HI Superferry: Cont. Solar re: Pualaa's Manifesto

I previously put up some info. on wind power. Here is a start on solar power. After Pualaa's Manifesto, the following happened:

http://www.kauaiworld.com/articles/2007/11/10/news/news02.txt

And before the Manifesto:

http://www.kauaiworld.com/articles/2007/10/06/news/news03.txt

The first link below has a good article about solar on Kauai. The whole brochure is worth reading through:

http://www.kauaiworld.com/specialsections/gogreen/pages/page02.htm
http://www.kiuc.coop/energy_programs_residential_energy_wise.htm
http://homepage.mac.com/juanwilson/islandbreath/09-science/science02solarkauai.html

The next are from the State. As indicated, a solar water heater, rather than a full solar system is the simpler way to enter into it:

http://www.hawaii.gov/dbedt/info/energy/renewable/solar
http://www.hawaii.gov/dbedt/info/energy/publications/solar-gill.pdf
http://www.hawaii.gov/dbedt/info/energy/publications/solardata/

And lastly for now. A few months ago I saw a program about "photovoltaic thin film" a relatively new technology that may make solar panel systems financially and logistically more accessible, so I am providing some links for that:

http://www.azom.com/details.asp?ArticleID=1167
http://www.bigfrogmountain.com/powerfilmsolarproducts.htm
http://www.etaengineering.com/panels/unisolar.shtml
http://www.mhi.co.jp/power/e_a-si/index.html
http://www.leonardo-energy.org/drupal/node/1832
http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Photovoltaic_20Paint

Aloha, Brad