http://www.metering.com/news/solar-surplus-chile-free-electricity/
[Wait, what? Free electricity for taxpayers and ratepayers. Dorothy,
we're not in Ontario anymore. Here, free and negative-priced
electricity only goes to utilities outside the province, not residents
who paid to build the
http://shipandbunker.com/news/emea/905082-solar-powered-electric-ferry-launched-in-spain
[image and links in on-line article]
Solar-Powered Electric Ferry Launched in Spain
Wednesday September 30, 2015
Solar-Powered Electric Ferry Launched in Spain
The electric-propelled passenger ferry, the
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/188667-a-fully-transparent-solar-cell-tha
t-could-make-every-window-and-screen-a-power-source
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On my way at 6:30
T
On 24 Mar 15, at 6:23, bmolloy wrote:
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t-could-make-every-window-and-screen-a-power-source
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http://cleantechnica.com/2015/02/22/solar-pv-freeze-shale-gas-steps-reports-finds/
[Nice to see an analysis which understands which renewables line up
against which fossil fuels for major demand sectors. For over a decade,
cheap, low-efficiency natural gas 'peaker' plants have been the
http://ecowatch.com/2015/02/20/solar-battle-koch-brothers-front-groups/
[links in on-line article]
Solar Industry Prepares for Battle Against Koch Brothers’ Front Groups
Ken Johnson, Solar Energy Industries Association
February 20, 2015 8:03 am
Mark Twain said it best, there are “lies,
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/25592-solar-power-gets-hot-hot-hot
[images and links in on-line article]
Solar Power Gets Hot, Hot, Hot
Friday, 15 August 2014 10:50 By Emily Schwartz Greco and William A
Collins, OtherWords | Op-Ed
With so many homeowners and businesses making greener
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-solar-cell-that-turns-1-photon-into-2-electrons
The Solar Cell That Turns 1 Photon into 2 Electrons
M.I.T. researchers develop an organic solar cell that breaks 100 percent
quantum efficiency
By Seth Fletcher
Solar cells are picky. If an
http://grist.org/climate-energy/solar-panels-could-destroy-u-s-utilities-according-to-u-s-utilities/
Solar panels could destroy U.S. utilities, according to U.S. utilities
[Not if U.S. utilities had a functioning brain. In fact, there is a new
fortune to be made here if they are prepared to
Yikes!
There have also been rumours in Australia that households could be charged for
´service availability´, where you would be charged even if you go off grid.
Hopefully it will remain a rumour
There is a Solar Company here in Lismore that is using LiPo cells to cut the
draw at peak
Hi Doug
Some 10 years ago here in the West ( 100km N/E of Perth)
when the Shire was Putting in Deep sewage down my street
I said I didnt want it I would rather have a Clivus Multrim Composting Toilet
and Grey water system the Response was it is GOING PAST YOUR PLACE
so you pay for it ! wether
Lots of talk of the costs imposed on other people by people who install
solar panels, but no mention of the benefit that people who install solar
panels are giving to all of society by reducing pollution and greenhouse
gas emissions
On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 6:16 PM, Tony cr...@vianet.net.au
Hi Zeke,
for most for-profit power generators, their emissions (heat, CO2,
conventional pollutants, noise, toxins, carcinogens, etc.) are just
'externalities' they impose on society. Thus, the lack of these things
are also an externality. Unless they can find a way to generate revenue
from
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/newshome/16410796/solar-panels-may-cost-all-households/
Solar panels may cost all households
Daniel Mercer, The West Australian Updated March 21, 2013, 2:10 am
http://l.yimg.com/ea/img/-/130321/a_230209habecoideas1_18kjmp7-18kjmpb.jpg
Solar panels may
Thanks. I'll look forward to your review.
Curt
On 8/10/2012 9:54 AM, Zeke Yewdall wrote:
Not theirs, but I have an order from Iron Edison, the one in Lakewood, CO,
coming in two weeks that I'll be installing I'll try to remember to
post how well they work once I have a little experience
Likewise Zeke it should be enlightening
to see a comparison
Tony
At 05:20 PM 11/08/2012 -0400, you wrote:
Thanks. I'll look forward to your review.
Curt
On 8/10/2012 9:54 AM, Zeke Yewdall wrote:
Not theirs, but I have an order from Iron Edison, the one in Lakewood, CO,
coming in two
Not theirs, but I have an order from Iron Edison, the one in Lakewood, CO,
coming in two weeks that I'll be installing I'll try to remember to
post how well they work once I have a little experience with them.
