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Seguin Storage owner Timothy Oglesby utilized a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development (RD) Rural Utilities Service (RUS) Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) to help with the photovoltaic array (solar panels) to reduce the cost of operating his storage facility in Seguin, Texas, on March 24, 2020. This is the first phase of the complex that will have additional storage buildings with plans to install arrays on each.
Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) was used FY 2017 for a grant amount of $18,729.75 toward the
30.7 kW Solar Photovoltaic system placed on the roof of a new climate-controlled storage facility. The solar array produces an average of 44,193 kWh annually. Based on an average price of $0.089 per kWh the small business grantee should save $3,933.17 per year. The grant was 25% of the total eligible project costs ($74,919) for a total of $18,729.75. The return on investment for this project is 19 years.
RD is committed to helping improve the economy and quality of life in rural America. Through our programs, we help rural Americans in many ways by offering loans, grants, and loan guarantees to help create jobs and support economic development and essential services such as housing; health care; first responder services and equipment; and water, electricity, and communications infrastructure. To learn more information about RD, please see rd.usda.gov
RUS provides the much-needed infrastructure or infrastructure improvements to rural communities. These include water and waste treatment, electric power, and telecommunications services. All of these services help to expand economic opportunities and improve the quality of life for rural residents. For more information about RUS, please go to rd.usda.gov/about-rd/agencies/rural-utilities-service
USDA Photos by Lance Cheung.
A house on the (almost finished) bicycle boulevard (Franklin Street).
This house has at least 13 solar panels.
Seguin Storage owner Timothy Oglesby utilized a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development (RD) Rural Utilities Service (RUS) Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) to help with the photovoltaic array (solar panels) to reduce the cost of operating his storage facility in Seguin, Texas, on March 24, 2020. This is the first phase of the complex that will have additional storage buildings with plans to install arrays on each.
Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) was used FY 2017 for a grant amount of $18,729.75 toward the
30.7 kW Solar Photovoltaic system placed on the roof of a new climate-controlled storage facility. The solar array produces an average of 44,193 kWh annually. Based on an average price of $0.089 per kWh the small business grantee should save $3,933.17 per year. The grant was 25% of the total eligible project costs ($74,919) for a total of $18,729.75. The return on investment for this project is 19 years.
RD is committed to helping improve the economy and quality of life in rural America. Through our programs, we help rural Americans in many ways by offering loans, grants, and loan guarantees to help create jobs and support economic development and essential services such as housing; health care; first responder services and equipment; and water, electricity, and communications infrastructure. To learn more information about RD, please see rd.usda.gov
RUS provides the much-needed infrastructure or infrastructure improvements to rural communities. These include water and waste treatment, electric power, and telecommunications services. All of these services help to expand economic opportunities and improve the quality of life for rural residents. For more information about RUS, please go to rd.usda.gov/about-rd/agencies/rural-utilities-service
USDA Photos by Lance Cheung.
IVANPAH, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 04 2013: Tower 1's heliostats under a cloudy sky at sunset, with Tower 2 and 3 in the distance, 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).
Solar Collector power plant simulation set to heliostats on solar concentrator and located in Nashua, NH, 12/08/2010. Red lines indicate solar path and sunrise/sunset azimuths on simulation date. Red shading indicates solar elevation angle and azimuth at time of screenshot.
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IVANPAH, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 02 2013: As seen from the top of the tower just below the boiler section, heliostats surrounding Tower 1 reflect sunlight toward the tower's top 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).
This solar PV system at Lick Wilmerding school in San Francisco, California meets roughly 1% of the electrical energy demands for the school. It is a beautiful system with a prominent location on campus.
This 360 acre solar generating station is quite impressive. I have been watching the construction. It is not yet on line but when it does start producing electricity I have been told that it will power many thousands of homes. The individual panels are about 3 feet tall and aimed at about 45 degrees. The array is set up right under a power line so the power can be pumped right into the grid.
So who knows. Will electrons flow into or out of this field? I am pretty sure the answer is no. Alternating electric fields do not require a net flow of electrons but there will be a movement of electrical energy into the wires. It is so interesting that all this happens without any visible sign other than what might be seen in the electrical substations.
