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This is the Donside Village Hydro Turbine located within the nature reserve , I've taken some info from their website on the story behind the project to install and utilise the turbine to produce HydroElectricity.
The micro hydro scheme is located at a bend of the River Don, at the edge of the former papermill which is now being re-developed for a variety of other purposes, including residential housing, with the riverside being developed by the community for recreational use and wildlife value.
The land for the hydro was secured from the landowner and developer, Sanctuary Group, by the community for the generation of renewable energy.
By short-cutting this bend in the river, the hydro makes use of the gradually sloping river bed that falls over a depth of about 2.5m and covers a distance of 200m. The hydro scheme will be fed by a new lade and make full extent of the natural fall by cutting across the bend.
A feasibility study indicated that the site has the potential to generate about 400kW of power but under the current government energy subsidy regime (Feed-in-Tariff ) a scale of 100kW is the most economically feasible.
Donside Village has an enviable location on the banks of the River Don approximately 4km from the city centre of Aberdeen. It is on the site of the former Donside Papermill in the wider Tillydrone community. The papermill occupied the site until its closure in 2001 and demolition in 2006.
The site has been, and continues to be re-developed into a sustainable mixed community one of the UK’s largest Registered Social Landlords; Sanctuary Housing.
Inside the original boundary of the former papermill, new modern energy efficient flats and houses have been built, with a mix of social housing, part buy and owner occupied properties. The properties overlook the river which will be designed and landscaped by the community as an amenity for people and wildlife from the local community and beyond.
This community is known as Donside. It is represented by the Donside Community Association, made up of the residents and friends of Donside Village.
Hydroelectricity involves the conversion of energy stored in water held at a height as it travels to a lower level. The flow of water drives a mechanical shaft which then drives an electric generator.
The vertical fall of the water, known as the head, is essential for hydropower generation. Fast-flowing water on its own does not contain sufficient energy for useful power production.
Aberdeen Community Energy have purchased and installed a Landustrie Hydropower Screw Turbine for the Donside Hydro.
Explore #493 August 24th, 2008
My corn on the cob cupcakes! (you know, corn is renewable energy, but then again...so is sugar in my case,lol)
The corn kernels are jelly beans. The melted butter is a starburst cut in half and slightly melted. The pepper is black sugar.
My entry for the Monthly Scavenger Hunt category "Renewable Energy".
This video shows off the functions of my Energy 2.0 moc. The music was made by me in Garage Band a while back, and while it's not my best, it fits the video well. In some of the shots, the action is hard to see, so keep an eye out for the light-up feature of the house. I hope you enjoy!
Wind Farm at Altimont Pass, Livermore, CA. Thanks to Edward (aka Light Stalker) for dragging my sleepy head for early morning shot... :D
Yikes, so many dust at my sensor...
Renewable Energy
Wind turbines in a field.
Photo credit: Sheila Sund
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Nevada Crescent Dunes
If you care about clean energy, the BLM is a major leader in making solar, wind, and geothermal energy possible.
Since 2009, BLM has approved 57 renewable energy projects (34 solar, 11 wind, and 12 geothermal) with potential for over 15,000 MWs, or enough to power more than 5 million homes and create some 26,000 jobs. There are currently over 17,000 MWs of renewable energy projects permitted on public land, including 2,379 MWs of renewable energy projects approved prior to 2009.
BLM is focused on approving renewable energy development on public lands in accelerated, but environmentally-responsible manner; ensuring protection of signature landscapes, wildlife habitats, and cultural resources.
For the years 2016 and 2017, the BLM will process 7 renewable energy projects (5 solar and 2 geothermal) representing 1337 MW, or enough electricity to power over 400,000 homes.
Photo by BLM Nevada
Renewable energy (Biomass) livery. Personally I like this better than their dull squiggly green standard one.
Seen on the Fairfield Bench in Montana. Foreground is some vintage farm equipment. Background a new wind tower is being assembled. The blades look different than some earlier wind towers in Montana. They have a bit of curve. Seen while out on my motorcycle.
Nothing lasts forever, and one of the things that are going to run out in a short while is oil. Fossil fuels have been used for a very long time as a means of generating much of the energy needs of the globe. From cars to electricity and plastics, these fossil fuels have been burned and transformed into heat energy and a million other products.
Today, however, the oil reserves are drying up and a world energy crisis is beginning to take shape. With renewable energy solutions, however, this can be averted. Endless supply of resources Renewable energy solutions are the means of generating the energy needs for humans through resources that are in endless supply right in our environment. The sun and wind, for instance, are classic examples of renewable energy sources.
Read More at: greenfuelpower.blogspot.com/2009/11/renewable-energy-solu...
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4K Close up shot of the wind turbine producing alternative energy You can download this clip as a MOV file without watermark here: api.videoblocks.com/video/4k-close-up-shot-of-the-wind-tu...
