Comments on: Oregon Launching First Solar Highway in the US http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/13/oregon-launching-first-solar-highway-in-the-us/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Mon, 29 Dec 2014 00:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: charlayne flagg http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/13/oregon-launching-first-solar-highway-in-the-us/#comment-1907 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:42:46 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=854#comment-1907 The Solar Highway is a boondoggle that will costs taxpayers millions, provide a nominal amount of electricity and take over 100 years to provide a return on the tax payers investment.

Why won’t the media report the facts?

]]> By: charlayne flagg http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/13/oregon-launching-first-solar-highway-in-the-us/#comment-18852 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:42:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=854#comment-18852 The Solar Highway is a boondoggle that will costs taxpayers millions, provide a nominal amount of electricity and take over 100 years to provide a return on the tax payers investment.

Why won’t the media report the facts?

]]> By: Custom Web Site Development http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/13/oregon-launching-first-solar-highway-in-the-us/#comment-1906 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:14:26 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=854#comment-1906 AH yes, I have been running a blog on the solar highway as a way to promote interest in it. Check it out if you don’t know much about it.

http://www.pixnorth.com/dump1/blogs/solarhighway/blog.php

]]> By: Custom Web Site Development http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/13/oregon-launching-first-solar-highway-in-the-us/#comment-18851 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:14:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=854#comment-18851 AH yes, I have been running a blog on the solar highway as a way to promote interest in it. Check it out if you don’t know much about it.

http://www.pixnorth.com/dump1/blogs/solarhighway/blog.php

]]> By: tom http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/13/oregon-launching-first-solar-highway-in-the-us/#comment-1905 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 05:36:21 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=854#comment-1905 You just have to have doubts when any corporations are involved, have they ever done anything free for the common man? It will be a slow process to change this country to think green, as long as we continue to fight the big companies maybe we’ll get to where we should have been years ago. How to charge people for something they get for free is where they’re problem exsists.

]]> By: tom http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/13/oregon-launching-first-solar-highway-in-the-us/#comment-18850 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 05:36:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=854#comment-18850 You just have to have doubts when any corporations are involved, have they ever done anything free for the common man? It will be a slow process to change this country to think green, as long as we continue to fight the big companies maybe we’ll get to where we should have been years ago. How to charge people for something they get for free is where they’re problem exsists.

]]> By: Barb Pedersen http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/13/oregon-launching-first-solar-highway-in-the-us/#comment-1904 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:17:36 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=854#comment-1904 Ariel Schwartz, this article would be much better if it was written for people who don’t know about this project, rather than those who do. We have to make assumptions as to what “powering the project’s location” means, explaining acronyms – PGE – and anwering the other questions already listed in this blog. It is also unclear what this system does during the day and night in working with PGE. It would also be helpful to know if all that is going into this project really is efficient generation of electricity. Good start at presenting an interesting idea. Thanks anyway!

]]> By: Barb Pedersen http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/13/oregon-launching-first-solar-highway-in-the-us/#comment-18849 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:17:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=854#comment-18849 Ariel Schwartz, this article would be much better if it was written for people who don’t know about this project, rather than those who do. We have to make assumptions as to what “powering the project’s location” means, explaining acronyms – PGE – and anwering the other questions already listed in this blog. It is also unclear what this system does during the day and night in working with PGE. It would also be helpful to know if all that is going into this project really is efficient generation of electricity. Good start at presenting an interesting idea. Thanks anyway!

]]> By: mark. http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/13/oregon-launching-first-solar-highway-in-the-us/#comment-1903 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:39:02 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=854#comment-1903 cover those center dividers with thin cell sheets. every 50 miles have a power station.

]]> By: Jimmy Ray http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/13/oregon-launching-first-solar-highway-in-the-us/#comment-1902 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:44:24 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=854#comment-1902 Two questions:

1. How much will this cost to install and maintain versus the current cost of electricity?

2. Does Oregon even have sunlight?

]]> By: Jimmy Ray http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/13/oregon-launching-first-solar-highway-in-the-us/#comment-18848 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:44:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=854#comment-18848 Two questions:

1. How much will this cost to install and maintain versus the current cost of electricity?

2. Does Oregon even have sunlight?

]]> By: Nick http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/13/oregon-launching-first-solar-highway-in-the-us/#comment-1901 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:16:47 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=854#comment-1901 This is a great project with great initiative. I wonder if they have looked into LED street lights to cut power usage. There was a company from here in australia that is trialing LEDs on a new freeway in china. These can really save on the traditional sodium lamp(or similar)

]]> By: Nick http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/13/oregon-launching-first-solar-highway-in-the-us/#comment-18847 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:16:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=854#comment-18847 This is a great project with great initiative. I wonder if they have looked into LED street lights to cut power usage. There was a company from here in australia that is trialing LEDs on a new freeway in china. These can really save on the traditional sodium lamp(or similar)

]]> By: Thogek http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/13/oregon-launching-first-solar-highway-in-the-us/#comment-1900 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:23:57 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=854#comment-1900 It’s only going to be powering 28% of the road loads and such at that freeway intersection, but keep in mind that it’s being described as a “solar demonstration project”, something of a proof-of-concept that this sort of thing really can be done. Sounds like the intent is, if it goes well, to follow with more significant such projects.

More at http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/16563

]]> By: Thogek http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/13/oregon-launching-first-solar-highway-in-the-us/#comment-18846 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:23:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=854#comment-18846 It’s only going to be powering 28% of the road loads and such at that freeway intersection, but keep in mind that it’s being described as a “solar demonstration project”, something of a proof-of-concept that this sort of thing really can be done. Sounds like the intent is, if it goes well, to follow with more significant such projects.

More at http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/16563

]]> By: solar gordon http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/13/oregon-launching-first-solar-highway-in-the-us/#comment-18845 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:57:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=854#comment-18845 I’m very glad that Oregon is doing the right thing and sourcing all of the ingredients locally. It will be so much beneficial for the local economy.

]]> By: solar gordon http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/13/oregon-launching-first-solar-highway-in-the-us/#comment-1899 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:57:01 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=854#comment-1899 I’m very glad that Oregon is doing the right thing and sourcing all of the ingredients locally. It will be so much beneficial for the local economy.

]]> By: Oregon Launching First Solar Highway in the US - The Environment Site Forums http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/13/oregon-launching-first-solar-highway-in-the-us/#comment-1898 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:46:31 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=854#comment-1898 […] Oregon Launching First Solar Highway in the US Oregon is once again taking the lead with renewable energy by installing the country

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