You can't see it from this shot but there are more panels set up across the street in the far left. 360 acres is a large area. It is 145 Hectres or about a half of a square mile. I took these shots using a Canon EF zoom 1:2.8 wide angle lens then stitched them together using the stitch feature of my Zoom Bowser software that used to come with Canon Cameras.
105 solar panels are installed at Littlestown Veterinary Hospital in Littlestown, PA, in mid September 2010. The Littlestown Veterinary Hospital in Littlestown, PA, received a grant from the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development under the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) to have solar panels installed to help reduce their carbon footprint and to have cost effective electric power for the hospital. REAP provides grants for energy audits and renewable energy development assistance. The program also provides funds to agricultural producers and rural small business to purchase and install renewable energy systems and make energy efficiency improvements. The expected cost savings using solar power for the hospital’s electrical needs is expected to reduce the facility’s operating expenses by 50%. Courtesy photo by Julie Holland.
IVANPAH, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 05 2013: An aerial view of Tower 1 and its heliostats at the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility, where heliostast installation is nearly completed, and steam blow tests are taking place. Located in the Mojave Desert 40 miles southwest of Las Vegas, The Ivanpah Solar Power Facility is a solar thermal power project, currently under construction, with a planned capacity of 392 megawatts, enough to power approximately 140,000 houses. It will deploy 170,000 heliostat mirrors spread over 4,000 hectares, focusing solar energy on boilers located atop three solar power towers, generating steam to drive specially adapted steam turbines The project, developed by Bechtel, will cost $2.2 billion and be the largest solar farm in the world (photo Gilles Mingasson/Getty Images for Bechtel).
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The "Hybrid Tower Kazekamome" makes it possible to store electricity produced by its solar and wind power generators. Taken by iPhone 4S
Joebob got tired of waiting for the city to bring out sewer services to his property and designed his own high-tech resource for his bodily functions....
IVANPAH, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 05 2013: An aerial view of the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility with Tower 1, 2 and 3, where heliostats installation is nearly completed.
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).
IVANPAH, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 02 2013: Heliostats surround Tower 1 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).
Research at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) includes development of materials and batteries for stationary energy storage applications, as well battery testing, as shown in this photo. With growing national and international interest in clean, sustainable energy, stationary energy storage will be vital to adding renewables (wind and solar power, etc.) to the power grid, and perhaps even to making the smart grid a reality.
In this photo: PNNL Scientist Daiwon Choi
For more information, visit www.pnl.gov/news
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Menlo School students developing a solar power supply for a school in Tanzania. Photo by Pete Zivkov.
Kodama Farm
42 Tall Tree Ln
Chimacum WA 98325
New permaculture-inspired market farm in the beautiful Beaver Valley of Chimacum. Focused on regenerative practices & soil health, Kodama grows a multitude of vegetables, fruits, & herbs specializing in citrus, mushrooms, heirloom vegetables, & unique fruit. Other projects in the works include developing a 5 acre food forest & construction of a commercial kitchen for a future CSA. Come say “hi” to our 3 adorable Nigerian dwarf goats, take a tour of the farm & the tropical geodesic dome, & learn about our sustainable gardening practices.
Planet Solar, an organization promoting solar power, is conducting a circumnavigation aboard Turanor, a 101-foot, solar-powered catamaran with more than 5,000 square feet of solar cells. Photos by Gunnar Knechtel and courtesy of Planet Solar. To see more marine photography, go to www.madmariner.com. Para ver estas fotos en nuestro sitio en español, visite www.marineroloco.com
Solar panels at Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen. Output on this partly
cloudy day was 360W when I walked by.
Some of the 90 solar panels recently installed at Ruby Falls as part of the environmental initiative. Ruby Falls is proud to be the first attraction in the U.S. to achieve Green Globe Certification for their environmental efforts. More information on Ruby Falls can be found at www.rubyfalls.com.
IVANPAH, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 05 2013: An aerial view of the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility at sunrise, with left to right Tower 1, 2 and 3, and the Primm Golf Course, bottom.
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).
Baltimore City has created the solar powered water wheel, a 100,000-pound trash-collecting device that harness solar power and the current. Debris is funneled into the device and then onto a conveyor belt that deposits it into a dumpster, which is emptied once full.
