A report the other day stated that oil production and demand will max out within 10 years. After this we can expect a slow reduction in oil production and the need to (1) develop technologies to make more use of heavier oils that we will require even more energy to turn them into useable fuels, and (2) move further towards renewables. Riello UPS is already working within the solar energy field and has an exciting solar powered inverter development programme with active markets in Spain, Germany, Italy and France. In the UK we will be developing sales channels for these products in 2008.

Now the UK may not be considered one an ideal choice for solar power but the efficiency of today’s solar cells means that energy can be ‘harvested’ on even what we would consider dull days. Wrexham itself, which is where Riello UPS has one of its UK bases is actually a centre of excellence for solar panels with Sharp (the number one supplier of solar panels) being situated within the Wrexham industrial area.

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