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A magical morning at The Cove in Concord Park. I might go so far as to say the sun flares I was creating added some solar powered energy to my day.
Apart from a little crop , top , left side and lower , it's as was out of camera , on my trusty Fuji SL240
Teccccccccy stuff ! Firstly , it was nearly at sunset , up at " the Polish Place " , on the Scenic Rim in Queensland ...... the pic , one of three or four taken using the screen , seriously though , NOT ,
through viewfinder and lens !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Handheld , but strap pulled tight !
For some reason though it would not load up onto flickr 14th Aug. this morning . only loading about 10.00 tonight ..... kept on telling me it was unsuitable ??????
For more conventional pics, there are some in my " the Polish Place " album or for lots more info, go to www.thepolishplace.co.au
Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Architects: Architectus (Australia) & Ingenhoven Architects (Germany).
Owners: DEXUS Property Group, DEXUS Wholesale Property Fund, Cbus Property.
1 Bligh Street was completed in 2011 and is a 27 level sustainable elliptically designed office space in the heart of Sydney’s CBD.
It has been awarded a 6 star green star rating - the highest awarded in NSW.
90% of all the steel used in the project contains more than 50% recycled content.
All the timber and plywood used in the structure is recycled from FSC accredited sources.
94% of all the construction waste (37,000 tonnes) has been recycled.
80% of all PVC-type products have been replaced with non-PVC materials.
One of the main features is a 135m naturally ventilated atrium.
The building also features floor-to ceiling double-skinned glass.
The cavity between the the two skins has an aluminium louvred sunshade system that is computer controlled.
This process reduces air-conditioning usage by 50% and controls the light in the building.
At the top of the building is a stunning roof top timber terrace.
The roof also features 500sq. metres of glass-tubed, steam creating, solar collectors.
The building generates approx. 25% of its energy consumption via a tri-generation plant using solar and gas.
This plant produces energy for electricity, heating, & cooling.
On the ground floor is a glazed and naturally ventilated wintergarden.
1 Bligh Street also features a dedicated child-care facility, two cafes, and a car park for 96 cars.
Below ground level is an innovative black water recycling system that provides 90% of the building’s water requirements.
The City of Sydney council granted 1 Bligh Street with the first licence in the CBD to extract sewage from the mains for recycling for private use.
All the rainwater that falls on the building is also collected for usage. The building produces 100,000 litres of clean water per day.
The office complex also features Australia’s largest vertical garden on its southern side which is 40m long and features approx. 11,000 plants.
Sources
1 Bligh Street website
ABC TV show Catalyst website.
Sydney Architecture website
Sydney Open.
A bi-annual event run by Sydney Living Museums in conjunction with the Sydney Architecture Festival.
50 buildings around the heart of Sydney open their doors to the public.
Some of these buildings are not usually open to the public.
Purchasing a ticket called City Pass gives you access to these buildings for a full day.
There are also special Focus Tours that provide guided tours of more restricted buildings.
In 2014 these included tours of Harry Seidler buildings and also historic places like the Tank Stream & the QVB Dome.
Free courtesy buses provide transport for the event.
I spent the day hanging out with Ian Burrows and had a great time.
Ian does great some work & you can check out his photography here: Beetwo77
Two views of one of the interesting technological sights as you head closer to Port Augusta. This is Sundrop Farm - consisting of this amazing 127 metre tall solar collector tower, combined with 24,000 mirrors aiming the plentiful sunlight at the collector. It produces electricity to provide power for desalination of the salt water from the nearby Spencer Gulf and provide heat and cooling to the 200,000 square metres of greenhouses, all of which help produce a continuous and sustainable supply of food. I believe, if you have eaten truss tomatoes purchased from Coles supermarkets, there is a good chance that they were grown right here. There is some great information and video of this amazing place on the Sundrop Farm website if you are keen to learn more. I was suitably amazed.
