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Teacher Program award recipient Pam Ulicny works with Sundance Solar and Educo Africa to provide solar lanterns to South Africa
Shown above: Pam Ulicny's students at Tri-Valley Jr/Sr High School in Hegins, PA soldering parts on the SunBender DIY Solar LED Jar Light Kit.
Hopkinton, NH June 4, 2014 - Pamela Ulicny, a biology and
environmental science teacher at Tri-Valley Jr/Sr High School in Hegins, PA is making her light shine on the impoverished areas of South Africa.
Pam's journey began in April of 2011 when she was selected as
one of only 24 teachers in the U.S. to visit South Africa funded through the Toyota International Teacher Program, courtesy of Toyota Motor Sales and the Institute of International Education. What Pam considered would be a "once-in-a-lifetime experience" has transformed her and the lives of people living in the impoverished townships of South Africa.
Ulicny recalls when she travelled to South Africa and saw
the Soweto Township for the first time. At first sight, says Ulicny, it appears as an endless jumble of shacks made up of corrugated metal, concrete, and just about any material that could be salvaged. It's an enormous sprawl of
'shantytowns' stretching as far as the eye can see. "All I could think of is how wrong it felt to be sitting on a coach bus, looking down at the township and its folk, taking pictures of them as if they were some type of attraction, and then knowing that I was going to eat my fill in a quality restaurant and sleep in a four star hotel that night."
During her trip to South Africa, Ulicny learned about Educo Africa
- a non-profit organization that works with at-risk youth from impoverished South African townships. Educo Africa helps to empower and transform disadvantaged South African communities by focusing on vulnerable youth, their parents/guardians, and their social environment. The organization's philosophy is to provide a holistic circle of support to improve the dignity and power of those less fortunate.
Upon return from South Africa, Pam contacted Mark Gamble,
CEO of Educo Africa. In the fall of 2012, Pam and Mark came up with the idea of fusing science education with the needs of the people in South Africa by finding a low-cost way to provide solar-powered lanterns to people with no access to electricity. The science education unit would directly tie into Ulicny's alternative energy unit in her environmental science class. The unit would incorporate more technology, engineering, and math into what she teaches. The unit also has the possibility to carry over into teaching South African students to design and build their own solar-powered lanterns, using some simple materials they can already access such as a glass jar or other clear containers.
Moving forward with her vision, in November 2012, Pam
partnered with Sundance Solar to design a working prototype of a solar powered LED jar light kit. After a few months, they had a circuit board designed and produced in order to create a functional do-it-yourself kit. The product that they developed is a simple way of turning a glass jar into a functioning lantern and is available to teachers and the general public today. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the SunBender DIY Solar LED Jar Light Kits are donated to providing solar lighting solutions in South Africa.
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THIS DECISION WILL ENCOURAGE THE PRODUCTION AND USE OF BIO-DIESEL IN THE COUNTRY
The Union Cabinet on January 16, 2015 gave its approval for amending the Motor Spirit (MS) and High Speed Diesel (HSD) control order for Regulation of Supply, Distribution and Prevention of Malpractices dated December 19, 2005. The amendment will allow private biodiesel manufacturers, their authorised dealers and joint ventures (JVs) of oil marketing companies (OMCs) authorised by the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoP&NG) as dealers and give marketing/ distribution functions to them for the limited purpose of supply ofbio-diesel to consumers.
The Cabinet has also decided to suitably amend the National Policy on Bio-fuels for facilitating consumers of diesel in procuring bio-diesel directly from private bio-diesel manufacturers. This decision will encourage the production and use of bio-diesel in the country.
MoP&NG announced a Bio-diesel Purchase Policy, effective from January 1, 2006, to encourage production of bio-diesel in the country for blending it with diesel with the objective of increasing energy security and meeting other emission and environment objectives. Under this policy, OMCs are to buy bio-diesel (B100), meeting fuel quality standard prescribed by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), at a uniform price, as decided by the OMCs from time to time, for blending with HSD to the extent of five percent, at identified purchase centres across the country.
PSU OMCs under the MoP&NG have been actively pursuing the bio-diesel programme and entered into MoUs and formed JVs for cultivation of bio-fuels species on revenue wasteland and degraded lands in the state. These JV companies have been formed with the objective of increasing production and marketing of bio-diesel in the country. They have sought permission to undertake activities like sourcing, trading, supply, distribution, marketing etc. of bio-diesel to consumers.
"As the price of diesel is already deregulated and determined by the market, there is no economic justification in preventing private biodiesel manufacturers, their authorised dealers and JVs of OMCs authorised by the MoP&NG from selling biodiesel directly to consumers subject to their product meeting prescribed BIS standards," said MoP&NG in a press release.
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##solar Impulse, claimed to be the world's only solar-powered aircraft, will make a stop over in Ahmedabad on Tuesday as a part of its maiden global journey.
"Solar Impulse will take off from Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates and land in Ahmedabad after making a first stop over at Muscat in Oman. It will make a pit-stop in Ahmedabad," a release issued by the aircraft project's PR firm said here.
After making a landing here, the solar-powered aircraft's founders and pilots Bertrand Piccard and Andr'e Borschberg are likely to stay in the city for two days before leaving for Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, the release said.
The Swiss solar-powered aircraft's flight got delayed by a day due to bad weather conditions in the UAE. The aircraft was scheduled to land in Ahmedabad today, but now it will make a stop over here tomorrow, it said.
