Nov052009
Historic Portsmouth says OK to solar panels
Filed under Alternative energy by david brooks at 11:14 am
One of the obstacles to individual solar power is that many people think the panels are kind of ugly. So it’s good news to read in the Portsmouth Herald that the Historic District in that city has OK’d rooftop panels on an apartment building that dates to 1805.
It’s hard to think of any New Hampshire group likely to be snootier than the Historic District Commission in upper-scale, seacoast Portsmouth - so if they realize this is an important move, anybody should.
If the building owner had wanted to install a wind turbine, I suspect things would have gone differently. But small-scale wind in an urban area isn’t worth much, anyway.
November 5th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
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November 6th, 2009 at 6:07 pm
Now we need the elite vacationers n the islands to allow the wind farm in Nantucket Sound.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
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December 15th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
Since the wind in the Portsmouth Area is quite weak, the best energy recycle method is through the use of solar panels. Residents shouldn't be discouraged by its look, because they're not ugly, but rather those people aren't used to seeing them so they don't appreciate the sleek features that solar panels have. Moreover, if people begin experiencing its benefits firsthand, I'm sure they will fall in love with them, as I did.