The Bureau of Land Management announces the start of construction of the Desert Quartzite solar project near Blythe in eastern Riverside County, advancing the Biden-Harris administration’s efforts to combat the climate crisis by supporting the development of renewable energy. This photo represents a simulation of what the final project will look like.
Photo courtesy of Desert Quartzite, LLC.
The solar crew of Dave Simmonds, Warren Sarauer and Steve Milne from Evergreen and Gold Renewable Energy pose with Evansdale Community League's new 13.6 kilowatt solar system that will provide half of the community organizations electricity over the course of a year. Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca See story: www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/evansdale-community-solar
I've often said that one of the interesting things about street art is that the canvas is renewable - you can paint over the same space again and again. But when the canvas is also the material the art is made from, it's a bit of a different story.
Biowanze's bio-ethanol complex in Wanze, Belgium, will use wheat and beet syrup as feedstock. View On Black
Current waste treatment plant uses biological proesses to clean water at Doug Jernigan Farms, a three-generation family farm and employer who, a few months earlier, refinanced a first of it’s kind in the nation, swine-turkey waste to renewable energy system (RES), with the assistance of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development (RD) Renewable Energy for America Program (REAP) loan guarantee in Mt. Olive, NC, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015.
Typical systems separate methane gas for energy, solids are disposed or repurposed and liquids are cleaned. This new system addition takes the watery manure effluent to a new and as Mr. Jernigan say’s “prolific profit” producing state through savings and sales. “There is an opportunity for the farm to make money doing a good thing for the environment.”
The system handles about 75,000 gallons of swine and turkey waste effluent each day. Piped to a series of tanks, and mechanical equipment that separates solids, and liquids. The current treatment facility biologically removes ammonia nitrogen with bacteria adapted to high-strength wastewater; removes phosphorus via alkali precipitation; and reduction emissions of odorant compounds, ammonia, pathogens, and heavy metals to the environment. The water is cleaned for reuse in the swine and turkey operations that wash more manure into the cycle of the system.
The new methane reactors (under the framework of what will be a C-span structure) use an endothermic gasifier that heats the waste solids to very high temperatures to the point that they release gases. The clean methane gas will fuel an engine that turns a 300KW electrical generator producing electricity; ethanol will help fuel farm equipment, and resulting potash solids can be used or sold for agricultural fertilizer. Excess amounts of electricity, that the farms cannot use, will be sold and transmitted to the local energy company, for use by residents and businesses; renewable energy credits (REC) are sold to a different energy company.
With a system that eliminates all ammonia and other odor creating compounds, Mr. Jernigan says, “What I’m doing is good for the environment; it’s good for the farm in the respect that you’re getting rid of waste that you’re creating in a high-tech way. There’s no footprint. It’s just gone.”
Doug and Aileen are lifelong farmers and they have three grown children that work in the farm operation. Their farm currently operates a 21,600 finishing farm operation, an eight house turkey operation, a 250 head cow /calf operation. The farm also consists of 2,400 acres of row crop production (cotton, corn, soybeans and wheat).
Doug Jernigan’s grandfather started farming here in 1941, and he continues the tradition with his business that began in 1974.
In talking about the greater potential of this technology and what others should consider, Jernigan says, “I see it as a win-win thing.”
For more information about USDA, RD and REAP please see: www.usda.gov, www.rd.usda.gov, and www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/rural-energy-america-pr...
USDA Photo by Lance Cheung
*The treatment system (without the methane reactor) was documented to remove, on a mass basis, approximately 99% of total suspended solids, 98% of COD, 99% of TKN, 100% ammonia, 100% odor compounds, 92% phosphorus, 95% copper, and 97% zinc from the flushed manure. Fecal coliform reductions were measured to be 99.98%
I took this shot from car during our travel to St.Paul and St. Antony Monasteries which are located 30km for here. Hope you like it :)
Location: Zaafarana, Suez-Hurghada Highway, about 160km ESE Cairo
The Shot:
Nikon D90
Nikkor Zoom Lens 55-200mm
Manual Mood
f/5.6
1/2000 sec
iso 100
Software:
: : Lightroom: Processed in RAW using a Preset made by me :)
Oregon Lime Wind Energy
If you care about clean energy, the BLM is a major leader in making solar, wind, and geothermal energy possible.
Since 2009, BLM has approved 57 renewable energy projects (34 solar, 11 wind, and 12 geothermal) with potential for over 15,000 MWs, or enough to power more than 5 million homes and create some 26,000 jobs. There are currently over 17,000 MWs of renewable energy projects permitted on public land, including 2,379 MWs of renewable energy projects approved prior to 2009.
BLM is focused on approving renewable energy development on public lands in accelerated, but environmentally-responsible manner; ensuring protection of signature landscapes, wildlife habitats, and cultural resources.
For the years 2016 and 2017, the BLM will process 7 renewable energy projects (5 solar and 2 geothermal) representing 1337 MW, or enough electricity to power over 400,000 homes.
Photo by BLM Oregon