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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.
Solar energy has to be available even when the sun isn’t shining. As the world’s only supplier, BASF provides solar thermal power plants with large quantities of synthetically produced sodium nitrate, shown in the picture. With a mixture of melted potassium and sodium nitrate, the sun’s energy can be captured and stored as heat. Steam turbines convert this heat into electricity, which can be supplied to consumers.
Today’s heat storage media can store energy within a temperature range of 290 to 390 degrees Celsius. To enable even more solar energy to be stored at even higher temperatures in the future, BASF researchers are collaborating with solar thermal power plant operators to enhance heat storage media. When the sun’s energy can also be used at night, it’s because at BASF, we create chemistry.
Solarenergie soll auch dann verfügbar sein, wenn die Sonne nicht scheint. Als weltweit einziger Lieferant versorgt BASF solarthermische Kraftwerke mit großen Mengen synthetisch hergestelltem Natriumnitrat, das auf dem Bild zu sehen ist. Eine Mischung aus geschmolzenem Kalium- und Natriumnitrat speichert die eingefangene Sonnenenergie als Wärme. Dampfturbinen wandeln diese dann in Strom um, der dem Verbraucher zur Verfügung gestellt wird. Heutige Wärmespeichermedien speichern Energie in einem Temperaturbereich zwischen 290 und 390 Grad Celsius. Um künftig bei noch höheren Temperaturen noch mehr Sonnenenergie speichern zu können, arbeiten Forscher der BASF gemeinsam mit den Betreibern von solarthermischen Kraftwerken bereits an der Weiterentwicklung der Wärmespeichermedien. Wenn Sonnenenergie auch nachts zur Verfügung steht, dann ist das Chemie, die verbindet. Von BASF.
The Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) recently allocated 500 MW worth of solar PV power plants to five separate developers. All the projects were allocated at less than Rs 6.00/kWh (9.2¢/kWh), the lowest tariffs for any project allocated under the Punjab solar power policy so far.
Aerial view of solar panels at Sauerbier Ranches LLC, where producer Dan Doornbos (vest) and son-in-law ranch operator Ryan Ellis, were able to implement brush management practices and install a solar-powered (photovoltaic) electric well pump and distribution system with the help of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources and Conservation Service (NRCS) John Wagoner (cowboy hat), at Sweetwater Basin, in southwest Montana, on August 27, 2019. Brush management practice has opened the rangeland for cattle to better graze and improve the land. On other parts of the ranches, well pumps draw water from the aquifer below a creek. The pump pushes water through pipelines, up to rangelands more than two miles away to draw cattle to a variety of grazing areas. This improves the water quality by drawing the cattle from the nearby flowing creek; provides more water from a more stable underground water resource; allows the land to rest from the presence of the cattle; allows the manure to return to the soil so that the plants can better grow back, and provides drinking water for the cattle in remote rangelands.
Brush Management is the management or removal of woody (non-herbaceous or succulent) plants including those that are invasive and noxious. This creates the desired plant community consistent with the ecological site or a desired state within the site description; restores or release desired vegetative cover to protect soils, control erosion, reduce sediment, improve water quality, or enhance hydrology.• Maintain, modify, or enhance fish and wildlife habitat; improves forage accessibility, quality, and quantity for livestock and wildlife; Manages fuel loads to achieve desired conditions; controls pervasive plant species to a desired level of treatment that will ultimately contribute to creation or maintenance of an ecological site description “steady-state” addressing the need for forage, wildlife habitat, and/or water quality.
Pumping Plant is a facility that delivers water at a designed pressure and flow rate. Includes the required pump(s), associated power unit(s), plumbing, appurtenances, and may include on-site fuel or energy source(s), and protective structures.
USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
For more information, please see:
Brush Management - nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb1254946.pdf
Water Well - nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs143_026211.pdf
Pumping Plant Pumping Plan - nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb1046901.pdf
NRCS - nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/site/national/home/
Farm Production and Conservation - usda.gov/our-agency/about-usda/mission-areas
USDA - USDA.gov
Brush Management is the management or removal of woody (non-herbaceous or succulent) plants including those that are invasive and noxious. This creates the desired plant community consistent with the ecological site or a desired state within the site description; restores or release desired vegetative cover to protect soils, control erosion, reduce sediment, improve water quality, or enhance hydrology.• Maintain, modify, or enhance fish and wildlife habitat; improves forage accessibility, quality, and quantity for livestock and wildlife; Manages fuel loads to achieve desired conditions; controls pervasive plant species to a desired level of treatment that will ultimately contribute to creation or maintenance of an ecological site description “steady-state” addressing the need for forage, wildlife habitat, and/or water quality.