Z
On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 8:38 AM, Curt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There is a
: Monday, August 6, 2012 9:18:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Solar, Wind other Alternatives
I wonder how big 2 x 200 amp/hour batteries
would end up being?
With a life span of about 50 years it would be
worth giving them a go
Homemade Edison Cell
http://www.ehow.com
. They are called iron edison or something.
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I'm not sure... but I am a big fan of the nickel
FWIW;
Another vote for SMA inverters. Yeah, not cheap, but worth it. Solid
technology.
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200 ah at what voltage?
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I wonder how big 2 x 200 amp/hour batteries
would end up being
From: Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Tuesday, 7 August 2012, 6:22
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Kirk Unfortunately over the past 30 to 40 years Built in obsolescence
and greed has become a huge industry.
Why would
There is a company in Montana making Nickel-Iron (Edison) batteries.
Has anyone had any experience with them/their products? Here's a link to
their site:
http://zappworks.com/index.htm
Curt
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: Monday, 6 August 2012, 7:28
Subject: [Biofuel] Solar, Wind other Alternatives
Hi Folks
I live in a small town 100km from Perth Western Australia
and I have put ( on a very limited income ) up 1kw system
( subsidised by our Govt, my cost was 2500$ they contributed 8000$ )
I did this just over 2
The link to your charge controller didn't work, so I'm not sure exactly
what it has and does not have. But, usually, the meter for the solar
panels is built into that.
If not, a good all around meter is the trimetric battery meter -- it will
measure battery voltage, and net amps (PV minus load
I wonder how big 2 x 200 amp/hour batteries
would end up being?
With a life span of about 50 years it would be
worth giving them a go
Homemade Edison Cell
http://www.ehow.com/way_5993981_homemade-edison-cell.html
Tony
At 07:10 AM 6/08/2012 +0100, you wrote:
Something I'd like to see is
I'm not sure... but I am a big fan of the nickel iron cells (aside from the
price of new ones... eek. The might be cheaper there, since they are only
produced in china any more, and you're a little closer).
Z
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 7:18 AM, Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I wonder how big 2 x
Thanks for the info on the Trimetric battery meter
Zeke
I did a quick Search and came up with
http://www.bogartengineering.com/
for starters, will read up on it and will find out the best / cheapest way
to get one, as we seem to be ripped off for everything here in AU Esp
on Electrical Gadgets
Just imagine the Shipping and handling costs !
At 07:24 AM 6/08/2012 -0600, you wrote:
I'm not sure... but I am a big fan of the nickel iron cells (aside from the
price of new ones... eek. The might be cheaper there, since they are only
produced in china any more, and you're a little
For the grid-tie inverters, we have been using the SMA inverters quite a
bit... not the cheapest ones out there, but they work reliably and do tell
you what's going on -- we've used a lot of chinese made ones, and the
failure rate has been less than desirable (30% or so on one brand).
Z
On Mon,
mistakes...Today I hope not to learn_too_ much.
From: Dawie Coetzee [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org
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Sent: Sunday, August 5, 2012 11:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Solar, Wind other
Kirk Unfortunately over the past 30 to 40 years Built in obsolescence
and greed has become a huge industry.
Why would a company make ( in this case batteries) that last forever ?
they would consider that a bad deal for future sales.
When in reality if you produce a product that lasts for as
Hi Folks
I live in a small town 100km from Perth Western Australia
and I have put ( on a very limited income ) up 1kw system
( subsidised by our Govt, my cost was 2500$ they contributed 8000$ )
I did this just over 2 years ago, and as the way the grid system works,
if the grid power goes out,
Subject: Solar Special Offers from GeckoLogic USA
From: GeckoLogic USA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 19:17:57 -0400
Take advantage of our great prices on solar equipment. Get the most
profit on your next solar installation.
Solar Wholesale
Although it may be a waste of time to read it, or waste of bandwidth as you
propose, but I wouldn't mind getting links to some of the papers you are
talking about. And anything else you think is important/necessary to express
an objective investigation or documentary.
thanks,
--
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I think this paper comes the closest to what I am talking about but
still leaves out a lot. They admit this though which is good. At the
time it was written most PV was made from recycled scrap from the
semiconductor industry because nobody was in the business of purifying
silicon to the less
I like the upper bound approach and it fits more with what I am saying.