Being a very long lens, and taken from some distance away, this has picked up the amazing shimmering heat haze being generated on the day, and highlights how much the sun can heat the area when it was only a mild 18 degrees C.
Most of the lights are back on now from the massive power outage that struck parts of Southern California. It did not affect us here. Nice to know there are alternatives are available!
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Electric charging station.
Karlskrona stadsförs., Blekinge, Sweden
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At 510 MW, the Ouarzazate Solar Power Station is the world's largest station using concentrated solar power technology (it also includes photovoltaic panels that produce another 72 MW). This tower belongs to the Noor III component. It stands 250 m tall and is 20 km (12 mi) distant here. Heliostat mirrors collect sunlight and focus it on the top of the tower, where it yields molten salt. The molten salt serves for heat transfer to a turbine and heat storage.
Near Barstow, Pacifc Gas and Electric Plant, solar collectors/reflector tower, zoom 360 panorama stitch
15000x744 from stitched zoomed Canon S2 powershot
Here in California the hummers re-energize by capturing the solar power directly to the wings.......
As I mentioned before there is a lot of rubbish getting washed up on Dubai’s beaches and yesterday evening I found yet again an unusual item lying in the sand. This time it was a long, thin light bulb that looked like it was out at sea for a long time. Solar power? Not quite, but the sun sure looks nice through the glass…
To view the blog entry go to: www.momentaryawe.com/blog/?p=822
I could not resist stopping in the middle of the lightly traveled road to quickly capture the image of the power lines drawing the eye to the deep glow of the sunset. It is what solar energy looks like Edison's way. 😉
This one for sure looks better on B l a c k M a g i c
Todays challenge for the daily shoot We get energy from a variety of sources. Make a photograph of the energy that's most important to you.
This shot was inspired by and dedicated to Dave DiCello www.flickr.com/photos/evad310/ who does amazing sun flare shots, do got check out his superb stream, this is not in the league of his, but I am happy enough with it
As soon as I saw todays assignment for the daily shot I thought the power of the sun was a shot I wanted to get, as all my shots are pretty much using natural light so without the sun I wouldnt get many shots, but was getting worried as it was such a changeable day today sunny one minute cloudy and raining the next, unfortunately for most of the morning and early afternoon I was in meetings during the sunny spells so was thinking of reconsidering and took some shots of horsepower aka motorbike engines, but then I saw the sun out and popped and got this shot, and its close to what I wanted with some sun flare
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.
Brand new solar panels on our roof. With the guaranteed infeed compensation in Germany the investment will have amortised in about 5 years, with 15 more years of guaranteed returns.
I've been meaning to photograph this power plant. As I drove by it tonight, I liked the lighting. I stopped, took my photo equipment out, and hiked up a small hill.
Economics still continue to push power plants, including this one, to convert electricity production from coal-sourced to gas-. This plant still has one coal-fired generating unit left of what used to be four. The other three were converted to natural-gas fired combustion turbines a few years ago. Situated on the Dix Dam, this plant also generates hydro power and solar power to a much lesser degree.
An electrician in the Launceston suburb of Alanvale has gone the full Chevy Chase in "Christmas Vacation" this year.
I was also excited to see when editing this photo that the camera had picked up the constellation of the Seven Sisters (Pleiades). It is 444 light years away from earth. I'll take that as a little Christmas present in this photo. Those in the northern hemisphere will see that the constellation is 'upside down' compared to your view.
“SPS CONSTRUCTION: SECOND PASS”
No signature. Craig Kavafes?
Fortunately, the image is in Fig. 2 of the following, a 1980 paper entitled “SPECIFIC SPS CONSTRUCTION STUDIES: CONSTRUCTION TASKS-CONSTRUCTION BASE”, by Ronald W. McCaffrey, Grumman Aerospace Corporation, Bethpage, N.Y.
The scale & enormity of the proposed concept is mind boggling…no wonder it was never built, despite the envisioned utopian energy end state.
