roll.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t sit through the opportunity<br />
Get on the calls<br />
Be part of the  change</p>
<p>Tim Padden<br />
House of Solar</p>
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		<title>It&#8217;s the Opportunity, Stupid!</title>
		<link>http://houseofsolar.com/press/2010/07/its-the-opportunity-stupid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Padden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert Redford Actor, Director, and Environmental Activist      Posted: July 27, 2010 10:13 AM A small minority of Senators robbed America of a cleaner, more prosperous future last week. In the middle of the biggest oil disaster in American history, the hottest summer on record, and a war with an oil-rich nation, this group of cynics [...]]]></description>
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<h2><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-redford">Robert Redford</a> Actor, Director, and Environmental Activist      Posted: July 27, 2010 10:13 AM</h2>
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<p>A small minority of Senators robbed America of a cleaner, more prosperous future last week. In the middle of the biggest oil disaster in American history, the hottest summer on record, and a war with an oil-rich nation, this group of cynics blocked efforts to pass comprehensive energy and climate legislation. This was the moment brimming with potential for new jobs, a more robust economy and cleaner environment &#8212; this bill would have guided America down a profoundly safer and more productive path.</p>
<p>So therefore, the Senate is left to vote on an anemic energy bill of such remarkably limited scope that it could have been passed during the Bush era.</p>
<p>The elected officials who steered this turnaround have abdicated their responsibility to uphold our nation&#8217;s best interests, and have shown us, and the world, an America woefully deficient in both leadership and ingenuity.</p>
<p>This was our moment to create two million clean energy jobs here in the United States. This was our moment to outpace China in the clean energy market that will dominate the 21st century. This was our time to slash our oil imports in half. This was our time to confront the perils of climate change, which despite head-in-the sand-denial, is in fact happening.</p>
<p>The American people wanted a home run, not a bunt. A recent CNN poll found that nearly 80 percent of voters believe that reducing oil use and shifting to cleaner energy would make life better for Americans, while a Wall Street Journal poll in June found that an overwhelming majority of people specifically support passing legislation to limit global warming pollution.</p>
<p>Yet a handful of politicians decided they didn&#8217;t want to represent the will of the people. Given the chance to invest in American jobs and reduce dangerous pollution, they chose instead, to focus on their own interest and self-preservation.</p>
<p>The Republican Senate leadership has fought against every clean energy and climate measure simply because their political opponents were for it. This was the most shameful partisanship I have seen in my lifetime. We all know who really loses when GOP leaders block progress: American citizens. The economic recession and climate change don&#8217;t care which party you are in &#8212; they will make life harder for everyone until we put the right solutions in place.</p>
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		<title>The Bloom Box: a power plant for the home (video)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Padden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those two blocks can power the average high-consumption American home &#8212; one block can power the average European home. At least that&#8217;s the claim being made by K.R. Sridhar, founder of Bloom Energy, on 60 Minutes last night. The original technology comes from an oxygen generator meant for a scrapped NASA Mars program that&#8217;s been [...]]]></description>
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<div>Those two blocks can power the average  high-consumption American home &#8212; one block can power the average  European home. At least that&#8217;s the claim being made by K.R. Sridhar,  founder of Bloom Energy, on <em>60 Minutes</em> last night. The original  technology comes from an oxygen generator meant for a scrapped NASA  Mars program that&#8217;s been converted, with the help of an estimated $400  million in private funding, into a fuel cell. Bloom&#8217;s design feeds  oxygen into one side of a cell while fuel (natural gas, bio gas from  landfill waste, solar, etc) is supplied to the other side to provide the  chemical reaction required for power. The cells themselves are  inexpensive ceramic disks painted with a secret green &#8220;ink&#8221; on one side  and a black &#8220;ink&#8221; on the other. The disks are separated by a cheap metal  alloy, instead of more precious metals like platinum, and stacked into a  cube of varying capabilities &#8212; a stack of 64 can power a small  business like Starbucks.</div>
<div>Now get this, skeptics: there are already several corporate customers  using refrigerator-sized Bloom Boxes. The corporate-sized cells cost  $700,000 to $800,000 and are installed at 20 customers you&#8217;ve already  heard of including FedEx and Wal-mart &#8212; Google was first to this green  energy party, using its Bloom Boxes to power a data center for the last  18 months. Ebay has installed its boxes on the front lawn of its San  Jose location. It estimates to receive almost 15% of its energy needs  from Bloom, saving about $100,000 since installing its five boxes 9  months ago &#8212; an estimate we assume doesn&#8217;t factor in the millions Ebay  paid for the boxes themselves. Bloom makes about one box a day at the  moment and believes that within 5 to 10 years it can drive down the cost  to about $3,000 to make it suitable for home use. Sounds awfully  aggressive to us. Nevertheless, Bloom Energy will go public with details  on Wednesday &#8212; until then, check the <em>60 Minutes</em> sneak peek after the break.</div>
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		<title>How much CO2 does one solar panel create?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 05:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Padden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How much CO2 does one solar panel create? Yes, it&#8217;s true that making solar panels creates carbon dioxide, but over the life of a solar installation it produces on average of 30x less CO2. Whenever I sing the praises of solar PV as a means to hugely reduce U.S. carbon emissions while strengthening the security [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How much CO2 does one solar panel create? Yes, it&#8217;s true that making solar panels creates carbon dioxide, but over the life of a solar installation it produces on average of 30x less CO2.</p>
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<div>Whenever I sing the praises of <a href="/eco-glossary/solar">solar</a> PV as a means to hugely reduce U.S. carbon emissions <em>while</em> strengthening the security of the grid,  get people complaining that I&#8217;m not disclosing the carbon impacts of solar panel production.</div>
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<div>So let&#8217;s get this straight.. solar panels are at least 20x better on the climate than coal, kWh for kWh. I say <em>at least </em>because the most often cited report is by Danish utility Vattenfall from 1999. It looks at only 3 countries &#8212; Japan, Sweden and Finland &#8212; all of which are fairly dark and dreary, and it does not account for recent advances in PV production (new solar panels are significantly more efficient).</div>
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<div>Based on that study, solar PV works out to about 50g of CO2 per kWh compared to coal&#8217;s 975g of CO2 per kWh, or about 20x &#8220;cleaner.&#8221;</div>
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