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The photovoltaic system (solar cells) produces electricity and gives shade for the planting.
A part of the ETC Solar Park in Katrineholm.
etcsolpark.se (website in Swedish)
(Swedish: ETC Torp) A house with a roof made of solar cells and a greenhouse towards south. The frame and the walls are made of wood - a climate-positive building that stores carbon dioxide. The foundation consists of foam glass, no concrete is used. It is so energy efficient that it can provide energy to at least one more house. The building is a show house and you can buy a house like that from the building company ETC Bygg.
Built: 2022.
One of the buildings in the ETC Solar Park in Katrineholm.
etcbygg.se/ett-klimatsmart-hus/ (website in Swedish)
The red house is typical for Sweden. The traditional red paint contains pigment from the copper-mine in Falun, Dalecarlia.
Solar farms are cropping up all around North Carolina. If you have available land, companies will lease your land for a solar farm. This is one of three fields converted into solar farms situated close together.
Solar energy plant directing funnelled sunlight acquired from all the panels on the ground I believe. Don't quite understand the technology from it but I wonder how many hawks and songbirds fly into the intense beams and get fried? On I-15 in the Mojave Desert of California.
Kylmäpihlaja is the farthest islet at the edge of Rauma archipelago, 10 kilometres from the mainland. There is a small hotel with a restaurant and an observation deck for the public in summer.
Explore, 11 de Maig de 2009, #148
Mini Trobada Flickr en La Vila Joiosa. 7 de Març de 2009
Daurats i blaus
Dorados y azules
In my July 8th Energy Alert, I said the secular bear market bottom reached in the spring of 2012 will likely hold for years to come, and with rates near a three year low Commercial Hedgers are holding near record long (BUY) positions anticipating higher rates, and with rates compressing with decreasing volatility, the next major move for rates is likely higher with a minimum objective to fill the gap left behind on 12/22/14.
As you can see in the chart above rates increased slightly since my last report:
As shown by the green line, the nearby contract of Natural Gas climbed from $2.685 per MMbtu on July 8th to $2.835 per MMbtu at the opening today. As shown in the table below, over the last month supplies continued to increase versus the 5 year average moving average:
Date Released This Year 5 Yr. Avg
July 30th 52 Bcf 45 Bcf
July 23rd 61 Bcf 57 Bcf
July 16th 99 Bcf 77 Bcf
July 09th 91 Bcf 75 Bcf
Over the last 4 weeks our storage level increased to 2,880 Bcf and it is now 3% higher than the 5 year moving average. As I have stated in previous reports how a market responds to news is more important to me than the news itself. When a market does not decline with negative news it is signaling the path of least resistance is for higher prices, which is what we are experiencing at the present time.
We have traded within a very tight range since the beginning of the year. The question is, how much longer should we anticipate remaining within this tight trading range before breaking out?
Last month I said rates were compressing with decreasing volatility. The chart below shows rates appear to be nearing a breakout point.
The chart shows we are forming a symmetric triangle, which develops when a pattern has 2 distinct converging trend lines. As you can see we have been forming this pattern over the last 3 months and we are in the later stages of the pattern.
Theoretically we could remain in this pattern into mid-September, but as time passes the convergent lines draw closer to each other and the probability of a breakout increases. What is important to note is this type of pattern forms prior to increased volatility; therefore, we are likely near a period of sharp rate changes in Electricity and Natural Gas.
Based on the factors I discussed in my reports over the last few months, I believe the breakout will likely be to the upside, but if we experience a downside breakout instead I believe it will be sharp and quickly reversed. Historically this type of pattern is resolved with a false breakout approximately 1/3 of the time, which sets up an even more explosive move in the opposite direction.
Therefore, if you have not already secured a fixed rate for Electricity or Natural Gas, I recommend you consider doing so in the near future. Remember, over the last 13 years, Natural Gas, which is highly correlated to the cost of Electricity has been higher 95% of the time. Although it is possible this could be one of the times when we experience a false downside breakout prior to rallying, I do not recommend trying to catch the exact bottom.
The purpose of hedging your cost of Natural Gas and Electricity is to reduce risk, while the role of speculators is to assume the risk hedgers are unwilling to be exposed to. Speculators have the luxury of trying to catch the exact bottom because if they miss the bottom all it costs them is opportunity cost, and opportunity cost is not as expensive as lost capital. But hedgers don’t have the luxury trying to catch the exact bottom because if a hedger misses the exact bottom it always results in lost capital.
As a hedger do you really want to be at risk when a market has been higher 95% of the time over the last 13 years? If your answer is, “No”, then you understand why we recommend hedging your cost of Natural Gas and Electricity at today’s low historical price levels.
