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The UK Knack Group Say Green energy to create thousands of jobs in the next 10 years

Prestige executive careers consultancy UK Knack Group has announced the gathering in the Granite City of more than 30 captains of industry for a summit meeting on renewable energy.

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Scotland is ideally placed to become the green powerhouse of Europe. It's estimated that the country has one quarter of the continent's wind and tidal energy, plus a tenth of its wave-power resource, and that's an awesome bag of stats.

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Prestige executive careers consultancy UK Knack Group has announced the gathering in the Granite City of more than 30 captains of industry for a summit meeting on renewable energy.

Energy Minister Alex Salmond was at pains to point out that Scotland’s offshore energy capacity could create 50,000 jobs in the next 10 years and inject somewhere in the order of 7 billion pounds into the economy.

The UK Knack Group says he could well be right: “On a per capita basis, Scotland’s renewable energy sources are 10 times those of England.

“Scotland is ideally placed to become the green powerhouse of Europe. It’s estimated that the country has one quarter of the continent’s wind and tidal energy, plus a tenth of its wave-power resource, and that’s an awesome bag of stats.”

Scottish parliamentarians are getting serious about the issue of conservation, and, in particular, “diminution of the carbon footprint”. They have lately proclaimed a number of renewable energy schemes that they hope will contribute to achieving these aspirations.

The UK Knack Group announced last week that the government had approved a 200 million pound energy efficiency project that it hopes will create enough electricity to power almost 40,000 houses; just prior to that release was the news that Bristol-based firm Marine Current Turbines had presented plans for a 35 million pounds tidal energy farm that was intended to provide energy for as many as 4000 houses.

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Homemade Solar Panels | How to Make Solar Panels – Planetsave.com: climate change and environmental news

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Homemade Solar Panels | How to Make Solar Panels

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October 26, 2010 in Energy & Fuel, Technology

Benefits of Building Your Own Solar Panels

Making solar panels for your home is a popular option for a lot of people because:

• you can cut out the middle-man, the installer, potentially saving a ton of money;
• learning how to build solar panels is fun and empowering;
• who wouldn’t like to say, “Yeah, I built those;”
• you get to save money and help the planet at the same time.

Check out the instructional video below to learn more about the benefits of DIY solar as well as how to set up your own panels at home.

How to Get Started Building Homemade Solar Panels

Though I have not built solar panels myself, this is a topic I’ve been interested in for awhile. From what I’ve learned, one of the most important things is to get a good guide. While a good guide may cost more, it can also save you a lot of money (and time) in the long run.

There is a TON of free information about building solar panels that you can find online, but having a guide makes it super easy for you to know exactly what you should do

If you decide to buy a DIY guide, make sure they provide a money back gaurantee in case you are not satisfied with the instructions.

5 More Key Tips

A few more key tips I’ve picked up from looking into this topic include:

1. Don’t buy broken solar cells — it’s not worth it.
2. Go high-quality on the backing material. This is one of the hardest parts to replace and given that your solar panels are expected to last 25-40 years, you want to make sure your backing material lasts that long as well.
3. Don’t jump in too fast. I know, when you start getting excited, it’s hard not to. But make sure you carefully read any guides you buy carefully before you get started.
4. Get a professional electrician to do the final wiring. It probably won’t cost you a ton and could save you big headaches and a lot of money. This part can be tricky and is really best left to a professional, or so I hear.
5. If you use batteries, keep your system charged. Keeping your batteries 50-80% charged will give them longer lives.

If you have actually built your own solar panels, I’d also love to find out about your experience via the comments below.

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