Cooling down with solar power (Jamaica)

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http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20061219/lead/lead4.html

Marketed locally by Eco-Tec based in Bluefields, Westmoreland, the company claims that the technology can refund its costs within six to seven years through electricity savings.

According to Mikael Oerbekke, Eco-Tec's founder, the technology is most applicable in the hotel industry where, he said, air conditioning accounts for 60 per cent of electricity bills.

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Mr. Oerbekke said that Eco-Tec was trying to develop 15 projects in which the company had identified potential annual savings totalling over 20,000 megawatt hours.

This Eco-Tec calculated could save US$5.5 for customers while cutting US$2.3 million from the national oil import bill which will this year exceed US$1.5 billion for the first time.

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[Mojorabbit]

1. I want one of these! n/t