[Sdpg] Spain Mandates Solar on New Homes

[Wesley Roe and Marjorie Lakin Erickson]

Spain Mandates Solar on New Homes



 > SOL TRAIN
 > Spain makes solar panels on new homes mandatory
 >
 > Hoping to catch up to solar powerhouse Germany, sunny Spain has
 > announced that as of next year, solar panels will become mandatory on
 > new and renovated buildings.  The government is shooting for a tenfold
 > increase in the total square footage of solar panels by 2010. Domestic
 > solar usage is low in Spain, though the country is a leading
 > manufacturer of solar panels.  With oil above $50 a barrel, the
 > government claims that solar power could save each household more than
 > $100 a year just on water heating costs.  The initiative could also
 > make a notable dent in the nation's greenhouse-gas emissions. Industry
 > Minister Jose Montilla promised subsidies to ease the transition, but
 > gave no details.  Spain's socialist government is headed by Prime
 > Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, upon whom a Grist editor who
 > shall remain nameless has a considerable crush. This solar business is
 > only going to fan the flames.
 >
 > straight to the source:  The Times, David Sharrock, 09 Nov 2004
 > <http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=3571>
 >
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