Pumping Plant is a facility that delivers water at a designed pressure and flow rate. Includes the required pump(s), associated power unit(s), plumbing, appurtenances, and may include on-site fuel or energy source(s), and protective structures.
USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
For more information, please see:
Brush Management - nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb1254946.pdf
Water Well - nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs143_026211.pdf
Pumping Plant Pumping Plan - nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb1046901.pdf
NRCS - nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/site/national/home/
Farm Production and Conservation - usda.gov/our-agency/about-usda/mission-areas
USDA - USDA.gov
Brush Management is the management or removal of woody (non-herbaceous or succulent) plants including those that are invasive and noxious. This creates the desired plant community consistent with the ecological site or a desired state within the site description; restores or release desired vegetative cover to protect soils, control erosion, reduce sediment, improve water quality, or enhance hydrology.• Maintain, modify, or enhance fish and wildlife habitat; improves forage accessibility, quality, and quantity for livestock and wildlife; Manages fuel loads to achieve desired conditions; controls pervasive plant species to a desired level of treatment that will ultimately contribute to creation or maintenance of an ecological site description “steady state” addressing the need for forage, wildlife habitat, and/or water quality.
Pumping Plant is a facility that delivers water at a designed pressure and flow rate. Includes the required pump(s), associated power unit(s), plumbing, appurtenances, and may include on-site fuel or energy source(s), and protective structures.
USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
For more information, please see:
Brush Management - nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb1254946.pdf
Water Well - nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs143_026211.pdf
Pumping Plant Pumping Plan - nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb1046901.pdf
NRCS - nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/site/national/home/
Farm Production and Conservation - usda.gov/our-agency/about-usda/mission-areas
USDA - USDA.gov
Brush Management is the management or removal of woody (non-herbaceous or succulent) plants including those that are invasive and noxious. This creates the desired plant community consistent with the ecological site or a desired state within the site description; restores or release desired vegetative cover to protect soils, control erosion, reduce sediment, improve water quality, or enhance hydrology.• Maintain, modify, or enhance fish and wildlife habitat; improves forage accessibility, quality, and quantity for livestock and wildlife; Manages fuel loads to achieve desired conditions; controls pervasive plant species to a desired level of treatment that will ultimately contribute to creation or maintenance of an ecological site description “steady state” addressing the need for forage, wildlife habitat, and/or water quality.
Pumping Plant is a facility that delivers water at a designed pressure and flow rate. Includes the required pump(s), associated power unit(s), plumbing, appurtenances, and may include on-site fuel or energy source(s), and protective structures.
USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
For more information, please see:
Brush Management - nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb1254946.pdf
Water Well - nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs143_026211.pdf
Pumping Plant Pumping Plan - nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb1046901.pdf
NRCS - nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/site/national/home/
Farm Production and Conservation - usda.gov/our-agency/about-usda/mission-areas
USDA - USDA.gov
Heidel Hollow Farms, on Wednesday, April 20, 2011, has been a family owned farm since 1852 and is currently an 1,800 acre operation in Germansville, PA. Led by David Fink, President of Heidel Hollow Farms, they mainly produce and compact hay for exportand grow produce on 300 acres for local. With the financial help of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) an 896 panel solar array was recently installed on non farmable diversion ditches. Rated at 200 kilowatts, they project 240 megawatts of electricity to be produced each year, providing up to 70% of the farms electrical needs. Additionally, USDA financial assistance made it possible to replace the hay compactor’s diesel engines with clean low-maintenance, low operating cost electric motors to power the compactor's hydraulic system. The compactor increases the density of baled hay by two and half times for more efficient shipping to overseas customers. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
My cheap little solar energy wind chime turned out to be a good buy ! At night little colored lights go through the Humming birds changing colors !
Solar panels can be just as effective in the winter as they can during the peak of the summer season. However, for property owners to maximize the output of their solar power system, they must commit to a comprehensive winter maintenance regimen. There are several important elements to consider...
bendygo.com/blog/three-solar-panel-winter-maintenance-tip...
The two blocks of flats, Holmen and Grynnan, have building integrated photovoltaic systems (the darker parts of the facade, about 400 sqm).
The buildings consists of 212 dwellings plus shops, restaurants etc on the ground floor.
The neighbourhood was 2005 awarded the Kasper Salin-price for best new buildings and urban park in Sweden by The Swedish Association of Architects.
Built: 2004. Architect: White, Stockholm. www.white.se (website also in English)
I could not face this so point and shoot worked for me....it also makes me think of the crayon drawings made by children, with the big sun in a corner and rays spreading out in all directions. It was too powerful, even with shades on my eyes, to hold my eyes open as I framed and took this shot.