Not every client’s risk tolerance and hedging strategy is the same, but we trust the above report will help you put into perspective the risk/reward opportunities at this time. I invite you to call one of our energy analysts to help you plan a hedging strategy appropriate for your situation.
Tomato plants. The black squares are parts in a photovoltaic system (solar cells) that produces electricity and yet you have enough light for the plants inside the greenhouse. Solar cells on roofs can convert more energy when the sun is high in the sky and less in cloudy conditions or when the sun is low. Building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) will increasingly influence our built environment, roofs, walls, windows and so on.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building-integrated_photovoltaics
One of the buildings at the ETC Solar Park in Katrineholm.
etcsolpark.se (website in Swedish)
Added to Monthly Scavenger Hunt (MSH) September 2013 10. New Accrual
These four flower power producers (there's a fifth one off-frame to the right) made their debut as solar energy collectors last month at Seattle Center. You can conduct your own electronic symphony by interacting with them--they produce harmonic tones as you move around them.
They're a demonstration project for alternative energy sponsored by Seattle City Light.
The historic COP21 climate meeting in Paris. Great photo moments and video. Open to connect.
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The man who appreciates the beauty of nature and the world is much richer and happier than those who do not notice this.
Thank you to everyone who stopped to watch, leave a comment, award, an invitation to the group! :)
Thanks to those who gave just smile and admiration and those who remained dissatisfied! :)
BEFORE: Cooling Tower at thermal Bayswater Power Station in the Hunter Valley, NSW, Australia. Viewing the sun through the steam spoke to me of a coming generation, now with us, when electricity will be generated directly from solar energy.
NOW: I spent my day, today, contributing to the development of a major pumped hydro project that will draw on solar energy to store water in a reservoir 350 m above a lower lake. This pumped hydro project will stabilise the grid and provide electricity on demand in off-peak periods.
Solar panels, solar school, green houses, café and shop at the ETC Solar Park in Katrineholm.
etcsolpark.se (website in Swedish)
The Heliotrope was built 1994 as the first home in the world that produced more energy than it expends. The building has on one side triple-paned thermal insulated glass and it rotates to track the sun. Thus the maximum possible energy and light is let into the home. The other side of the building is highly thermally insulated. In the hot summer days, the house will instead turn the insulated backside to the sun, to keep the home comfortably cool.
On the roof there is a large mounted photovoltaic unit, totally 54 m2 with 6.6 kW peak output. The panel tracks the sun throughout the day automatically and computer controlled (turning independently from the building itself). Affixed as balcony railings there are vacuum-solar thermal collectors for hot water and heating. The ventilation system includes earth-to-air heat exchangers and ventilation with heat recovery.
Rainwater is collected, filtered and reused. Garbage and feces is decomposed in an odorless dry composting.
The house is the private home of its architect, Rolf Disch. It´s situated in Ziegelweg 28, Freiburg, Germany.
Rolf Disch Solar Architecture www.rolfdisch.de (website also in English)
Check out the huge solar energy installation here. There are 89 dual-axis trackers capable of keeping the solar modules at the optimum angle to the sun. It is estimated to be 35% more efficient that a similar sized fixed-tilt system.
The annual electricity output is estimated to be 1,904,404 kilowatt-hours (kWh), more than a third of the district's annual electricity needs.
I'm hoping to have the opportunity to shoot closer in at some point.
Taken by a camera lofted by a kite.
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A building near us setting a good example
The water is Willow Lake, Flushing Meadows Park
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It was installed by BEP (Best Energy Power). They also put panels over the parking lot. There is a car charger (in the lot). They split the system into several parts so if one panels goes down the majority of the system still functions.
-- Local resident Peter Ngai
The historic COP21 climate meeting in Paris. Great photo moments and video. Open to connect.
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Venus in Transit. Cloudy day with sunspots. Never to be seen again in our lifetime. Celestial wonders.
1) Proper Timing
2) What does your price include
3) Best fixed rate based on your energy profile
4) Termination Language
5) Language on material change
Solúcar PS10 es una planta solar termoeléctrica por tecnología de torre, la primera en el mundo explotada comercialmente. Solucar PS10 is the first solar thermal power plant based on tower in the world that generate electricity in a commercial way.
Here, I was having some fun with Topaz software. My thinking was to upload an image quite
different from the relatively straight b/w shot of the bridge cables, which is near this one.
Nikon D5100, AF-S Nikkor 55-200 VR.
Have a great weekend, everybody.
WOW...
I never thought I d see the day, where my immediate neighbor would have (visible) solar energy seen from my window. (In fact the opposite window also has visible solar energy use (albeit a bit farther away). In summer the view of these panels are blocked , due to the vegetation.
Photovoltaic panels convert solar into electricity. And solar collectors store heat, for hot water and hearing.