*  PV-powered water-pumping station operating in eastern Colorado
	*  PV more efficient and cost-effective for some rural applications
	than traditional power sources
	•Rural Electric Cooperatives and Distribution systems -- often the cost of maintenance and replacement of distribution lines in sparsely populated areas for RECs is far bayond the cost of power.  PV applications may be the more cost effective than upgrading lines.
	Top -- PV comnines with wind to power water pumping on a farm.
	Bottom -- a Concentrating PV module provide home for an off-grid home    in Oklahoma