Al Gores House Solar Panels

Gore paid an estimated 60 000 to install 33 solar panels.

Al gores house solar panels.

Those solar panels produce an average of 1 092 kwh per month only 5 7 of gore s typical monthly energy consumption. Those solar panels produce an average of 1 092 kwh per month only 5 7 of gore s typical monthly energy consumption. No matter how the numbers are viewed al gore uses vastly more electricity at his home than the average american a particularly inconvenient truth given his hypocritical calls for all americans to reduce their home energy use. 22 installing 9 240 watts of solar panels at an average labor and hardware cost of 4 per watt gore spent another 36 960 in estimated installation charges.

Home was released the day after. Gore paid an estimated 60 000 to install 33 solar panels. At the time of the greening of gore s home the installation of solar panels including labor and the electronic components necessary to convert solar energy into a current that can be fed into the commercial electric grid cost approximately 3 to 5 per watt. The 33 solar panels gore installed in nashville produce only 5 7 percent of the home s annual energy consumption while about 3 2 percent more is off the grid generated by wind and solar with a.

A 2007 report from the tennessee center for policy research tcpr claiming that al gore s tennessee home uses over 20 times more energy than the average u s.