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Chris Neidl of Solar One is running a campaign called “I heart PV“. Inspired by science museum exhibits, they have built a prototype device designed to attract people on streets in high-traffic areas. It’s a cell phone charging station with a “preciousness” to it.
The goal of the campaign is to make New York City the Solar Power capital of the East Coast. One big problem that energy companies have to solve is maintaining capacity during peak hours – when the sun is out and everyone is running their AC. PV to grid technology alleviates just that problem, by boosting capacity during just those times of the day.
There are pictures on Flickr of the construction of the PV charging station.
Watch the video in high quality here.
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