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Well I finally got to the field of ripening wheat before the combine harvester. It's looking nice. In this scene you can see that powerlines cross the field leading to the solar farm on the right. So there you go: farming the sun in traditional and modern ways.
The 685 kilowatt peak system is part of Petronas' Solar PV Project piloted in collaboration with Mitsubishi Corporation to develop its capability in PV technology project management, access technology performance, build its green credentials and enhance public awareness on sustainable development.
All these solar pv panels couldn't have suddenly appeared overnight. The installation of the Petronas Solar PV system started back in April 2011 and had taken only nine months to complete. February 2012 was when it was fully commissioned, and had a capability of producing more than 600 megawatt-hours of solar energy annually, enough to power up to 250 households. It now supplies about 30 per cent of Suria KLCC's power requirements!
These awesome contraptions were installed in patterns that follow the Islamic architectural and the songket motifs that are common to the Petronas Twin Towers.
Sage Hall, a LEED Gold certified building, with "solar flowers"
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
A great visit from ZESA Holdings, based in Zimbabwe to Helsinki in Finland.
The focus was on Renewable Energy solutions and Internet base stations for rural development. Great meetings at Business Finland, Maria 01, Helsinki Education Hub, Business Helsinki, Aalto University, Aalto Startup center, Hanken Business LAB and more.
Thank you team ZESA and Henrik Keinonen, Business Helsinki for high energy days with Löyli, the real Finnish Sauna Experience.
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No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.
This intriguing snippet is attributed to a conversation between Samuel Johnson and James Boswell, his biographer, on 20 Sep 1777.
What would Johnson say now of London, and what life can afford?
London has already taken on some major projects: think the Romans, the Normans, the 14th and 17th century plagues, the Great Fire, WWII, the Great Stink solved by Bazalgette's sewer, the Great Fog of 1952… Remarkably, as the tower going up beside the glorious Lloyd's Building shows, it hasn't finished yet.
My viewing platform is the Monument to the Great Fire of London. Look about those roofs: air handling equipment, satellite dishes, mobile phone antennae, safety railing, access gear, chimneys now forbidden by the Clean Air Act, and wait, what's that? It's a solar photovoltaic array. Is this all that life can afford?
The presence of rooftop solar PV is not what's remarkable. What is remarkable is just how little priority is given to such things against the other paraphenalia. Will that new tower, which clearly has good solar access, be fitted with vertical solar panels? Yes, I know, that's a suboptimal angle at roughly 52°N; imperfect efficiency. But so is the 17th century technology used to burn hydrocarbons, boil water and spin turbines. Still, we tolerate that. Would the Grenfell Tower with it's protrusion above the landscape been better served with solar panels instead of combustible composite cladding?
Don't misunderstand my questions! This is not yet another attack on London. Goodness knows its had enough insults flung at it over the past 2000 years. No, I love London. It's in my shortlist of cities, and that list is short — on the whole I'm not fond of cities — so for London to make it onto that list, it must be a true favourite.
Righto London, home town of the first coal-fired power station, when you feel the need for another big project, and you've done it before, we look again to your indomitable spirit in leadership; you are the indefatigable beacon to the world on all that life can afford — just ask Johnson!
Electrical apprentice Eric Penel works on the solar reference array, which has been installed on the roof of the Shaw Theatre at NAIT's Main Campus in Edmonton.
Clifton Lofthaug of Great Canadian Solar, Jason Atkinson of ENMAX and Stephen Lindop the mayor of Devon on the roof of the Leduc Recreation Centre with a 1.14 MW solar system, the largest rooftop solar system in Western Canada. Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca See blog, video and podcast: www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/leduc-rooftop-solar
Thursday 26 March 2020.
Didn't sleep well last night due to dry cough (no fever). Did a bit of work. After lunch nap to catch up on sleep. Felt a bit rough for a while. Mopped the hall floor. Shuffled round the garden and admired the strong sunshine, cloudless sky, and the quiet - traffic noise from the main road about 200 metres away has almost disappeared. Took this photo. The Solar PV panels quietly generate electricity until the shadow of the chimney reduced output.
Several weeks of lockdown is going to be hard work.
"I really want schools to be more environmentally friendly, with new energy, especially with so many schools in Alberta being rebuilt, so, I want to have solar panels, and have automatic lights so we don't have to use so much energy," said Gabby Cowan of Bonneyville High School after presenting the Climate Leadership in Alberta Schools student written white paper on climate change education. Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca See video, blog and photos: www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/150-students-meet-minis...
Shafraaz and Serena Kaba with their three storey near-net-zero home that is super energy efficient, tailor made the northern climate of North America’s mostly northerly big city, Edmonton, Alberta. Photo David Dodge www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/79-chasing-net-zero-net...