Piccard and Borschberg, during their stay in the city, will reach out to the government, NGOs, universities and schools to spread the message of clean technologies.
The aircraft is also likely to hover above Ganga river in Varanasi to spread the message of cleanliness and clean #energy, an official associated with the project said.
Solar Impulse is claimed to be the first aircraft to fly day and night without a drop of fuel, propelled solely by the sun's energy, as per the project's website.
WATCH: Swiss solar-powered plane to fly across the world without fuel
The single-seater aircraft made of carbon fibre has a 72 metre wingspan, larger than that of Boeing-747 and weighs just 2,300 kg, equivalent to the weight of a car, it said.
The 17,248 solar cells built into the wing supply electric motors with #renewable energy. The solar cells recharge four lithium polymer batteries totalling 633 kg each, which allow the aircraft to fly at night and therefore have virtually unlimited autonomy, it said.
This round-the-world flight will take-off from Abu Dhabi and make a halt at Muscat (Oman), Ahmedabad and Varanasi in #india, Mandalay in Myanmar and Chongqing and Nanjing in China. After crossing the Pacific Ocean via Hawaii, the aircraft will fly across the US stopping at Phoenix, the Midwest and New York City, said the website.
The test flight of the aircraft was conducted in the US in 2013.
Source:Indian Express
A typical stand-alone system consists of solar panels and or a small wind turbine to generate electricity connected to a charge controller which controls the pace at which batteries are recharged which is connected the battery bank. You will then need an off-grid inverter to convert the DC (Direct Current) electricity stored in the battery bank to AC (Alternating Current) electricity which is more commonly used in home appliances.
Years ago the high cost and poor reliability of early off-grid systems discouraged many except for the hardiest pioneers. Today solar, wind and hybrid systems have become so main stream that even families well within the utility power line reach are choosing to go off the grid.
At Blue Pacific Solar we believe that with the improvements in modern off-grid inverters, energy efficient lighting, propane and DC appliances, cheap price of quality solar panels and careful design considerations means stand-alone systems need not rely on backup fossil fuel generators.
The starting point in planning your system is to first reduce demand. Click on this link Off-Grid then click on the tab "Living Energy Conservation" for some tips.) Most people in America can easily cut their electricity consumption in half. Reducing your family's energy consumption by conserving and investing in watt saving home lights and efficient appliances means you are putting your money in your pocket and can substantially reduce the amount of off-grid equipment and or battery bank. As you begin your journey towards freedom from the grid, start by conserving as much as possible first. Its always cheaper to save electricity than to generate electricity. Most off-grid generation is used for lighting, appliances like refrigerators and water pumping. Lighting is the easiest to tackle. Don't stop at compact florescent lights, go all the way to LED which can use 1/6th the watt consumption of compact florescent lighting.
Here are some questions your will need to answer to get started choosing the right off-grid system for you:
* List your loads. How many watts per day do you expect your equipment to consume? The most important challenge in an off-gridsystem is to balance your energy consumption with your solar or wind turbine energy supply. TIP: No easy way around this so get out a pencil and start listing everything you want to run and how long you usually run it. IE: 5 - 13 watt light bulbs X 5 hours per day = 65 watts. THIS IS IMPORTANT: When we say "list your loads", we mean all your loads from the cell phone chargers to a hair dryer. How many days without sun or wind do you want to be able to run? (Days of Autonomy)
* What is the largest load you expect to run (Watts / Amps / Volts IE: 240V Well Pump @ 9.5 Amps)
* What is your budget?
TIP; The use of energy-efficient appliances and lighting, as well as non-electric alternatives such as a propane stove and refrigerator should be considered first. Every watt you save will help to lower the cost of your off-grid system.
With a little head scratching you can save yourself thousands of dollars by only purchasing the off-grid solar electric system you need without over purchasing.
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SOLAR-ABSORBING MATERIALS EFFICIENTLY SOAK UP VISIBLE LIGHT.
University of Toronto researchers are studying perovskites in its purest form, and this new material, which excels at absorbing visible light, could be ideal for solar power because it could make solar panels more efficient and less expensive.
A NEW TECHNIQUE WAS USED BY RESEARCHERS TO GROW PEROVSKITES.
Professor Ted Sargent of the Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical ">perovskites in a way that they have not been studied before - as perfect single crystals - the material's purest form.
The researchers grew perovskites using a new technique and observed how light is transformed into electricity by analyzing how electrons move through the material. They used a combination of techniques involving lasers to measure certain properties of the perovskite crystals. Through their study, the researchers were able to track down the fast motion of electrons in the perovskites. This resulted in the team being able to figure out the mobility and the diffusion length.
"Our work identifies the bar for the ultimate solar energy-harvesting potential of perovskites. With these materials it's been a race to try to get record efficiencies, and our results indicate that progress is slated to continue without slowing down," said Riccardo Comin, a post-doctoral fellow with the Sargent Group.
In Addition To More Efficient Solar Power Panels, Perovskites May Also Increase The Efficiency Of LEDs.
In recent years, perovskite has increased in efficiency by more than 20 percent. To put this into better perspective, its level of efficiency is very close to the commercial-grade silicon-based solar panels that currently perform the best. These panels can be found mounted on roofs in California and in Spanish deserts.
The reason that perovskite is so efficient is light is absorbed when it comes in contact with the material and exits the materials' electrons. These electrons are gathered in the form of electric current once they travel through the material to electrical contacts on the opposite side. What the research team found was that if the sequence occurs in the reverse order, the material will release energy as light.