You have to be careful when you just work with cost figures though. It
is very hard to calculate everything in terms of the energy inputs
especially when you talk about where to draw the line as to what is
included. But I
Well... it just goes to prove that you cannot supply side yourself out of
the problem... if houses are going to use 1000 or 5000kWh per month,
switching to solar will be better than coal... but not really a solution.
(as I'm designing a 4kW system for a McMansion that really needs 40kW of
PV...
Yep. Like it or not the earth is going to warm up, the Holocene is
coming to an end. Even filling the deserts with panels will only hurry
it along.
J
On 04/05/2011 10:12 AM, Zeke Yewdall wrote:
Well... it just goes to prove that you cannot supply side yourself out of
the problem... if
It ended,
we're in the anthropocene.
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Sent: Wednesday, May 4, 2011 10:38:49 AM
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Yep. Like it or not the earth is going to warm up
will
be fine because things have always been fine.
Are we actually smarter than yeast?
Empirical evidence suggests, , , ,
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Doh. Yeah well, what I meant to say was a new 'cene' is on the horizon.
On 04/05/2011 10:33 AM, Chip Mefford wrote:
It ended,
we're in the anthropocene.
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I think that is a perfect analogy. This has always been a petri dish.
Question is, even if we are smarter than yeast, does it make any difference?
On 04/05/2011 11:32 AM, Chip Mefford wrote:
Well,
that mindset, as strange as it seems, is actually backed by a couple of
centuries
of
: Sunday, May 1, 2011 6:21:54 PM
Subject: [Biofuel] Solar Power Breakthrough.
Solar Power Breakthrough Could Render Photovoltaic Cells Obsolete
Link:
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buy it?
But I'd be stupid to buy anything else right?
So I should wait, right?
Exactly.
Well done.
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Solar
Subject: [Biofuel] Solar Power Breakthrough.
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Yes please do and I can send you some but they are in my opinion not
worth the bandwidth needed to download them. Maybe this is just a bad
day for me to be positive on the heels of my countrymen giving a
majority government to the corruptiles which we will now have to deal
with for the next
: [Biofuel] Solar Power Breakthrough.
I thought Chip was being sarcastic, not that he was actually proposing
that people wait, but that many stupid people will perceive it as a
reason to wait. On the other hand until the day comes that silicon
foundries are using solar energy to do the job
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From: Chip Mefford [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Tuesday, May 3, 2011 4:46:43 PM
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Yes,
you're correct.
Much better to use that power to run furnaces to make beer and coke
cans.
That's a better use
.
But it did work.
http://cpm01.smugmug.com/Other/solar-stuff/16662355_zWC5F2#1256336745_m9CKmgV-XL-LB
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LOL! BP Solar. Mobil Solar. OIL Solar. Think about it. What a laugh.
J
On 03/05/2011 4:51 PM, Chip Mefford wrote:
Sorry,
I'm
game on their turf (energy).
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LOL! BP Solar. Mobil Solar. OIL Solar. Think about it. What
Well I guess you could call that some kind of a 'breakthrough' but there
are a lot of stories floating about that fall into that description.
However when current heterojunction technologies are already hitting the
30% conversion efficiency mark and current laboratory techniques using
quantum
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In about 15 years maybe. In my experience, it takes 5 to 10 years for
a new lab solar cell to turn into a commercially available mass
produced solar cell. To take a new concept that so far doesn't even
have a lab solar cell It'll be some time. I wouldnt hold off on
buying current solar
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110426n2.html
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Solar-panel producers stand to benefit from nuke fears
By MARIKO YASU and MAKI SHIRAKI
Bloomberg
Akiko Hirai says the Hamaoka power station 3 km from her home evokes
such dread of the crippled Fukushima plant that
Renewable Energies Cost Less
Renewable energies not only cleaner, but also cheaper, especially in
the long run Dr. Mae-Wan Ho
California's big push for renewable energies
http://www.i-sis.org.uk/renewableEnergiesCostLess.php
California's solar power increasingly Chinese made
BY Todd Woody
18 JAN
http://www.alternet.org/story/149389/vision%3A_2011_must_be_the_year_where_we_get_serious_about_wind_and_solar_power?page=entire
2011 Must Be the Year Where We Get Serious About Wind and Solar Power
Even without federal policies to catapult the U.S. to the world's
leader in renewable energy,
Hi James;
Well we are in complete agreement there. Solar thermal however has the
great advantage that it can capture much more of the available solar
energy because it doesn't rely on the band gap of a material which is
only responsive to certain wavelengths in sunlight. The challenges iare
I think you need to add a diesel generator. Eg:
Dear Sirs: For the past few years I have been heating my home with
a waste vegetable oil powered generator. I use a diesel engine,
which is connected to a 3 phase motor that I converted to a
generator. I use straight waste vegetable oil as well
http://www.grist.org/article/2011-01-04-solar-thermal-industry-set-to-boom
Solar thermal industry set to boom
by Todd Woody
4 JAN 2011
The rapidly growing photovoltaic industry has spawned thousands of
jobs for people who design, make, and install rooftop solar arrays
for homes and
Let me chime in that the price of silver is going to be tough on solar
PV production. It was $18 / oz in Aug and it's ~$31 for a 12 mos. high.