Protect your eyes...they allow you to view our beautiful planet.
Butler Solar Facility
Butler, Georgia
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The chain link fence it not electrified. There were no insulators on it so I stuck my camera through it for some photos.
Solar PV (photovoltaic) panels. Not to be confused with solar thermal panels (see previous image)
Enough solar energy for a home
About Solar panels: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_panel
The Sun Ship is the service center for the Solar Settlement in Vauban district, Freiburg City, Germany. On the ground floor there is an eco-supermarket, a pharmacy store and a café. On the roof of the Sun Ship building there are nine penthouses.
The cables in the air belong to the city tram system.
It is the first commercial PlusEnergy building (it produces more energy than it expends). On the roof there is a large mounted photovoltaic unit. The walls have special triple-paned windows and vacuum insulation panels. Ventilation with heat recovery is also integrated into the facade. The construction of the building gives an annual primary energy savings of about 1 million kWh.
Architect: Rolf Disch. The color concept was developed by a Berlin artist, Erich Wiesner.
Rolf Disch Solar Architecture www.rolfdisch.de (website also in English)
This recycled home is primarily made of two shipping containers connected by a spiral staircase. The house is rather spacious with fully furnished kitchen, bathroom, livingroom, home office and two bedrooms. I've always been fascinated by container houses and this is my first try to create one. The angles of the upper container and the staircase were the greatest challenges of this building project.
The Ministry of New and renewable Energy in India, with the support of UNDP, has been developing and promoting solar concentrators to reduce and replace the use of conventional fuels that degrade the environment.
Photo Credit: UN Photo
We have replaced our wind generator with a three sided solar panel "Tower of Power". It may become a new photo fixation for me. Summit Station, Greenland... top of the ice sheet HDR Aug 22 12 0056_7_tm
We happened to fly by exactly at the moment when a single lonely cloud in the sky dropped the shadow on the sun ray collection mirrors.
The historic COP21 climate meeting in Paris. Great photo moments and video. Open to connect.
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I've set up a small solar system: 2 15 watt photovoltaic panels, 400 watt inverter, 30 amp solar charge controller, and a 145 amp hour deep cycle marine battery. My brother-in-law Greg built the handy cart to keep it all together and semi-mobile. So far so good though I'm fairly certain I'll be adding another 15 watt panel for a total of 45 watts. The current 30 watts is not alot but it is enough to power my laptop for several hours every evening, cell phone charger and a compact fluorescent light. I'm also using the 2 solar LED lanterns for night time light.
This recycled home is primarily made of two shipping containers connected by a spiral staircase. The house is rather spacious with fully furnished kitchen, bathroom, livingroom, home office and two bedrooms. I've always been fascinated by container houses and this is my first try to create one. The angles of the upper container and the staircase were the greatest challenges of this building project.
The Micropolis Green Energy Company has been investing in more eco-friendly technology recently. They have just opened this solar farm which sits at the end of the runway of Micropolis Airport. Ref: D1603-026
Own electricity through solar energy. Since very recently, there is also a wind turbine at the camp.
hambacherforst.blogsport.de/2015/12/21/windkraftanlage/
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The historic COP21 climate meeting in Paris. Great photo moments and video. Open to connect.
Follow me on Instagram
Lars Ling channels
Please connect for dealflow with the leading CleanTech & Impact companies solutions from the Nordics and the Baltics with financing.
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+46727406606
Photo Credit: Lars Ling
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CleanTech Region Impact Group
Original Caption: Solar heating and cooling demonstration project, which is funded by the National Science Foundation. This home is one of three completed by the university using a liquid solar heating system for both heating and air conditioning. At the time this picture was taken, no such systems were on the market. Flat plate collectors on the roof have blackened copper tubing to absorb heat from the sun. Heated water is piped to an 1,100 gallon tank in the basement and then is circulated through the house to heat it, 05/1975.