Demanding good jobs, healthier communities, and frontline justice with 100% clean, renewable energy, hundreds of New Yorkers converged on the State Capitol on Wednesday to call on Governor Cuomo and state lawmakers to support the NYS Climate & Community Protection Act (A.10342) – the nation’s strongest climate protection bill. NY Renews, a historic group of labor, environmental, and grassroots organizations, is coming together for the first time to trailblaze a new front in the fight against climate change – pushing the climate protection debate from an environmental discussion to an economic and social justice one.
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IVANPAH, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 02 2013: The top of Tower 1 is "lit" during a steam blow test at the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility. Located in the Mojave Desert 40 miles southwest of Las Vegas, The Ivanpah Solar Power Facility is a solar thermal power project, currently under construction, with a planned capacity of 392 megawatts, enough to power approximately 140,000 houses. It will deploy 170,000 heliostat mirrors spread over 4,000 hectares, focusing solar energy on boilers located atop three solar power towers, generating steam to drive specially adapted steam turbines The project, developed by Bechtel, will cost $2.2 billion and be the largest solar farm in the world (photo Gilles Mingasson/Getty Images for Bechtel).
IVANPAH, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 05 2013: An aerial view of Tower 1 and its heliostats at the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility, where heliostast installation is nearly completed, and steam blow tests are taking place.
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).
Solar-powered benches and bins beside the Between Forest and Skies V&A aluminium sculpture. Photograph: Doug Peters/ UK Government
IVANPAH, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 05 2013: An aerial view of the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility at sunrise, with Tower 3, foregroud, 2 and 1. Heliostats installation is nearly completed.
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).
IVANPAH, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 05 2013: The top of Tower 1's is "lit" as a steam blow test is in progress in this aerial view of Tower 1 and its heliostats 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).
The drone has two cameras and four motors , Kiosk Solar uses them for solar panel installation surveys . The Ipad does the controlling .
Women from Afghanistan, Bolivia, Cameroon, Mail, Sierra Leone, and The Gambia are training to become barefoot solar engineers in Tilonia, home of the Barefoot College in India. After 6 months training in India, they will return to their home countries and solar-electrify their own communities.
IVANPAH, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 05 2013: An aerial view of Tower 1 and its heliostats at the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility, where heliostast installation is nearly completed, and steam blow tests are taking place.
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).
I robbed my original Solar Power Bank, for the batteries in the Electric Pusher Trailer and the Electric Riding Mower. I had to come up with another battery bank, so I combined some Pb/Acid and LiFePO4 batteries.
I'm absolutely amazed that the 12.8 volt nominal LiFePO4 flexpack cells are staying balanced during both charge and discharge even though they don't have BEQ1-LiFePO4 regulators on the cells. NOTE: This particular LiFePO4 flex cell pack was originally installed in the E-Eclipse as the aux battery for lights, fans etc. Being charged with a standard dumb charger from Harbor Freight, the cells overcharged, and expanded like a balloon, since there were no BEQ1-LiFePO4 regulators on them to keep them safe. I revived them with the compression recovery method, and am using them here in the Solar Power Bank. I'm sure they aren't quite as good as new, but they do get me through the entire evening/night with according to the SOC meter plenty of charge left.
I knew from the Electric Eclipse's hybrid traction pack, two LiFePO4 cells wired in series, and then paralleled onto each 6volt Golf Cart battery worked fine and never overcharged, but was unsure if 4ea LiFePO4 cells wired in series, and then paralleled would do the same, yet so far after over 2 weeks, they are working great.
IVANPAH, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 05 2013: An aerial view of the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility with left to right Tower 1, 2 and 3, where heliostats installation is nearly completed.
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).
Research at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) includes development of materials and batteries for stationary energy storage applications, as well battery testing, as shown in this photo. With growing national and international interest in clean, sustainable energy, stationary energy storage will be vital to adding renewables (wind and solar power, etc.) to the power grid, and perhaps even to making the smart grid a reality.
In this photo: PNNL Scientist Daiwon Choi
For more information, visit www.pnl.gov/news
Terms of Use: Our images are freely and publicly available for use with the credit line, "Courtesy of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory." Please use provided caption information for use in appropriate context.