Are You Ready For A Solar Powered Refrigerator?
October 19, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
You’ve heard of solar powered calculators, solar garden fountains and even solar patio lights, but a solar powered refrigerator?
Yes, it’s true – there is, in fact, a solar refrigerator or that is powered by a solar-diesel hybrid generator which was developed by the Cambridge Mass company Promethean Power Systems. The fridge uses 180 watt solar panels combined with a diesel engine for a green-hybrid type of appliance. Although the diesel engine makes this fridge only partially powered by renewable energy, future updates may replace the diesel with biodiesel making this a truly green fridge.
This solar refrigerator is actually intended to be used in rural areas – place where there just isn’t the electrical infrastructure to power a regular fridge. But, what the heck, if you wanted one for your house, you would save about 60% on what it costs you to power your fridge now and you’d be lowering your carbon footprint – after all every little bit counts!
This particular solar powered refrigerator uses thermo electric cooling instead of Freon. It’s actually made to be used by food distributors and for central food storage in rural India – not for your kitchen. However, technology that turns your kitchen fridge into a solar powered appliance can’t be that far behind!
