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Children in one of the Sabah schools using computer systems online with the use of solar photovoltaic renewable energy generation depicted in the other photographs tagged with Sabah.
Walking back to my cabin after supper along the path, over the stream, I stopped. It was dark but the filtered moonlight through the wispy clouds gave just enough illumination.
Listening. I heard nothing. It is windless night, cold, ground blanketed with fresh powder.
Still stopped, frozen in place, I glanced around. Searching the forest I saw nothing.
For a brief moment not a car moving, not a plane overhead, not an animal moving. I was alone in the silence.
Those moments are rare.
Typical aspects of conventional "organic" agriculture practice. These cannot be sustained in a non-energy-extraction future.
The 9 metre mast will sit on this base.
We'll dig four other bases for the 8 metal guy ropes used to keep the mast absolutely straight.
The bolt goes through the bottom of the mast which will be pulled upright gently by our tractor and secured in place.
We still have a lot of building work to do before we put the generator up but the cement bases should be dry and completely solid by then.
These two 12v batteries are wired in series then in parallel to stock electricity from our 24v solar panels.
An Earthship Biotecture worker fills up the solar batteries with distilled water. The water level in the batteries should be checked once a month. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures www.greenenergyfutures.ca
nothing more relaxing than sun shining in on clay walls.
one big plus of strawbale building is the deep window seats you end up with.
you can read an article on marilyn pedretti's strawbale home from her local paper here.
seen on the 2007 MREA wisconsin solar tour.
An Earthship Biotecture worker checks the batteries in the Kinney Earthship in southern, Alberta. Modest battery systems easily allow super energy efficient homes such as Earthships to cost effectively go off grid. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures See video and story: www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/82-how-we-built-our-own...
Members of the Soil Food Web are shown and their contributions to soil health discussed, highlighting the importance of never tilling.
Anna Davidson, Dawn Kinney, Glen Kinney and Duncan Kinney on the roof the Kinney Earthship – 2,700 sq. feet of roof will collect 1,620 gallons of water from one inch of rain that is stored in four 1,700 gallon cisterns.Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures www.greenenergyfutures.ca
A panorama of the Little Bow river valley that runs the Kinney family property.
Photo Duncan Kinney, Green Energy Futures
I needed a bigger converter to run the new laptop 19v from 12v. This converter will go up to 150watt so operates my 17" laptop with no problems.
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Some of the best camping ever... fee includes endless hiking and use of the hot springs!
photo by Hartmann Design Group.
Components of the cardboard "layer cake" method of building mulched garden beds at Salamander Springs Farm without even tilling the soil.
The above image depicts the existing PV arrays at the Pine Bluff project site.
The work was carried out on site by OPS in November 2009 and included a complete system upgrade of the old inverter to the new DSP controlled HPC system, with new current transducers installed and a user friendly SCADA package. This SCADA package will allow the operators and administrators of the school to effectively monitor and control the new system with ease and efficiency. The aging battery bank was entirely replaced with 40 x 6V, 875 Ah batteries, and the MPPT solar regulator was integrated into the DSP control to ensure maximum yield of the solar energy.