This discovery also revealed that perovskite may not only be beneficial for solar power, but could make LEDs more efficient, as well.
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POLITICS OF OTEC
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"Earlier, it was reported that I helped with the drafting of the original ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) legislation in Congress, which became law in 1979. If the Blue Revolution ever develops, the whole concept will depend on OTEC. The following is excerpted from Chapter 4 of "SIMPLE SOLUTIONS for Planet Earth.
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When I first was exposed to OTEC in the mid 1970s, I was a skeptic. I even submitted an environmental impact statement questioning the potential effect on the coastal region. Having experienced the birth of the legislation, though, and realizing that this technology could well be the key to the success of the Pacific International Center for High Technology Research (PICHTR) and a tonic for the planet, I became not only a supporter, but self proclaimed savior.
The U.S. Department of Energy and the Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry abhorred this energy option. On the Japanese side, the money to PICHTR came from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In the U.S., the funds were stuffed down the throat of the USDOE by Congress, and this was some achievement in the mid-80's, as Ronald Reagan had virtually shut down the solar program. Hawaii ended up with all the meager OTEC funds because our only competition came from Guam and the Caribbean, neither which had a real congressional member. Sea Solar Power of Maryland made a run for some funds, but never made it to first base. Part of this was a ploy we by chance stumbled into that changed the whole nature of the game.
The USDOE director of wind/OTEC programs in those days, Leonard Rogers, had a drink with Louis Rotundo (yes, that same individual who saved the hydrogen program--Chapter 3) of the Florida Solar Energy Center and me at Trader Vic's in the District. Rogers came right out and said he was closing the program down because the government had done all it could for closed cycle OTEC and now it was up to industry to pick it up. There was nothing more to research. In a leap of logic that still astounds me, Louis says, "what about open cycle OTEC?" Len was not too up on this technology, so I explained that open cycle did not use ammonia or Freon and produced freshwater as a by-product. The whole system had been abandoned since Georges Claude's experiment 60 years ago, but today would have a lot more potential because most of the OTEC areas in the world with electricity needs also could use potable water. No one had done any turbine research and it was time to work out an internationally cooperative program for developing nations. In those days international partnerships and helping deprived areas were not of high priority for our Federal government. However, there was something about this "new" technology that gained Len's attention. I did tell him that I would leverage his input with funds from Japan, and that seemed to be a plus. In hindsight now, open cycle made no sense for larger OTEC activities because of the inefficiency of this cycle. But it did serve an important bridge to develop the technology.
So the USDOE totally adjusted its objectives and PICHTR proceeded to gobble up all the OTEC funds because there was no competition in open cycle OTEC. I recruited Lloyd Trimble, who was with Lockheed on the Mini-OTEC project, Luis Vega and Gerard Nihous, who had a small company in Berkeley, California, and a bit later, Andrew Trenka, who once managed the OTEC project out of the Solar Energy Research Institute in Golden, Colorado. They hired a staff and we just re-invented open cycle OTEC.
In 1988 I engineered the publication of a paper entitled, "Converting OTEC for Commercial Use in the Pacific," with Leonard Rogers as the lead author and Fujio Matsuda, Luis Vega and I as co-authors. It was published in "SEA TECHNOLOGY", and sealed the deal for the PICHTR group, which proceeded to gain 22.2 million from the USDOE, 4.5 million from the State of Hawaii and 8.2 million of others (including Japan, of course). The 210 kW (gross, 40 kW net) open cycle system saw groundbreaking in 1991 at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority and full operation, with freshwater, in 1994. The system actually produced 103 kW of maximum net power.
At around this time, about a decade after Paul Yuen and I first thought up the concept of this international technology transfer organization, I parted with PICHTR. The University of Hawaii had continued to pay my salary while I directed the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, so I was helping PICHTR on a pro bono ("I did it for free") basis. There were new fields to conquer, as I was named to the U.S. Secretary of Energy's Hydrogen Technical Panel and began championing the Blue Revolution and Green Enertopia. In parallel, I had intitiated the effort and laid the foundation for PICHTR eventually garnering 20 million for a biomass to methanol project.-Oil slipped to 114/barrel, and, expectedly, the DJI jumped 83 to 11616.-Kika is now a remnant and far southwest of Hawaii. Tropical Depression Hernan continues to move towards a point south of the Big Island, and should dissipate over the next few days. Tropical Storm Iselle is expected to track westward on the 20th parallel, meaning if this direction continues, it will run into the Big Island. However, weakening is projected.-
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The best way to Build A Cost-free Energy Generator
The interest in option power sources is gaining momentum. Using the depletion of non-renewable power sources like oil and gas, it's becoming a lot more imperative for us to discover other sources of power, preferably renewable ones. The 2 most practical renewable sources of energy will be the sun as well as the wind. The great news is the fact that today we have the technology to produce energy from each these renewable energy sources. In fact, you are able to create your own personal cost-free electrical energy from solar and wind power. Renewable Energy Solar Energy
Here's how I made mine.
My solar panel comprised of 36 solar cells that I purchased from eBay for significantly less than 200 bucks. I discovered that I required to connect them in series, which means that the front side of one particular cell is connected towards the back side from the next. Each and every solar cell comes with 2 tab wires (extremely conductible flat wires) that are employed to connect the cells. I soldered each and every cell for the next and created a set of 6x6 cells. Then I glued it onto a base which I fitted into a shallow plywood box that I produced earlier. Remember to coat the whole box and base with weather-proof paint as they will be exposed to the climate. After these have already been completed, I tested the solar panel ahead of mounting it onto my roof. Accomplishment! My solar panel generated 18.eight volts of electricity on a sunny day.
