Alternative Energy projects

[buickanddeere]

Must have been using the stuff they are producing to want to install 30MW of generation, since the city of a million I used to live in only consumed 38MW and they needed all those residents to pay for the energy production. Growing weed cant be THAT lucrative.

Now 30kW would be a more reasonable fit and they are still going to have a huge fuel bill if you run the numbers for fuel flow.

Serious 30Mw . Seven acres of greenhouse uses over 30Mw for lights and heat in the winter .

 

[3930dave]

One of the more thoughtful presentations I've seen lately....

Why renewables can’t save the planet | Michael Shellenberger | TEDxDanubia - YouTube

Rgds, D.

 

[3930dave]

Egon posted this in Gale's EV thread..... thought I'd toss it in here too for perusal....

Drake Landing Solar Community

Well beyond a proof on concept...... if it works in AB on that scale, that's a pretty good test.

Rgds, D.

 

[3930dave]

For the iron and hydrogen fans.....

The battery invented 120 years before its time

Rgds, D.

 

[3930dave]

Building battery capacity in Europe:

Gigafactories: Europe tools up against US and Asia as a car battery force

But... now I'm confused.......

Near the Arctic, you can make "the world's greenest battery" using hydro-electric for prime power.....

..... but, hydro-electric is getting decommissioned in some areas of North America due to it being "bad" for the environment.....

Hmmm...... I guess it's both now !

Rgds, D.

 

[3930dave]

An individual's hydro project.

Early days on his channel (I'd love to know the size of the Pelton, and the vertical drop on that run of pipe), but this is more a Walk in the Woods, Git 'er Done on Nyrs Day Before the Pipes Crack video.

I found this guy, when I was checking on the recent floods on the Coq, he had that early vid of the vanished bridge in his area.

Rgds, D.

 

[3930dave]

Interesting design. Makes good (re-)use of low cost materials.

Wind Turbine Tutorial - OpenSourceLowTech.org

Rgds, D.

 

[MossRoad]

Interesting design. Makes good (re-)use of low cost materials.

Wind Turbine Tutorial - OpenSourceLowTech.org

Rgds, D.

I used to have free access those aluminum printing plates... no more.

Nice animation!

 

[3930dave]

Nice animation!

For us Gearheads..... a nice relaxing screensaver.....

I put that ^, in a email to a buddy.... then realized Darn, I'm Old.... bet kids don't even know that term anymore.....

Rgds, D.

 

[3930dave]

Back in the olden-days, I was impressed by the performance of even simple (drain-back) hydronic-panel systems that were written up in Homepower. Really liking this guys setup.

Building the basic panels... biggest problem would likely be accessing the tempered glass....

Rgds, D.