U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-14878
Photographer: Norton, Boyd
Subjects:
Environmental protection
Natural resources
Pollution
Fort Collins (Colorado, United States) inhabited place
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July 26, 2017 - Nipton, CA- Contracted workers clean Heliostats at the Ivanpah Solar Project, owned by NRG Energy, Bright Source Energy,Bechtel and Google. Over 300,000 software-controlled mirrors track the sun in two dimensions and reflect the sunlight to boilers that sit atop three 459 foot tall power towers. The facility employs over 65 operations and maintenance workers and over 2,600 jobs during it's 3 year construction period. (Photo by DENNIS SCHROEDER / NREL)
July 26, 2017 - Nipton, CA- The Ivanpah Solar Project, owned by NRG Energy, Bright Source Energy,Bechtel and Google. Over 300,000 software-controlled mirrors track the sun in two dimensions and reflect the sunlight to boilers that sit atop three 459 foot tall power towers. When the concentrated sunlight strikes the boilers’ pipes, it heats the water to create superheated steam, providing electricity to 140,000 California homes. (Photo by DENNIS SCHROEDER / NREL)
I'm thankful for Hydrogen. More of the matter in the universe is Hydrogen than all the other elements together. As the graphic says, it is part of water. Removing the Hydrogen from water, so that it can be added to food, is the whole point of photosynthesis. It makes up part of most of the important molecules in our bodies, including DNA, protein, carbohydrates, fats, hormones and vitamins. And the energy that come to us from the sun comes from the fusion of Hydrogen nuclei. It's fundamental to existence. See here for more discussion of the importance of Hydrogen.
I'm thankful for Hydrogen. I believe God planned for it to be able to do these things, but I can't prove it. That can't be disproved, either.
The graphic inserted in the word, "Hydrogen," is a photograph of the sun, from en.wikipedia.org, which allows such use.
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Lots of energy around our home especially when Lewis is running about! However, he's got a "bad" cold today and wasn't feeling like running about and showing off all of that energy.
So, I've gone for solar energy that is scattered about our garden - better than plugging in!!
Happy Mother's Day to everyone (although not today in the UK)
Our Daily Challenge - ENERGY
In the playful context of Seattle Center’s festival grounds, Sonic Bloom is a permanent interactive art installation at the foot of Seattle’s Space Needle and a defining entry sculpture to the Pacific Science Center. 5 giant solar flowers absorb the sun’s energy and express it at night with patterned LED lighting and in the daytime with a chorus of interactive harmonic tones triggered by people’s movement around each flower. The striped stalks are also massive barcodes that allow inquisitive types to decode the supersized puzzle.
At the foot of Seattle’s Space Needle and a defining entry sculpture to the Pacific Science Center, Sonic Bloom was conceived as a dynamic and educational focal piece that would extend the Science Center’s education outside of their buildings while engaging the public with an iconic artwork prompting curiosity and interactivity both during the day and night.
Commissioned by the Pacific Science Center and Seattle City Light’s Green Up Program.
5 flowers: 20’ diameter and up to 40’ tall. Steel, fiberglass, custom photo voltaic cells, LEDs, sensors, interactive sound system and energy data monitoring.
Used at www.iseleyandwalsh.com/solar-panels-are-they-the-right-in..., and www.pv-tech.org/news/australian_government_orders_solar_i..., and www.businesspundit.com/10-hot-small-business-ideas-for-20..., and www.makeitcheaper.com.au/blog/going-solar-three-considera..., and www.ecodesenvolvimento.org/posts/2016/posts/marco/novas-r..., and twenergy.com/a/google-sunroof-la-nueva-herramienta-para-d..., and currengroup.com/2015/03/solar-panels-and-community-gardens/, and understandsolar.com/buying-a-house-with-solar-panels/
The floating solar photovoltaic (PV) power generation panels at the Da Mi hydro power plant in Binh Thuan, Viet Nam.
The Floating Solar Energy Project finances the Da Nhim - Ham Thuan - Da Mi Hydro Power Joint Stock Company (DHD) to install floating solar photovoltaic (PV) power generation panels, on the man-made reservoir of its existing 175 megawatt (MW) Da Mi hydropower plant.
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The solar cells are also sun shades for the windows (not as many solar cells as in front of the walls). 8 flats built in 2004. Architect: White arkitekter. Builder: Familjebostäder.
Solar cells on southern wall (109 sqm) and on roof (118 sqm). Export of localy produced electricity during day time and purchase of electricity from the grid at night. Project name in Swedish: Lysande.
www.white.se (website also in English)
IVANPAH, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 02 2013: As seen from Tower 1, heliostats aimed at Tower 1 reflect sunlight at the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility.
Located in the Mojave Desert 40 miles southwest of Las Vegas, The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System is a solar thermal power project, currently under construction, with a planned capacity of 392 megawatts gross, enough to power approximately 140,000 houses. It will deploy 173,500 heliostat mirrors spread over approximately 3,500 acres, focusing solar energy on boilers located atop three solar power towers, generating steam to turn a conventional steam turbine. The project – owned by NRG Solar, Google and BrightSource Energy – is currently the largest solar thermal plant under construction in the world. The project is being constructed by Bechtel. (photo Gilles Mingasson/Getty Images for Bechtel).