Ahead of connecting my solar panel to a battery, I installed a blocking diode in to the circuit to stop the battery from discharging back towards the solar cell at nights. Then I mounted my solar panel onto my roof. The panel is connected to my 12V battery by way of a charge controller. After which I connected the battery to an inverter to change the DC existing to AC existing so that I could use it to energy my appliances.
Next, I attempted generating a wind generator. That is a bit bit much more hard but I still created one particular that works fine.
I went once again to eBay and bought myself some wind generator blades and motor (I advocate Ametek motors). Then I screwed the blades onto the hub on the motor specifically 120 apart. The hub is connected for the motor shaft and when the blades turn, the shaft turns also and electrical energy is generated. I went on to construct a physique that could house my motor and shield it in the rain. I utilized a big PVC pipe and cut it down lengthwise. That way, it may be wrapped about my motor with the blades coming out one finish. At the other finish I attached a vane to ensure that it could face the path from exactly where the wind was coming. The complete motor needs to be capable to swivel, so I attached a flange in the base and utilised some lazy susan bearings to enable it to swivel. Then I required I tower.
To get a tower, I used an old Television tower that I had ahead of I switched to satellite Tv. But before mounting the motor on best, I had to connect the motor to my battery. Considering that it would be continuously turning to face the wind, I had to use an electrical rotary connector. Then I mounted the motor on best of my tower. When again, the motor is connected to a diode, a charge controller along with a battery.
That is it! Straightforward, is not it? Obviously, there are the minor particulars, but they're just that....minor. Each of the major steps are currently explained. Do you believe you can develop your own energy generator? Naturally you might. If a non-handyman like me can do it, so can any person. Option Residence Energy Solutions
."AUSTRALIA VOTES TO Swap CARBON TAX," BBC"New senators were sworn in this month." 7/16/14, "Australia Odds and ends Carbon Import tax as Abbott Meets Choose Vow," Bloomberg, Jason Scott"AUSTRALIA'S Upper house Nominated TO Dot THE NATION'S Import tax ON CARBON, Fulfilling A KEY Choose PLEDGEby Overriding Minister Tony Abbott and fleeting the pursuit without an settled machinery to deck emissions. THE Swap Screen WAS Passed 39 VOTES TO 32 IN THE 76-MEMBER Exceptional House today, dismantling a law introduced by the go on Plug away government that basic charged polluters A23 (21.50) per ton of winter garden gases emitted.REPEALING THE CARBON Import tax may put Australia, which is hosting the Arrangement of 20 nations moment in November, at loggerheads Gone Command BARACK OBAMA WHO IS SEEKING TO Assembly A International Pledge to swordfight survive influence. Australia, the world's principal emitter of fossil fuels per capita, hasn't backed U.S. calls to add the issue to the G-20 enter being leaders admit in Brisbane. "ABBOTT CAMPAIGNED SO Snappish FOR SO Inclination TO GET RID OF THE CARBON TAX, WHICH HAS BEEN Charming Unpleasant with voters, that the invalidate energy be seen as a big winner domestically," whispered Zareh Ghazarian, a Melbourne-based lecturer at the Monash Institution Institution of Following and Outgoing Examination. "In multi-ethnic diplomatic circles, it's a different question. It may alleged reason discomfort to the government now Obama's foresee vanguard this engagement." THE Swap Request Reduce THE Unobjectionable Dynasty A550 A YEARthrough slim electricity prices and make Australian companies greater competitive, Abbott whispered in an e-mailed state as soon as the right to be heard. December electricity futures in New South Wales, Australia's furthermost populous state, slipped 2.2 percent to A31.55 per megawatt hour as of 12 p.m. in Sydney, the least possible in a week.The banner SandP/ASX 200 Reveal rose 0.4 percent, header for the leader ad seeing that June 2008. THE Swap WAS "Overtly Straight" and "have to be humbly dainty" to the stock market, Matt Riordan, a Sydney-based portfolio superintendent who helps sincere about 7.5 billion at Paradice Benefaction Work Pty., whispered by call out. TODAY'S Vote TO Swap THE CARBON Import tax COMES A WEEK As the government's microscopic bid to annihilate the machinery WAS Lodged IN THE Exceptional House. Clive Palmer, the mining tycoon whose grouping Abbott has to accepting with in the Upper house to pass legislation, on July 10 whispered HIS THREE SENATORS WOULDN'T Hem in IT Lacking AMENDMENTS THAT Dynamism Shove COMPANIES TO Impossible ON Reserves TO Clientele. As repealing the carbon-price machinery is a winner for Abbott's Liberal-National federation, his government may flush battle with other survive influence measures in the Upper house. PALMER HAS Held HIS PALMER Together Club Request Vote In opposition to Abbott's Parallel with the ground Activity Rough copy, which includes a A2.55 billion Emissions Cut Support to buoy up companies to cut winter garden gases Downhill TAXPAYER-FUNDED GRANTS. PALMER HAS Moreover Held HIS THREE PUP SENATORS Request Envelop Procedure TO Break THE Tidy up Shove Posterior CORP., which helps fund renewable energy