It's a semi-integrated install so the roof tiles are removed, mainly because that way the panels don't stick out that much and it makes it look better.
I visited my niece's off-the-grid house located in bushland north of Orange, NSW. 14 solar PV panels provide power to a battery storage system. The windmill that pumps bore water can also be switched to generate power for the system. House is passive solar design with a composting toilet and beautiful views down the valley. But with bush all around, they will need a bushfire emergency plan.
I visited my niece's off-the-grid house located in bushland north of Orange, NSW. 14 solar PV panels provide power to a battery storage system. The windmill that pumps bore water can also be switched to generate power for the system. House is passive solar design with a composting toilet and beautiful views down the valley. But with bush all around, they will need a bushfire emergency plan.
Double 2x4 walls dramatically increase the insulation of super energy efficient homes and cut down on heat losses due to thermal bridging through the wood. Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Learn more:
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Passive solar pool heating on a roof in Florida. Obviously not such a bad place for making use of the technology. While this is a very cool and useful photo for anyone who wants to check out solar pool heating - FYI the solar PV system above is Miami Dade hurricane compliant by having a third rail under the panels.
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Finished solar cells ready to be transferred to the module assembly step. SolarWorld manufacturing facility Hillsboro, Oregon.
Having launched the solar pv strategy roadmap, Minister of State Gregory Barker visited Bentley Motors in Crewe to see their rooftop solar array, the largest of its kind in the UK.
Roof integrated solar heating panels in a flat concrete tile roof. Part of a development of new houses.
Chatham Maritime, Kent, UK
Client: Countryside Properties
Yes, this looks to be the first cob countertop. In our bathroom we decided to experiment. A lot cheaper than corian, tile or paper stone and also a lot more sustainable.
I ride my bike by this home every day from work and it has been on my list of objects to photograph for the 365 photo project. It is great to see solar PV in action like this.
I visited my niece's off-the-grid house located in bushland north of Orange, NSW. 14 solar PV panels provide power to a battery storage system. The windmill that pumps bore water can also be switched to generate power for the system. House is passive solar design with a composting toilet and beautiful views down the valley. But with bush all around, they will need a bushfire emergency plan.
The model will be part of the display at the Royal BC Museum. The exhibit that potrays the 150th anniversary of the colonization of BC needed to end on a positive note.
Having launched the solar pv strategy roadmap, Minister of State Gregory Barker visited Bentley Motors in Crewe to see their rooftop solar array, the largest of its kind in the UK.
Shafraaz and Serena Kaba’s near net-zero home was inspired by the German concept of the Passivhaus, a super energy efficient home that requires very little energy for heating or cooling. The home is air tight, very well insulated and it gets half its heating from passive solar energy streaming through the windows. Photo Darren Greenwood www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/episode-80-chasing-net-...
I visited my niece's off-the-grid house located in bushland north of Orange, NSW. 14 solar PV panels provide power to a battery storage system. The windmill that pumps bore water can also be switched to generate power for the system. House is passive solar design with a composting toilet and beautiful views down the valley. But with bush all around, they will need a bushfire emergency plan.
That's 25 210Wp Sanyo HIP-210NKHE1 PV panels, capable of producing a total of 5.25kWp.
In reality it'll be somewhat lower, one because of inverter/wiring/misc. losses, and two, because that number is based upon having perfect conditions which won't be met all the time, especially as our roof isn't perfect. Regardless, once up, they should still produce just about all the electricity we use over the course of a year, especially once we get a more efficient tumble dryer.
Plus, since we'll get paid for every kWh we generate, regardless of whether we use or export them to the grid (why it works like this is a long and very boring story), they should very easily eliminate our entire electricity bill over the course of the year.
April Hartt is an electrician with Great Canadian Solar on the Leduc solar project. Great Canadian Solar has more doubled its staff this year already. Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca See blog, video and podcast: www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/leduc-rooftop-solar
I visited my niece's off-the-grid house located in bushland north of Orange, NSW. 14 solar PV panels provide power to a battery storage system. The windmill that pumps bore water can also be switched to generate power for the system. House is passive solar design with a composting toilet and beautiful views down the valley. But with bush all around, they will need a bushfire emergency plan.
I visited my niece's off-the-grid house located in bushland north of Orange, NSW. 14 solar PV panels provide power to a battery storage system. The windmill that pumps bore water can also be switched to generate power for the system. House is passive solar design with a composting toilet and beautiful views down the valley. But with bush all around, they will need a bushfire emergency plan.
Shafraaz and Serena Kaba with their three storey near-net-zero home that is super energy efficient, tailor made the northern climate of North America’s mostly northerly big city, Edmonton, Alberta. Photo David Dodge www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/79-chasing-net-zero-net...