Posts Tagged ‘rooftops’
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008
Smart Water
A standalone desalinator needs 17 gallons of diesel fuel and 66.5 kilowatts of
electricity to make 1,000 gallons of freshwater, but now, the Solar Cube, (made
by Spectra Watermakers in California), churns out 1,500 gallons of drinking water
on just 22 kilowatts of its own solar and wind power. The innovation is a pump
that triples efficiency by recapturing hydraulic pressure during the filtering
process. Solar Cubes are now bringing freshwater to remote regions and places
short on infrastructure and electricity without paying the CO2 price – way cool. (more…)
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Sunday, December 21st, 2008
Home Wind Systems are Selling well in spite of a soft US economy. Wind Energy 7 is
helping homeowners to build and install wind/solar hybrid systems. They have complete
kits of matching components starting at $2450 and going up to whatever size project a
customer needs. The best selling is the smaller rooftop mounted turbines that connect
with a solar panel to give clean reliable power.
Rooftop wind turbine and solar hybrid
The cycles of heavy wind season in winter, heavy solar season in summer go hand in
hand with their hybrid wind/solar systems.
Wherever wind resources are available, a solar system should have a wind turbine to
supplement it. Wind blows more at night, sun is stronger by day. Wind is stronger
in winter seasons, sun is stronger in summer seasons. Our systems have more balance
than a straight wind or solar system. By combining wind/solar as a hybrid system,
their charging capability is more steady and consistant.
Wind Energy 7 designs, develop, and fabricate wind/solar hybrid energy products
that they sell online. Customers have found the kits to be easy to deploy and
understand.
I know this is still expensive for most folks but it is a start with the right (more…)
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Posted in Going Green | 10 Comments »
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
On a typical summer day most cities in the world are several degrees warmer than the
adjacent countryside. It is known as the heat island effect. Our cities have become
hot and harsh environments and require a vast amount of energy to make life
comfortable. The strain on power lines is enormous, and electric companies must
scramble to meet peak demand. In fact, heat waves kill more Americans than all other (more…)
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