projects, and the Toughen ChangeAuthority, which provides notice on the carbon bill and emissions drop targets. "Australia now has no aloof machinery in setting to cut emissions," Kobad Bhavnagri, the Sydney-based at the outset of Australia research at BLOOMBERG NEW Shove Posterior, whispered in a Bloomberg screen examination today. THE CARBON Import tax CAME Voguish Dynamism IN JULY 2012. It was problematic at A23 per ton of winter garden gases emitted in its if at all possible engagement, insurrectionary the whole engagement until it was due to shuffle to a market-set machinery from July 2015. Plug away AND THE GREENS Club, WHO Safe THE Respite OF Ascendancy IN THE Exceptional House Ahead of time NEW SENATORS WERE SWORN IN THIS MONTH, REJECTED THE GOVERNMENT'S Fundamental Hazard TO Dot THE CARBON Import tax IN Complain. The protestation energy feud in the after that make your choice, due to be called by 2016, to substitute an emissions-trading system, Plug away leader Screen Rein in whispered today. "Tony Abbott has complete Australia the if at all possible command to mix up rearrange on survive influence," Rein in whispered in an e-mailed state. "Account energy spill the beans Tony Abbott basically for refusing to regard that rearrange is de rigueur on survive influence." 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19th December 2014 BELECTRIC UK and First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) have connected the United Kingdom's largest solar farm to the grid. The 46 megawatts (MWDC) Landmead Solar Farm, in East Hanney near Abingdon in Oxfordshire, will supply around 45 million kWh (kilowatt hours) of clean energy per year - enough to power 14,000 average homes or drive an electric vehicle 5,000 times around the globe, each year, for the next 25 years. The plant will displace an estimated 20 million kilograms of greenhouse gas emissions per year. Landmead Solar Farm "(click on image for high resolution)" The Landmead Solar Farm is the latest in a series of joint ventures between BELECTRIC, which designed and constructed the installation, and First Solar, a leading global provider of comprehensive photovoltaic (PV) solar systems. In just three months, BELECTRIC installed more than 483,000 of First Solar's advanced thin film photovoltaic (PV) modules on 200 acres of low-quality, Grade 3 agricultural land that has historically failed to drain quickly enough for efficient crop production. "Thanks to the scale of its contribution towards helping the UK achieve its energy security goals, Landmead is the latest milestone in the country's renewable energy roadmap. Enabled by advanced PV technology that is both efficient and cost competitive, it establishes a new benchmark for the development of solar energy in Britain," said Christopher Burghardt, Vice President for Europe at First Solar. Landmead Solar Farm remains integrated with its surrounding farmland, and 95% of the land remains materially unchanged by the installation of solar modules and infrastructure. The site, therefore, retains the capability for continued agricultural use in the form of grazing sheep. The site will continue in agricultural use, with grazing sheep between and beneath the solar modules. This photo taken at BELECTRIC's Wadebridge Solar Farm in Cornwall "(click on image for high resolution)" Toddington Harper, CEO of BELECTRIC UK, said: "The opening of the UK's biggest solar farm is good news for the country in a number ways. Politically and economically, large-scale solar energy makes us less dependent on imported fossil fuels, a lot of which come from unstable regions of the world at unstable prices. Then, from the environmental perspective, every kilowatt-hour of energy generated from sunlight prevents dangerous greenhouse gas emissions, while the low-grade agricultural land hosting the solar panels will be used to support wildlife, biodiversity and continued sheep farming. This is a prime example of the multiple benefits that best-in-class solar farm projects can deliver to the UK." As the majority of land is essentially unchanged, it will revert quickly to a natural state, while security measures will restrict public access. This makes the site well-suited to recreating the type of wildlife habitat that has been lost to agricultural intensification over the years, free from pesticides and human disturbance. As well as sheep grazing, BELECTRIC will be optimizing parts of Landmead to support biodiversity - for example, by planting native wildflowers to support bees and other pollinating insects, and introducing ground cover for small mammals and birds. Construction work at Landmead" (click on image for high resolution)" Landmead will be used for solar power generation, sheep farming and biodiversity enhancement for the next 25 years. After this, the solar modules and infrastructure will be removed and the site will be restored to its pre-existing state. First Solar and BELECTRIC share a longstanding relationship that spans over a decade. In 2013, they realized Europe's largest thin film PV power plant in Templin, Germany. Bringing together industry-leading capabilities and technologies, the two groups established a joint venture to realize selected utility-scale PV projects in Europe, North Africa and the United States. The post BELECTRIC, First Solar connect UK'S largest solar farm to the grid appeared first on BELECTRIC UK.
