Friday, June 03, 2011

We're saved! Planet-saving solar panels to be put up 186 miles south of the Arctic Circle

Norway to build northernmost green energy building | Reuters
A group including Norwegian aluminum maker Norsk Hydro and Swedish construction group Skanska said it would construct the six-to-seven-story building in Trondheim, with offices and shops covering up to 9,000 sq meters (96,880 sq ft).

The building will use solar panels and sunscreens on an aluminum facade, which will have a new energy-saving ventilation system. It will also draw on geo-thermal energy and use other technologies such as heat pumps.

Over the year, it will generate more power than it consumes.
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Trondheim, about 300 km (186.4 miles) south of the Arctic Circle, is on the same latitude as southern Greenland, Alaska and Siberia.

"I have lived in Trondheim myself for more than eight years and I know the weather is a challenge with low temperatures, wind and precipitation. There is not too much sun," Brandtzaeg said.

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