Arising from the outcomes of his own experience a decade ago in renewable energy, Chief Executive Officer of Starr Computers Michael Mohan is recommending that both domestic consumers and business houses move in that direction without undue delay.
With energy charges very often amounting to more than 20 per cent of operating costs in some local businesses, Mohan says, that what, these days, are relatively modest investments in solar panels and other basic infrastructure associated with renewable energy, consumers are likely to experience an immediate drop in electricity costs which, in some instances, can make a difference to the survival or otherwise of an enterprise.
There were skeptics—even amongst his own staff—when the idea was first mooted,
