Solar powered house means no utility bills for Michael Strizki
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Using a full range of appliances in his house, Michael Strizki from New Jersey, USA runs his house without spending a cent.
His home is the first in the US to demonstrate that a combination of solar and hydrogen power can generate all the electricity needed to run a home.
Michael Strizki runs his 3,000-square-foot house with electricity generated by a 1,000-square-foot roof full of photovoltaic cells on a nearby building, an electrolyzer that uses the solar power to generate hydrogen from water, and a number of hydrogen tanks that store the gas until it is needed by the fuel cell. In the summer, the solar panels generate an energy excess of 60% which it stores as hydrogen. It then uses that excess in Winter. Strizki also powers his fuel driven car with this hydrogen, which like his house, is totally polution free.
It may take some time to catch on, and until it does a house like this is going to cost you a small fortune. Having said that, surely this is the future we need to aim for to save our planet.
on January 19th, 2007 at 10:55 pm
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on January 19th, 2007 at 11:22 pm
well 2renu, I’ll be moving from Ireland to Mexico in a few years. I will certainly look into there. I don’t quite think we have the weather for it in Ireland unfortunately.
on January 20th, 2007 at 5:24 am
Dardoz, I think you’re wrong. One of the common misconceptions about solar power is that it requires direct sunlight, whereas it only needs daylight to generate electricity
Obviously you’ll have an easier time in Mexico, but Ireland has more than enough daylight to power a similar device.