“ABSTRACT
This paper discusses a concept for building the 5000 MW reference Solar Power Satellite in earth orbit, based on recent work performed for NASA/JSC under contract to Boeing, on the SPS System Definition Study, and on related work performed under Grumman IRAD.
INTRODUCTION
Several concepts have been recently described on how to build the Solar Power Satellite (SPS) in space. These concepts entail fabrication and assembly of the entire satellite in geostationary earth orbit (GEO), at 35,800 km altitude, as well as partial construction at an intermediate low earth orbit (LEO) followed by final assembly in GEO. A concept for building the entire 5000 MW reference satellite in GEO is discussed below. Construction base operations needed to produce one SPS every six months are described and areas for near term technology development are identified.
GEO CONSTRUCTION BASE
The GEO Base concept shown in Fig. I was developed to build the 5000 MW reference SPS system, which uses silicon solar cells with no concentration. This 4 Bay End Builder construction base was selected for further definition in the Phase 2 study because it offered greater production capability than other concepts investigated in Phase I. The GEO construction base is configured to avoid free flying facilities and/or assembly methods. As a result, the base has contiguous facilities for concurrent assembly and subsequent mating of the satellite energy conversion system and its power transmission antenna.
The overall base is 3.44 km wide x 3.65 km long x 0.9 km deep. The base structure serves as an assembly jig which houses the required construction equipment and supports the emerging satellite during all phases of construction. The top deck of the GEO base, level J, provides facilities for cargo docking/unloading and distribution, crew quarters, command and control operations, orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) docking and servicing, and SPS maintenance support complex. Base electrical power and flight control subsystems are also provided so that all work facilities and crew support facilities can operate, as needed.
GEO CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS
The personnel needed to activate the 4 Bay End Builder Construction Base must travel first by means of the Shuttle to LEO and finally, by means of an orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) which operates from the LEO base.
The 4 Bay End Builder Base assembles the 5 GW reference Solar Power Satellite entirely in geosynchronous orbit, as shown by the construction sequence shown in Fig. 2.
[OF WHICH THE POSTED PHOTO IS A PART OF]
The 8 bay wide satellite energy conversion system is constructed in two successive passes on one side of the base, while the microwave antenna is assembled on the other side of the base. During the first construction pass, the GEO base builds one-half of the energy conversion system, a 4 bay wide strip by 16 bays long. When this part of the satellite has been constructed, the base is indexed back along the edge of the structure to the first end frame. During the second construction pass [THE POSTED PHOTO], the remaining 4 bay wide strip is attached directly to the assembled satellite systems. Throughout the construction operation, SPS construction materials and components will be delivered by large electrical orbital transfer vehicles (EOTV). These vehicles will station-keep at least 1 km away, while special cargo tugs transfer material pallets. GEO base crews will, of course, also be rotated as needed. At the end of the second pass, the base is then indexed sideward to mate the antenna with the center line of the energy conversion system. After final test and check out, the base separates from the satellite and is transferred to the next orbital position for SPS construction.
The reference scenario requires that one 5 GW satellite is to be constructed every six months for 30 years. In order to carry out this program, nearly 450 space workers would be needed on two daily shifts (10 hours each) to perform construction, base support, maintenance, safety and base management operations.
BASE CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM
The end builder construction system described above uses ten synchronized beam machines to automatically fabricate continuous longitudinal beams for the energy conversion system. Lateral and diagonal members of the structural assembly are fabricated with three mobile beam builder substations. The assembly sequence, as shown in Fig. 3, begins with assembly of the first end frame and its attachment to the longitudinal members. This frame is automatically indexed away as the synchronized beam builders fabricate the required length of longitudinal beam to complete the structural bay. During these operations, solar array blankets and power busses are installed in parallel. For example, Fig. 4 shows how the solar array blankets might be temporarily anchored to the base so that they can be automatically deployed during longitudinal beam building operations. The illustration also shows two cherry pickers prepared to handle and connect opposite ends of a 667.5 m solar array support beam to the SPS frame after it emerges from the 12.7 m beam builder.