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Latin America is the new frontier for clean and sustainable energy. In 2013, Latin America attracted about US16 billion of investment in the clean energy sector, representing over seven per cent of total global investments in renewable energy. Decreasing technology costs and increasingly supportive policies in the clean energy field have allowed the region to become an exciting market for renewable energy. Today Latin America generates about seven percent of total global electricity, and almost 65 per cent of that comes from renewable sources. The largest share comes from hydropower: more than 725 terawatt-hours (TWh). Non-traditional renewable electricity sources (such as solar, wind, geothermal, etc.) account for only six percent of the power mix in the continent. POWERFUL GROWTH It is expected that by 2050 over 20 per cent of the electricity generated in the region will come from non-hydro renewables. From the northern Sonora Dessert in Mexico to southern Argentinian Patagonia, the region is loaded with vast renewable energy resources. They alone could supply over 20 times the electricity demand expected by 2050, which will nearly triple to about 3,500 TWh. The region's estimated onshore wind energy potential, about 1,600 TWh, would alone be enough to fully power the continent's current electricity demands. Electricity consumption is expected to increase annually by three per cent. By 2030, this rate of growth will require the region to almost double its installed power, to about 600,000 MW. Taking into account these massive power infrastructure requirements, renewable energy could be established as leading source of power. It could shift the region's energy model towards a more sustainable one. In the period between 2006 and 2013, total renewable energy capacity in Latin America and the Caribbean grew more than 270 per cent. In the same period, more than 3,000 MW of new additional renewable capacity were brought on line. There is no reason why the region's success in renewable energy could not continue to be extended over the coming decades. THE TOP FIVE There are several renewable energy success stories offering exciting examples of the potential for a clean energy revolution in the region. Five of the 26 countries of Latin America distinguish themselves for renewable energy performance. They shine thanks to the enabling environment created by their energy and industrial policies, the growing renewable energy investment attractiveness they have created, and the high speed in which clean technologies have penetrated into their energy markets. Latin America is booming for renewable energy, but five countries are particularly raising the bar for clean energy transformation. They are: Costa Rica, Uruguay, Brazil, Chile, Mexico; and special mentions on Peru and Nicaragua. A new report by WWF - Green Energy Leaders: Latin America's Top Countries in Renewable Energy - is a compilation of renewable energy success stories from the region, focusing in the five countries which are making renewable energy Latin America's new normal. "TABAR'e A. CURR'aS IS AN ENERGY ECONOMIST WITH WWF' S GLOBAL CLIMATE AND ENERGY INITIATIVE. HE IS BASED IN MEXICO. TACURRAS@WWF.PANDA.ORG"
With the increase in popularity of alternative energy resources, there has been an expansion in firms offering renewable energy consultation. If you are planning to install a solar power system or take advantage of wind power opportunities for your home, you may not need renewable energy consultants. However, if you are planning a large-scale project such as a wind farm, you might want to work with renewable energy consultants.
These consultants will be able to provide a wide range of services. They will work with you to assess your proposal, develop a plan and implementation of the final plan. Some even offer support through the operation of the project.
Most importantly, they provide knowledge and expertise in the many facets of natural energy. They also provide a clear understanding of government programs and tax rebates available to those who choose to employ alternative energy solutions. The services of consulting firms can range from giving general advice about the suitability of the project to reviewing plans for an already-designed system to drafting new plans for a system.
When devoting a great deal of money to finance renewable power projects, it's always a good idea to make sure you get the best advice in the industry. A professional renewable power consultant can help you decide which system and configuration best suits your needs.
One of the many benefits of working with energy consulting services is that they have done all the research on renewable power in general. Such firms can do specific research regarding your particular project with ease and advise you how to best approach installing your alternative energy system.
You might even find yourself working with the firm that advised your local governmental entity when they were creating their incentive programs. Many natural power consulting firms also have experience working with local utility companies to assure that individual projects can sell their power back to the grid without any problem. In the case of smaller project that plans to sell power back to the grid, the extra cost may be worth it.
How does one find qualified renewable energy consultants? Your first stop will probably be the internet. You can also check local directories. After you have found a few consultants, you will want to see their credentials, interview them, and speak to a few references. This will assure that your consultant will be a good fit for the duration of a very long project.
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G20 Hints to Eliminating Fossil Fuel Subsidies
by John Brian Shannon 16/11/14http://nowhydrogen.com
At the G20 Brisbane 2014 Summit leaders discussed elimination of the massive 600 billion dollars subsidy paid to the fossil fuel industry in 2014.AS THE G20 SUMMIT WRAPS UP IN BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA, LEADERS DISCUSSED THE EVENTUAL ELIMINATION OF THE MASSIVE GLOBAL SUBSIDIES PAID TO THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY WHICH TOPPED SOME 600 BILLION DOLLARS LAST YEAR, SLIGHTLY MORE THAN LAST YEAR'S 550 BILLION AND 2012'S 500 BILLION.Meanwhile, non-polluting renewable energy continues to receive peanuts - not even approaching 100 billion dollars worldwide.Clean energy does have it's detractors, similar to the criticisms levelled by the detractors of aircraft travel 100 years ago when people were more used to traveling by ship and by train. "The times, they are a'changin'," applies in this century too!"We do it this way, because we've always done it this way," is no longer good enough. The fossil fuel industry provides the fuel for the world's transportation industry and it is the most heavily subsidized industry on the planet and has been given carte blanche to operate in any way it sees fit.
Fine. We needed the oil, whatever has taken place has taken place with our tacit approval. But with the very real effects of climate change now upon us, not to mention the more poignant effects on human health by breathing polluted air and drinking fracked water, fossil fuel now requires a relook.It's not just climate and individual health concerns that are driving the discussion, health care systems around the world are now realizing that a good portion of disease and mortality are directly relatable to environmental factors. In major industrialized nations, billions of dollars in health care dollars are spent to repair the damage to people's health caused by fossil fuel emissions. It's not a few billion 'here and there' it may be as high as 1/3rd of all health care spending in the world's most industrialized nations.THE COST OF FOSSIL IS BECOMING A VERY LARGE NUMBER FOR EVEN THE RICHEST COUNTRIES
* CLIMATE: For each 1 degree of climate increase the world will spend 1 trillion dollars to counter agricultural and reservoir drought, sea level rise, abnormal storm activity and for land remediation.
