Arizona Solar Center - Your Guide to Solar and Other Renewable Energy Sources in Arizona

Prepared by: Martin J. (Mike) Pasqualetti, Ph.D., Chair, Arizona Solar Energy Advisory Council; Board Member, Arizona Solar Center
(Items link to Q & A Database)

1. How do we get over the cost hurdle?
2. What about the storage problem?
3. What are the most promising ways of getting solar revved up in Arizona?
4. Which uses of solar power are most promising?
5. Why are some other countries making so much greater use of solar power?
6. Some people say that solar power is actually less efficient in the Valley of the Sun because sunshine here is offset by the heat here. Is that true?
7. What recent technology strides to know about? What's on the horizon?
8. What are some outstanding success stories?