Green Inc. Column – Europe Looks to Africa for Solar Power
NEW YORK — The European project known as Desertec is nothing if not ambitious.
It aims to harvest the sun’s energy — using a method known as concentrating solar power, or C.S.P. — from the vast North African desert and deliver it as electricity, via high-voltage transmission lines, to markets in Europe. Eventually, its backers say, it could satisfy as much as 15 percent of the European Union’s power needs.
The idea, which has been bouncing around for years, arises out of an alphabet soup of organizations, formal multinational partnerships and regional acronyms like TREC, for Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy Cooperation; Eumena, or European Union, the Mediterranean and North Africa; the Union of the Mediterranean; and the Club of Rome.
Technology | Solar Panels
There have been recent announcements of significant investment in solar energy generation in the state of Tennessee.
Confluence Solar, the Missouri-based company, last week announced it had decided on Clinton, Tennessee, as the location for its new $250 million distribution, warehousing and manufacturing facility. The new facility will manufacture premium quality mono-crystal silicon ingots which will be used for photovoltaic solar power generation, and it is believed that the new venture will create around 250 new jobs.
Confluence is one of many new clean energy companies that have chosen to call Tennessee home. There has been investment in the state from Wacker Chemie, Hemlock Semiconductor, Shoals Technologies Group, Sharp Solar, SIAG Aerisyn L.L.C., DuPont-Danisco, AGC Flat Glass, Alstom Power and Genera Energy. In 2009 the Pew Center for the States named Tennessee one of the three leading states in the United States for clean technology employment growth.
Solar-Powered Cell-Phone Chargers
Wireless cell phone chargers would just be heavenly, wouldn’t they? I can’t think of how many times I’ve been stranded in the woods, city or elsewhere with no way to power my dying call. Good thing is that portable electric packs do exist. Even better news? They come in solar electricity varieties in addition to the charge-before-you-go kind. This technology could revolutionize telecommunications for emergency teams, such as rural firefighters fighting a forest fire.
Here are the best solar cell chargers and how they work:
- India could be a top
India could be a top-five solar energy market within 5 years
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The Energy Blog: BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2006
Gas: World gas consumption growth also fell back in 2005 although the fall – 2.3 per cent – was less than that of oil.
Coal: Coal continued to be the fastest growing fuel thanks to China which consumes 36.9 per cent of the world’s coal, almost all of which is domestically produced. Chinese coal consumption rose by 10.9 per cent in 2005, down from 14.4 per cent in 2004. Coal growth outside China was modest, up by 1.8 per cent in 2005, just slightly ahead of the 10 year average of 1.5 per cent. International coal is now relatively cheap with prices having risen less than gas and then falling back faster. The cost of carbon has yet to critically impact fuel choice.
Energy sources
The end of Piracy? The difference between the income sources of energy and the present fossil fuel economy is like the difference between the Spanish Empire and its methods compared to a modern economy. The conquistadors saw the new worlds they discovered as if they were a pirate band – somewhere to be plundered. They looked for gold wherever they went and when they found it, stole it. Nothing was made. When they got the gold home it caused inflation and a huge rise in imports. The economy of making things faded away, leaving Spain impoverished and bankrupt.
The oil and coal economy is similar. These energy sources began to be plundered in the 18th century. We should see those great companies such as Exxon, Shell and BP as pirate bands. They look for the energy supplies in the earth, and extract them. It’s easy money, compared to actually making things. When they are gone, they are gone. Even if this process didn’t threaten catastrophic climate change it’s a daft way to behave, as when they are used up we would all be like Spain after Empire – bankrupt.
Solar Energy Farming | Solar Panels
Solar energy farming in Indiana
Solar energy farming is… excuse the pun…. cropping up in Indiana! In Vigo County, one couple has installed 60 PV solar panels on the roof of their barn, which collectively produce 13.4 kilowatts (kW) of electricity. Helped by One Planet Solar & Wind, which installed the solar arrays on the barn, Dr. and Mrs. Loveall hope to bring the farm to 100% energy independence.
Even in Recession, Future of Solar Power is Bright – CleanTechnica: Cleantech innovation news and views
San Francisco has been host to some big solar industry events this month, especially the Intersolar North America conference. In the middle of a recession, it is hard to walk the halls of a trade show of an industry dominated by manufacturers and not feel some pain. And it has been tough – industry revenues are forecast to be down 40% this year. But hopefully most of these players know that what doesn’t kill them, makes them stronger.
While some analysts are still down on the sector, and in some cases for good reasons of too much capital in the wrong places, most are bullish for next year. Some forecast 60% growth for 2011 and beyond. Certainly our experience is that there’s a lot of residential consumers out there that still want to go solar as a great way to save themselves money.
Philadelphia Eagles Will Take Stadium Off Grid with Renewable Power
The NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles announced a plan to power Lincoln Financial Field with a combination of on-site wind, solar and dual-fuel generated electricity, making it the world’s first major sports stadium to convert completey to on-site power.
The Eagles have contracted with Orlando FL-based SolarBlue, a renewable energy and energy conservation company, to install approximately 80 20-foot spiral-shaped wind turbines on the top rim of the stadium and affix 2,500 solar panels on the stadium’s facade. Together, these are expected to provide about 30% of the facility’s power needes. SolarBlue will also build a 7.6 megawatt (MW) onsite dual-fuel cogeneration plant that will burn biodiesel and natural gas to supply the remaining power needs.
The Eagles and SolarBlue estimate that over the 20-year horizon, the on-site energy sources at Lincoln Financial Field will provide 1.039 billion kilowatt hours of electricity–more than enough to supply the stadium’s power needs–enabling an estimated 4 MW of excess energy off-peak to be sold back to the local electric grid.