The companies Apple and Samsung are already planning to offer gadgets that are charged by solar energy. That would be wonderful, as a way to save energy by...
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Tom Gray
tomgraywind
Apr 3, 2012 4:52 pm
In triumph for Maine high school students, wind turbine goes online, April 3, 2012 http://www.awea.org/blog/index.cfm?customel_dataPageID_1699=15736 Thomas O....
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eka noviliyanti
solareka
Apr 7, 2012 1:35 pm
The Japanese company Honda has recently launched the first solar hydrogen station, located in Tokyo. The station will serve as a platform for producing, ...
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OffGridSolar@...
Apr 9, 2012 11:35 am
Solar Hydrogen filling stations. Now that is one good solution that no one and argue about! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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drobicho
Apr 9, 2012 11:36 am
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJSoMfH1r2A> [Thumbnail ] <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJSoMfH1r2A> Next experiment will be to connect the kettle to a...
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ptrsn63
Apr 11, 2012 11:53 am
--Probably best if you don't, as I would rather not deal with letters from lawyers, lawsuit threats, etc. You can act on your own at a blogging site like...
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Common Circle Education
vladislav.co...
Apr 11, 2012 11:53 am
Hello friends, We know that many people simply cannot afford our programs and yet we also know that our programs truly change lives... so we're offering ten...
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heyjack@...
heyjack...
Apr 12, 2012 2:31 pm
S. Glenn Farris attempted wood gasification at Burlington, VT at the McNeil Generating Station, and it was a gigantic 67 million dollar failure; he and...
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Marc
fmdepiolenc
Apr 12, 2012 2:32 pm
Go ahead and tell your story. They can threaten you all they like, but the last thing they want is you stating your grievance in open court, on the record. You...
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larencorie@...
larencorie
Apr 15, 2012 12:59 pm
Hi Jack; Most technologies have some failures. Gasification is relatively simple and benign, compared to nuclear, oil, natural gas, propane, and coal....
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borgsmith04
Apr 16, 2012 11:39 am
Good point "who is we"... ....One must remember when replying [including myself] that when "we" post things there needs to be clarifications to the group of...
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Tom Gray
tomgraywind
Apr 16, 2012 3:37 pm
WindTV: WINDPOWER in Atlanta, spotlighting PTC expiration risk to manufacturing growth, April 16, 2012 ...
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Tom Gray
tomgraywind
Apr 16, 2012 3:38 pm
In with the new: Older California turbines being replaced, April 16, 2012 http://www.awea.org/blog/index.cfm?customel_dataPageID_1699=16032 Thomas O. Gray Wind...
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OffGridSolar@...
Apr 17, 2012 11:53 am
We are a group of ME's, PE's and EE's and also three scientist. If you take one or more batteries that are discharged at 50% or lower. You connect the same...
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Jim Giglio
jim_giglio
Apr 17, 2012 11:53 am
<<< The piece mentions PTC. What's that? >>> ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Jim Giglio
jim_giglio
Apr 17, 2012 11:53 am
*With the newer model being a bit over 2 MW, the entire electricity-generating capacity of the US could (in theory) be replaced by 500,000 of these wind...
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TomG
tomgraywind
Apr 17, 2012 11:56 am
The PTC is the federal wind energy production tax credit. If a company builds and operates a wind farm, it can take a tax credit of 2.2 cents per kilowatt-hour...
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TomG
tomgraywind
Apr 17, 2012 12:01 pm
ON AVERAGE, you can assume roughly 60 acres per installed MW (in level terrain with no prevailing wind direction). Cost of turbines at the moment is in the...
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Jim Giglio
jim_giglio
Apr 18, 2012 11:48 am
* <<< So, we can do a little "back of the envelope" arithmetic: At roughly 2000 KW for each turbine, with 500,000 turbines needed to replace all U.S existing...
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Thomas Ackermann
need_aspirin
Apr 18, 2012 11:49 am
Hi all We would like to remind you of the abstract submission for the *2nd International Workshop on Integration of Solar Power into Power Systems *and...
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Tom Gray
tomgraywind
Apr 18, 2012 3:54 pm
EWEA Report: Trying to determine Europe's energy mix in 2020 is no easy task, April 18, 2012 http://www.awea.org/blog/index.cfm?customel_dataPageID_1699=16050 ...
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larencorie@...
larencorie
Apr 19, 2012 11:56 am
Posted by: "OffGridSolar@..." ... charged the battery banks balance the stored energy. In most ... Hello (name?); If I interpret correctly, you are saying...
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lliae_2005
Apr 19, 2012 11:56 am
Join Climate Interactive for a free webinar on sustainable energy scenarios and how they are shaped by policy and investment using the yet-to-be released...
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TomG
tomgraywind
Apr 19, 2012 12:03 pm
The wind industry is ready to think as big as the political situation allows. Right now, it's trying to get Congress to not disrupt business by letting the...
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Jim Giglio
jim_giglio
Apr 20, 2012 11:52 am
<<< The intention of my post was to do an absolutely worst case "back of the envelope" calculation, in which the ENTIRE cost falls on the feds.Doing it this...
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Mike Redler
redlerm
Apr 23, 2012 11:56 am
"On the other hand, not clear just how much generation unlimited wind could displace, since it is variable. Certainly a very high number, but likely not 100%."...
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TomG
tomgraywind
Apr 23, 2012 12:39 pm
It's not a question of calculating capacity factor. If many turbines are installed at many locations in a large geographical area and there is plenty of...
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OffGridSolar@...
Apr 24, 2012 11:51 am
There is a way to figure wind generators. You must first have a good understanding about power factors. Then the math is easy. But to find out just how much...
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Jim Giglio
jim_giglio
Apr 24, 2012 11:51 am
*<<< What's missing is a clear-cut policy of GETTING RID OF FOSSIL FUELS. This program is what Richard Nixon should have set in motion back in 1973. But...
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OffGridSolar@...
Apr 24, 2012 11:52 am
Here is a fact about wind. This covers the world wind and annual in terawatt hours. Wind is 200,000 terawatts. All the oils and nuclear power usage is...