* HEALTH: Our sophisticated health care systems can now argue with more accurate statistical proofs that fossil fuel burning contributes to human mortality and disease than in decades past.
* COSTS: 600 billion dollars in subsides is a lot for the world's nations to bear. And that number continues to grow each year as all of the 'easy oil' and 'easy gas' is already tapped and locations with special extraction methods must be employed.
FROM THE G20 ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY WORKING GROUP 2014, CO-CHAIR'S REPORT
Inefficient fossil fuel subsidies
G20 members reported to G20 finance ministers in September on their progress towards meeting the G20 commitment, initially made at the 2009 Pittsburgh summit and reaffirmed at subsequent summits, to " rationalize and phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption over the medium term." The ESWG benefitted from updates on the preparations for the first round of voluntary peer reviews involving the United States and China. A second round of voluntary peer reviews involving other G20 countries is expected to commence in mid - 2015. Germany has announced it will participate in the second round.
In response to a request from leaders at the 2013 Saint Petersburg summit, the ESWG tasked the World Bank Group, in consultation with other relevant international organisations, to prepare a report on transitional policies to assist the poor while phasing out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption. The World Bank Group provided regular updates to the ESWG through the year and the final report was delivered to finance ministers in September. - Read the full report here.
IT LOOKS LIKE 'BUSINESS AS USUAL' IS SET TOWARDS CHANGE IN THE ENERGY INDUSTRYOnly fossil fuel superpowers Australia "(coal)," Canada "(coal, oil, tar-sands petroleum, fracked gas and conventional gas, deepsea oil extraction)", and Saudi Arabia "(oil)," alone out of the G20 did not see fit to endorse the Energy Sustainability Working Group 2014 report.No surprise there. However, the day is coming when" the costs of not switching" to clean energy will far exceed" the costs of switching." If all energy subsidies (fossil fuel subsidies "and" renewable energy subsidies) were magically and instantly removed - that day would be today.
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Decrease Your Electrical energy Bills Considerably with Solar Energy
Many homeowners are taking a look at employing solar energy to be able to reduce their electricity bills to a considerable extent. Solar powered items and systems are atmosphere friendly which is an additional reason why a growing number of households are planning to use solar power effectively.
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Tiny upkeep costs are involved for solar power systems. Solar cells can last for a lifetime and simply because you will find no moving parts, they need really tiny maintenance. You don't genuinely need to allocate considerable amounts of funds towards maintenance fees.
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They can location a water tank appropriately on your house's roof best so that you're able to utilize your solar hot water systems successfully. This sort of a method utilizes passive solar energy and heats a water tank that has been left open within the sun. This system also can be heated using solar panels that have heat transferring fluid in them. The solar installer fills the tubes behind these panels with heat transferring liquid so that the sun's heat in turn heats them. This liquid passes via the tubes to heat the stored tank water additional.
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Garland industry says it now schedule come out of domestic employed in the UK - butcritics say the fundraiser tally has risen regular more rapidly By Emily Gosden Garland farm developers receive done than lb115,000 in fundraiser for both guessthey employ in the UK, new conception shows. Near are now a schedule 15,500 domestic from the horse's mouth employed in the onshore andoffshore wind industries in the UK, according to a report without charge currently bywind hall concert party Renewable UK. But the tally for subsidies to wind farm owners is now demanding to be aschedule lb1.8bn a blind date, according to industry critics the Renewable YearsFoundation - and has risen regular more rapidly than the spring of "green jobs". Last summer the Telegraph disclosed that each job in the industry wasrise subsidised by lb100,000 a blind date, brilliant the 12,000 domesticRenewable UK assumed were from the horse's mouth employed at the time, and demanding lb1.2bnannual report fundraiser costs. The greater than before subsidy-per-job rate beginning next reflects first power singlegenerated from new offshore wind farms, which receive far highly developed subsidiesthan community onshore. Yet jobs in the offshore wind industry really cleave slightly pompous the later thanblind date, according to Renewable UK, in expect of a slow-down inentrap so therefore blind date. In add hand over are now 8,679 domestic employed in the onshore wind industryand 6,746 in the offshore sector, Renewable UK assumed. This compares with aadd of 9,000 in the sum UK wind industry four excitement ago. Ed Davey, the energy secretary, said: "The energy sector is poweringBritain's economic reinforcement - and the jobs bent in the wind industryweep why Britain's the total spring one for offshore wind capacity andinvestment." But John Constable, boss of REF, said: "Large come out of barely audible,subsidised, jobs in the wind energy sector is nil to say about; itindicates low depth and superior amount energy, which of go by destroyscontinuous jobs in the sleep of the economy. "Seeing that we mostly like is a superior depth energy sector with a smallspring of well-paid, ably clever workers, producing evenhanded energy thatcreates in the end profit-making employment in the sleep of the economy." Mr Constable's interpretation are supported by a report by the Government-fundedUK Years Try out Centre which outlive week said: "In the long-lasting, if theeconomy is rumored to earnings to in use employment, next duty cohort isnot a deep intent. "In this context, superior labour even is not in itself a happymeaning, and inclement jobs' is not a even more functional prism ended whichto rack the benefits of renewable energy and energy efficiency investment.Seeing that matters in the long-lasting is total economic efficiency." Maf Smith, deputy information executive of Renewable UK, said: "Leafy jobs arefundamental to the same extent they are high-value jobs. But pompous time it's clear thatthe technologies we further to get our power from we leave further to the same extentthey are top figure amount deep-seated and sound us tackle season walk. "You can't fake the situation we are generating this power is very wellemployment: the main situation we are generating this power is to tall tale thelights on and make be next to we are underneath party on imports. In enactment that wealso need to maximise economic benefits to the UK." He assumed the deep-seated fundraiser amount of green jobs would narrowing with time,for example with a new Siemens yard employing 1,000 domestic in Hullhot air in 2016. "As the industry invests and we see the manufacturing jobs receive ended thejob benefits leave be regular clearer," he assumed.