NEAR TERM TECHNOLOGY EMPHASIS
Constructing the large skeletal structure of the energy conversion system (5.35 km x I0.78 km x 0.47 km), including the installation and check out of its subsystems, will not be an easy task. While plausible concepts have been derived and limited development work has been started on auto-fabrication, a great deal of additional analysis and technology development work needs to be done before we can have confidence in the practicality of this process. For example, future dynamic analysis of the satellite construction process may show that some techniques can impose stringent load conditions on the elements of the satellite, while other techniques do not. As the reference SPS concept matures, all aspects of the construction approach must be analyzed further and periodically re-examined by considering technology issues related to the satellite design, orbit construction location, base facilities, crew and operations. These efforts should also be supported by laboratory investigations of SPS construction issues related to structural fabrication and assembly, construction support and subsystems assembly methods. This effort should be focused on developing technology which can lead toward SPS beam builders, SPS beam handling, subsystem assembly, mating of large space structures and techniques for deploying/installing SPS non-structural subsystems. Subscale prototype demonstrations should be used, wherever practical.”
At:
ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19820014858
Additional pertinent reading, to include the image:
nss.org/wp-content/uploads/SSP-Boeing-CR160480-1979-Phase...
Credit: NSS website
CHANNEL MARKING
One of the most important functions of marine aids to navigation is to keep larger vessels or any boats that have deep draft out of shallow areas where they could run aground and be stranded !
Running aground has always been one of the greatest dangers to marine traffic and shipping, so consequently an elaborate system of channel markers has evolved to help boat operators and ship captains steer their vessels through the potentially treacherous waters that are usually found near land !
Channel markers make use of natural corridors of deep water, such as river beds and tidal cuts, as well as man-made canals and dredged deep water channels created for the purpose of navigation !
Thanks To Mia ~ Now Identified !
Update
A cardinal mark is a sea mark (a buoy or other floating or fixed structure) used in maritime pilotage to indicate the position of a hazard and the direction of safe water.
Cardinal marks indicate the direction of safety as a cardinal (compass) direction (north, east, south or west) relative to the mark. This makes them meaningful regardless of the direction or position of the approaching vessel, in contrast to the (perhaps better-known) lateral mark system.
The characteristics and meanings of cardinal marks are as defined by the International Association of Lighthouse Authorities.
A cardinal mark indicates one of the four compass directions by:
the direction of its two conical top-marks, which can both point up, indicating north; down, indicating south; towards each other, indicating west; or away from each other, indicating east
its distinctive pattern of black and yellow stripes, which follows the orientation of the cones - the black stripe is in the position pointed to by the cones (eg at the top for a north cardinal, in the middle for a west cardinal)
optionally, its distinctive sequence of flashing light, which consists of a sequence of quick or very quick flashes whose number gives the clockface position which corresponds to the direction of the cardinal (eg three for an east cardinal, nine for a west; north has continuous flashes, and south may be augmented with a long flash, to help distinguish it from a west in difficult conditions)
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As long as the fossil fuel lobby has a free hand in Washington D.C. and the state capitols, the potential for renewable energy, such as solar power, will never reach its full potential.
The fossil fuel lobby's all-out push for fracking will permanently destroy our nation's landscape and poison our water FOREVER. It will be akin to a toxic nuclear effect without the radiation. Thus the meaning for the image shown here.
Image No.2 with heavy tone-curve processing.
I love old farmhouse kitchens and I was scared that when we built our house that the kitchen wouldn't have any charm. Using stone and pieces of wood we found here and there and some very new wood we cut from our woods, we had the start of a room that felt "lived in" as we were building it.
I added the old wooden tables which I've had since I was a student in Glasgow, a few chairs that have been given to me over the years, a woodstove we bought second-hand and a few bits that have followed me around for years and the new house feels like home.