Home Solar

SUN How solar will fix our broken electricity grid. www.sunrunhome.com RUN HOME SOLAR Solar Potential 1. Solar: 23,00o annual * 2. Coal: 900 total 3. Uranium: 90-300 total 4. Petroleum: 240 total 5. Natural Gas: 215 total 6. Wind: 25-70 annual 7. OTEC: 3-11 annual 8. Biomass: 2-6 annual 1- The amount of solar energy that is available for use every year is more than 25 times larger than the earth's total reserve of coal. 10 11 9. Hydro: 3-4 annual 10. Geothermal: 0.3-2 annual 11. Tides: o.3 annual amount in terawatts 6. Coal Power 1 100,000 cars %3D Produces enough waste in one year to fill 1 million railcars. More than 21 million people live within 5 miles of a coal-fired power plant. ( 6 million are children ) Causes 1 in 10 women to have mercury levels unsafe for having children. Rising Energy Demand and Cost U.S. electricity prices, cents per kilowatt hour 11.5 il 11.2 10.6 10.4 9.4 8.9 8.5 8.4 1995 2001 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Electricity is getting increasingly expensive. 100 coal plants will need to be built by 80,000 more solar homes would have 2030 to meet demand. prevented the 2003 Northeast Blackout. Solar Power There are currently over 71,000 solar installations in the United States. There will be at least 30,000 new solar installations in 2010. For every six homes that go solar, one American job is created. 1 out of every 4 people over 35 years of age have looked into getting home solar. Men are not only more likely than women to want home solar, but they are 2/3 more likely to have looked into getting it. 65% of people find upfront cost to be the greatest barrier to going solar. Every day is Earth Day at SunRun. Printed on 100% recycled paper using vegetable based inks. %3. 2. 00 %24