Life off the electricity grid, using renewable energy, with best selling author William “Bill” Kemp and his wife, living the good life with a low impact on the planet.
Sanba
Chevron Human Energy Renewable Energy Chevron is a collaborative enterprise whose many parts work in concert to deliver vital energy. Acting with a common vision all around the world, our various businesses fulfill our commitment to provide the energy that drives human progress. Source chevron.com *** In a world that demands more energy “Global energy demand is projected to increase by over 50 percent in the next twenty-five years.” The IEA forecast a 53 percent energy demand increase from 2004 to 2030. The 53 percent increase is based on a rise from 225 MMBOE in 2004 to a total of 343 MMBOE/D in 2030. Source: Global Energy Demand; from International Energy Agency, World Energy Outlook, October 2006
Sanba
Are there residential systems designed to do this?
Vince
Dr. Donald Aitken ( www.donaldaitkenassociates.com ), physicist, solar architect and former lead scientist at the Union of Concerned of Concerned Scientists, talks about his certainty that we have all the tools and knowhow to make the shift to renewable energy sources right now.
Wanda
This conference on Emerging Energies Technologies takes an unbiased look at how the United States can make the transition from dependency on carbon-based fuels to a sustainable alternative fuels-based future. In this program Nobel laureate Alan Heeger of UCSB and Joan Ogden of UC Davis give their perspectives on renewable energy. Series: “Technology Management Program” [10/2007] [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 13287]
Cindy
enviromission Limited (www.enviromission.com.au) produced this 5 minute video on the pilot plant in Spain. It is an older video (2000) but gives a decent understanding of the solar tower concept. enviromission, Ltd. (US Market: EVOMY, Australian Exchange: EVM) is a renewable energy developer of sustainable “green” energy solutions for the energy market. enviromission aims to be one of Australia’s leading producers of clean renewable energy. enviromission holds the proprietary rights to Solar Tower technology, a large-scale renewable energy technology based on simple fundamentals of physics — hot air rises. Solar Tower technology has the potential to offer competitive renewable energy with equal reliability to fossil fuel generators. A single 200MW Solar Tower power station will provide enough electricity to power around 400000 households. The energy output will represent an annual saving of more than 1960000 tonnes of greenhouse CO2 gases from entering the environment when compared to brown coal emissions in Victoria. The greenhouse savings equate to the removal of approximately 500000 cars from the road. The Australian Solar Tower project consists of six distinct phases, the first two of which (project optimization and pre-feasibility commercialization) have already been completed. The third phase (final feasibility), paving the way for the implementation of the next three phases (final design, construction, and commercial operation).
Estelle
We have 2 Evergreen Solar panels 180 watts each, Tristar 60Amp Controller, 2, 400 watt Air-x wind generators, about 8 marine deep cycle batteries from walmart now. A 250A DC breakerbox from Midnight Solar, Xantrex DR-2412 2400Watt Inverter, and a Reliance transfer switch. So far the system has cost about $6000 with everything overbuilt to be upgradeable with more solar panels as soon as we get some more funding! More videos soon lots has changed since winter has set in.
Lester