(Koror, Palau) - Since it's birth in 1982, Palau Hotel (Koror, Palau) has been using electricity in providing hot water to it's hotel guests. It is not until the late months of 2008 that Palau Hotel has provided an extra fund in putting up a solar water heater in its roof top. Palau as a whole is generally warm, although occassionaly there are rain showers, the beautiful island country of Palau still enjoys the warm climate all year round. Situated eastern of the Philippines and southern of Japan, Palau is outside the typhoon zone.
The solar water heater became popular in 1920s especially in countries were solar energy is quite abundant and in Israel, they even passed a law requiring the installation of solar water heater to new houses. The solar heater technology have constantly been improved thereby developing more innovative, durable and high performance solar heaters. 
This is a picture taken outside of the Palau Hotel (Koror, Palau) with a view of the solar water heaters at the roof top. The solar water heater provides hot water to Palau Hotel's 32 hotel rooms. Now hotel guests never have to worry about not enjoying a hot shower in their rooms.
At the second floor of Palau Hotel (Koror, Palau) a palau traveler will find a hot and cold water dispenser available to all hotel guests. This is where hotel guests get their hot water for their ramen, tea or coffee.
This is a closer picture of the solar water heater system installed at the roof top of Palau Hotel (Koror, Palau).
With sunlight abundant in Palau, and the ramphant growth of techonology competition and cheaper innovations, it wont be long before many if not all establishments in Palau will install solar water heaters. This way people can save much from using electricity and is putting the natural solar energy resource of mother earth into good use.
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