There is ~ 2/3 oz of silver in flat plate PV. I am a big fan of solar
thermal. I use to work for a large SW util Solar Test facility. I have
(5)
There is a good and bad side to everything. I work in an alternative
energy research facility. I use 250 kwh energy to turn 20 kg of
polycrystaline silicon into a meter long monocrystal. The energy input
to manufacturing solar panels is disgusting. This doesn't even count the
energy used
Joe,
Stirlings aren't ready for prime time. They are still having seal and
ring issues. However, I hope to have an update on some new units that
may have that problem solved. The magic 10,000 hrs MTBF (diesel)
rating is the goal. BTW that was with land fill gas not solar. That is
another
Hi James
When I pull a silicon crystal the melt is sitting at ~1450 deg C so I
have some feel for the problems you are hinting at without ever having
touched a stirling engine. The point I was going for was that diversity
is key. One of my friends who is off grid has no problem producing more
Joe,
The point I was trying to make is that solar thermal has it's
challenges. If you're not familiar, Stirling Engines were used from
1817 until the advent of cheap gasoline. They were large and not very
efficient. But, they were very sustainable. There was the ST-5
it or mechanical engineers who deal
with HVAC etc.
Best Regards to all.
Ken
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To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org
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Indeed. Low-yield photo-thermal is interesting to me right now. There seems
to me to be useful energy available in indirect hot-water collectors
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Keith -
I looked at your response to the solar window post and
link. I remember
seeing a movie called the Mosquito Coast (possibly with
Harrison
: Monday, August 24, 2009 6:25 AM
To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] solar collector window
Indeed. Low-yield photo-thermal is interesting to me right now. There seems
to me to be useful energy available in indirect hot-water collectors at
stagnation, if one has space
Hi Jason
I don't
really know my way round solar stuff (yet - next stop maybe), so my
sense of what smells right doesn't go very far.
Keith,
don't sell yourself short, solar is simple. you only really have two
options, transferring energy, or reflecting it. the only hangup is
PV uses
I don't
really know my way round solar stuff (yet - next stop maybe), so my
sense of what smells right doesn't go very far.
Keith,
don't sell yourself short, solar is simple. you only really have two options,
transferring energy, or reflecting it. the only hangup is PV uses expensive
, 24 August, 2009 11:52:45
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] solar collector window
I don't
really know my way round solar stuff (yet - next stop maybe), so my
sense of what smells right doesn't go very far.
Keith,
don't sell yourself short, solar is simple. you only really have two options
.
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:25:12 +
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] solar collector window
Indeed. Low-yield photo-thermal is interesting to me right now. There seems
to me to be useful energy available in indirect hot
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I don't really know my way round solar stuff (yet - next stop
maybe), so my sense of what smells right doesn't go very far.
Keith,
don't sell
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 8:25 AM, Darryl McMahon [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
Evacuated vacuum tube systems are gaining in favour for solar water
heating locally in recent years, though I'm still not a fan. They just
seem overly complex and expensive for their gains over low-tech approaches.
The
: Jason Mier
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I don't really know my way round solar stuff (yet - next stop
maybe), so my sense of what smells right doesn't go very far
Thanks very much, one and all - snake oil, right. It didn't smell
right to me either, though you spotted more than I did, but I don't
really know my way round solar stuff (yet - next stop maybe), so my
sense of what smells right doesn't go very far.
Thanks again - all best
Keith
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 7:18 AM, Keith
Addison[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
FYI - of any interest? (Not that I'm about to add it to my, uh, product line.)
This was sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - did you actually request
it? Sounds like snake oil to me, so I'm curious if they sent it
unsolicited...
