Sounds great and now DOW has put out a product that seems closer to powering your house via the shingles on the roof. Is this a dream come true or just another simple green marketing ploy.On October 5th, DOW™ announced their PowerHouse™ solar shingles. While the concept is not new, DOW has put a new spin, less expensive and easy to install. Two of the things that made solar power for many inaccessible. Add to that solar cells are notorious for being inefficient. With efficiency at about 10% DOW isn’t hoping for a technical revolution but rather an attitude revolution. With the ease of install an lower purchase costs DOW hopes that solar power becomes a market player rather than a fad.
Personally I would love to run my house on solar, but aside from efficency and purchase costs I have minimal places to install. Shingles won’t work on my roof and I get snow quite frequently.
I’ve thought about installing a solar water heater on the roof as I have full southern view and this may translate easily to electrical solar power I’d have to see.
While the product is not in the market DOW hopes to have them relased soon. You can take a look at their Solar Power (not solar powered) website http://www.dowsolar.com/