While I am finishing up part 5 of the series “the Telephone Pole Solar Panel Rip-Off”, I want to bring to everyone’s attention some interesting information that is being compiled on the operation of solar panels by Germany.  The reason it should be of interest is because many in the state use Germany as a blueprint for New Jersey’s solar panel program.

Since the 1980’s the Green Party in Germany has pushed the country to invest enormous amounts of money in “Green” power projects.  Because of this the installed solar cell base is 1.1 million power systems and is rated at 25 gigawatts.  That might sound impressive until you convert is to megawatts and realize that it is 25,000 megawatts.  That is about the same amount of electricity, if all of the cells are producing at the same time what would be produced by 25 average coal fired or nuclear powered generating plants. 

To get this 25,000 megawatts Germany has paid a tremendous price.  They have invested over 100 billion Euros to install these units and just recently the return on investment in the form of electricity from this expenditure was: ZERO. 

Of course you will not read about this in the New York Times, Washington Post or on NBC, ABC or CBS since it does not support the green energy myth they have been pushing.  You will though find out about these problems if you are an investor researching various companies in the alternative energy fields.

I was reading an article entitled Dark Clouds Threaten German Clean Energy Ambitions: Global Implications by John Peterson, an American living in Switzerland.  This one quote really hit home: 

“For weeks now, the 1.1 million solar power systems in Germany have generated almost no electricity.”

Because of this Germany has had to import electricity from France and Czech Republic.  100 billion Euros spent and they still have to import energy to heat and light their homes.  Could this be the future of New Jersey?  Well, some people want it that way and are willing to lie to us in order to make it so. 

Writing at EcoOutfitters.net, Dawn Allcot compares Germany and New Jersey then makes this statement:

There’s a simple answer, and the proof is in the power. (So to speak…) Germany is currently the world’s leader in solar energy production. Last year, the country’s solar plants produced more than 13,000mw of solar energy - enough to power 4.3 million homes, according to an article on the BBC website about solar power in Europe.

And Germany isn’t exactly noted for its sunny, temperate weather. Let’s look at a snapshot of conditions in a few areas around Berlin today, according to Weather Underground:

•       Scattered clouds

•       Mostly cloudy

•       Scattered Clouds

•       Scattered Clouds

•       Clear

•       Mostly Cloudy…

This sure sounds a lot like the weather we get in New Jersey, and if we accepted what Allcot takes as gospel from the BBC, it might make sense for New Jersey to follow in Germany’s “green” footsteps.  But before we open the checkbook, how about we consider this little piece of information by Alexander Neubacher at Spiegel Online International: 

The solar energy systems can only operate at this peak capacity when optimally exposed to the sun’s rays (1,000 watts per square meter), at an optimum angle (48.2 degrees) and at the ideal solar module temperature (25 degrees Celsius, or 77 degrees Fahrenheit) — in other words, under conditions that hardly ever exist outside a laboratory.

Now who is right?  Is it Dawn Allcot who lives in New York, or Alexander Neubacher, a reporter living in Germany?  Well, for my money I am going with Neubacher since he is living the nightmare.

I will leave it here for now but think about this last gem:

Solar farm operators and homeowners with solar panels received more than €8 billion ($10.2 billion) in subsidies in 2011, but contributed only 3 percent of Germany’s total energy supply.

This is the exact energy model that New Jersey is currently following.  This is why bills like “S-2371 Makes changes to solar renewable energy programs and requirements, concerns energy efficiency and renewable energy requirements” must be defeated.  We have to make sure that the insanity stops now.