Power to the people – solar panels power Brewster home
[Both Budleigh Salterton and Brewster boast sunny climates which are welcomed not just by sunbathers. Here in Devon, our local Lily Farm recently produced the earliest-ripening grapes of any UK vineyard, while across the Atlantic a Brewster-based company is promoting ‘green’ thinking with its development of solar power to help solve the world’s energy crisis. This map shows that South West USA is the optimal location for reliance on the sun for electricity, but Cape Cod – even though it’s right up in the North East – ranks with Florida in being blessed with 88% of the solar capacity of central Arizona! “Cape Cod is a prime location for a Solar Energy System,” says Luke Hinkle, proprietor of My Generation Energy. Picture credit: http://www.mygenerationenergy.com/services.htm ] Fretting about the electric bill is but a faint memory for Rich Wolf of Brewster. The retired electrician gazes heavenward for his source of energy. As of last Tuesday all of his electricity is courtesy of the s...