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Soaking up the sun: Mississippians try to become more eco-friendly.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 30-MAR-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Soaking up the sun: Mississippians try to become more eco-friendly.(Going Green Spring 2009)

Article Excerpt
In the future. Mississippi homes may be soaking up the sun. As alternative energy sources are increasingly explored, the state may turn more and more to its abundant sunshine to provide power for homes.

"There is continued work to develop new technologies to capture the sun's energy, including photovoltaic cells, concentrating solar power technologies and low-temperature solar collectors," said Linda Perry with the Mississippi Development Authority's (MDA's) Energy Division, "The residential market is the best target opportunity for solar in current industry development."

With a large percentage of residential energy usage for hot water heating, she feels consumers are familiar with this use of solar, and are open to considering the benefits of it.

Sumesh Arora with the Mississippi Technology Alliance agrees. "Solar hot water heaters are what state residents should look at," he said. "That...

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