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FYI - of any interest
Hello Keith,
at first like a miraclesolution...
but than,maybe the end of interiorplants etc.
as long as americans still live in an age where you need the
fireplacetools to open the windows
(famos clip by Disney with Donald Duck)
and where people shrinkwrap their windows every begin of winter
i think dave hit the nail on the head. snakeoil, at least insofar as
residntial applications are concerned, since metal windowframes are
primarily found in commercial, industrial and high-rise settings.
thermal reflectance is nice, but the thermal gain? that's going to
happen anyway. their
FYI - of any interest? (Not that I'm about to add it to my, uh, product line.)
--
Solar Collecter Windows (Interior Mounted) - University Tested and
Solar Rejecter Windows all in one
A 4' X 4' In'Flector window insulator can produce as much heat as a
600 watt electrical heater per
Solar Thermal Electricity: Can it Replace Coal, Gas and Oil?
By Sarah Lozanova
Mar 27, 2008
http://cleantechnica.com/2008/03/27/solar-thermal-electricity-can-it-replace-coal-gas-and-oil/#more-174
One of the most common arguments against large-scale use of renewable energy
is that it cannot
Solar Thermal Power Coming to a Boil
Jonathan G. Dorn
July 22, 2008
http://www.earth-policy.org/Updates/2008/Update73.htm
After emerging in 2006 from 15 years of hibernation, the solar thermal power
industry experienced a surge in 2007, with 100 megawatts of new capacity
coming online
Solar-Power Breakthrough
Researchers Have Found a Cheap and Easy Way to Store the Energy Made by
Solar Power.
http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=5498564
By KEVIN BULLIS
August 2, 2008 —
Researchers have made a major advance in inorganic chemistry that could lead
to a cheap way to store energy from
Solar dyes give a guiding light
By Matt McGrath
BBC science correspondent
11 July 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7501476.stm
A new way of capturing the energy from the Sun could increase the power
generated by solar panels tenfold, a team of American scientists has shown.
The new
I'm running out of steam here ;-) hoagy
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Solar Panels and the Quest for $1/Watt
Written by Michelle Bennett
March 31, 2008
http://cleantechnica.com/2008/03/31/solar-panels-and-the-quest-for-1watt/comment-page-3/
If solar panels cost $1/watt, you can sell them (installation included) for
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CHINA: Solar Energy Firms Leave Waste Behind in China
by Ariana Eunjung Cha, Washington Post
March 9th, 2008
The first time Li Gengxuan saw the dump trucks from the nearby
factory pull into his village, he couldn't believe what happened.
Stopping
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Subject: [Biofuel] Solar Electricity using Wind Turbines
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:57:22 +
Solar Electricity using Wind Turbines - The Conversion of Solar
Energy into Electricity in a Closed Cycle driven by Natural Convection
very
Solar Electricity using Wind Turbines - The Conversion of Solar
Energy into Electricity in a Closed Cycle driven by Natural Convection
very interesting concept.
t
http://www.globalwarmingsolutions.co.uk/solar_electricity_using_wind_t
urbines.htm
The Conversion of Solar Energy into
Would be cheaper if the outer dome wasnt required - just dump the air. Then it
looks like the solar towers already tried.
AltEnergyNetwork [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Solar Electricity using Wind Turbines - The Conversion of Solar
Energy into Electricity in a Closed Cycle driven by Natural
low temp heat engines tend to be inefficient. Very inefficient in fact.
The only saving grace is lower temp heat is often easier to come by.
Jeromie Reeves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I thought this was a adaptation of the current solar tower methods.
They work very well from what i have read. I
I thought this was a adaptation of the current solar tower methods.
They work very well from what i have read. I wonder if sterlings could
be made cheap enough to be more practical then using the tower+mirror
method?
On 7/28/07, Kirk McLoren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Would be cheaper if the outer
Porphyrin dyes and nanotitanides are very promising ideas. There is a
company which claims to be leading in dyesol technologies but so far
they don't have much to offer in terms of real product. I don't know
much about the lifetime of the dye which I suspect is the thing that
will degrade
real soon now ;)
The problem is the powers that be want centralized power for control.
Kirk
Joe Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Porphyrin dyes and nanotitanides are very promising ideas. There is a
company which claims to be leading in dyesol technologies but so far
they don't have
, this looks like something that can
be available to many, many more people than other solar means currently
available. Mike DuPree
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From: Kirk McLoren
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Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 3:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Solar power breakthrough
Solar power breakthrough at Massey
New solar cells developed by Massey University don't need direct sunlight to
operate and use a patented range of dyes that can be impregnated in roofs,
window glass and eventually even clothing to produce power
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