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By Lomi Kriel, 6 August 2013 Penonome, PANAMA Aug 5: In a flat, windy agricultural pocket in central Panama, President Ricardo Martinelli on Monday unveiled his nation's first wind turbine, a project that is set to become Central America's biggest wind farm. The 450 million project, run by Spanish-owned Union Eolica Paname~na, will produce 220 megawatts (MW) of power by mid-2014 and 337 MW when complete the following year, which is estimated to be about 10 percent of Panama's electricity demand. "It will be the biggest in Central America, without a doubt, and one of the top five in Latin America," the company's director, Rafael Perez-Pire Angulo, said. The project comprises 135 towers equipped with turbines over 19,000 hectares (47,000 acres), and will eventually supply about 850,000 people, Perez-Pire Angulo estimated. Chinese wind-turbine maker Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co Ltd, will provide 22 turbines for the project that generate a combined 55 megawatts, according to a statement issued by its unit Goldwind USA. Panama generates about 60 percent of its electricity from hydropower plants. It plans to build another 15 projects by 2016, but has been hard hit by dry season droughts like one in May that forced electricity rationing and the closure of schools and government offices. The new wind farm would have an immediate impact, Energy Secretary Vicente Prescott told Reuters. "The dry season is when we have the least rain but when we have the most wind," he said. Wind energy is taking hold across Central America. In 2012, Honduras unveiled the region's then-largest wind farm, with capacity of 102 MW. In Nicaragua, total wind-power production is slated to reach 180 MW in 2014 - almost one-third of its total energy demand during peak hours. In Costa Rica, which produced about 4 percent of its power from wind farms in 2011, the state-run utility has announced plans to develop 100 MW of wind farms by 2015. To view the , please click http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/08/06/panama-wind-idINL1N0G61NQ20130806
With political winds shifting in Richmond - resulting in modest legislative progress for clean energy in 2014 - Virginia holds open a window of opportunity for solar energy customers. The decades-long drop in solar panel prices has brought solar generated electricity even closer to achieving grid parity with electric prices in Virginia. Yet despite these gains, further delaying on installing your solar generation system poses potential risks - here are four reasons why you should consider installing solar today:
1. Panel Prices Reveal The Bottom Of The Hockey Stick.
For over a decade, the industry has experienced dramatic decreases in solar photovoltaic (PV) prices, driving larger demand for solar as a cost competitive energy source. However, PV prices may have found the bottom of the hockey stick. 2013 saw decreasing panel prices slow to a snails pace, even showing a 9% increase and researchers at GTM Research are expecting a 9% rise in 2014.*
Source: SEIA Quarterly Reports
2. Increasing Solar Renewable Energy Credit (SREC) Prices
In January, Pennsylvania SREC prices traded anywhere between 40 - 50/SREC - doubling 2013 SREC prices. PA SRECs were selling at nearly 300 in 2009, yet an oversupplied market, largely fueled by Pennsylvania's 100 million solar grant program from 2010 through 2012, drove prices down to a mere 9 by the end of 2012. Prices are rebounding in 2014 and we expect the trend is to continue as demand meets supply.**
SREC prices are experiencing an upwards trend in 2014 - info at srectrade.com
3. Rising Electricity Prices
The renewable energy source for solar PV remains fixed (free), and as solar installation costs drop such that solar generated electricity achieves grid parity - solar becomes cost competitive with traditional fossil fuel electricity. Due to extreme weather, new regulations and increasing awareness of the effects of fossil fuels, traditional energy sources are getting expensive. The graph below shows electricity prices in the U.S. on average, and in VA on average, based on information from the EIA.
While prices remain lower in Virginia on average, from 2007-2012, VA electricity prices rose an average 5.5% p/yr. Over that same period, U.S. prices increased 1% p/yr on average.
4. The Looming 2016 Investment Tax Credit Deadline
2016 holds two important dates for the solar industry: 1) a presidential election and 2) the expiration of the 30% Federal Investment Tax Credit (ITC). The expiration of the ITC could cause 1) a spike in system prices, while the industry develops new financing methods that do not rely on tax credits and 2) a shortage in panels and price increase starting in 2015 as demand surges to install systems before the anticipated 2016 deadline.
"*The expected increase in panel prices is the result of trade factors and international demand for solar. The United States imposed tariffs on Chinese solar manufactures in 2012 - the European Union followed suit in 2013. International manufacturers are driving up prices to cover their costs or doing business with friendlier trade markets, such as Japan, that experienced a huge demand for clean energy following the Fukushima event."
"**Pennsylvania's Mandatory Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) requires utilities to purchase a growing percentage of their generation from renewable energy. Utilities can meet those requirements by purchasing RECs. PA has a solar carve out, requiring that a percentage of the renewable generation requirement be derived from solar. This percentage continues to increase at an accelerating pace starting in 2014."
