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Monday, July 16, 2012
Solar Panels At Jail Expected To Save $10,000 Per Year
A jail in Frederick County is installing solar panels that will be used to heat water for the facility.
The Frederick News-Post reports the project at the Frederick County Adult Detention Center is being paid for almost entirely by a grant from the Department of Energy.
The cost of the project is about $266,000.
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Liberal math teachings prevail. It will only take 26 years to pay for this and will likely need to be replaced at that time.
OK....then it pays for itself in 26.6 years....and the life expectancy for the panels are what 15 yrs. Typical Gov't accounting system. It never pays for itself...and more than likely the company installing the panels are using Gov't grant money.
Nice to see the DOE has extra cash laying around for another solar venture.
Assuming the prisoners don't sue in federal court over the water temperature, it'll be interesting, if it gets constructed, to see the actual output and savings.
Australia tried to construct a solar array for a small town to be unplugged from the grid. They couldn't even do it down there with all their sunlight.
Google "The Cloncurry Solar Farm."
Paid for by a Dept of Energy grant in other words the taxpayers.
This makes no sense to me. The Doe is out of line with spending our money. The DOE was formed under Jimmy Carter so we would not have to rely on foreign oil. What is the DOE's budget today, and how many do they employ?
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