Passive Solar Air Heater Heating System Alternative Energy
This is a video of the Passive Solar Heating System in use at www.envirosponsible.com in Whitby, Ontario, Canada. It provides a great deal of heat, and the installer, Chris, will be making it more effecient by adding a second computer fan to push the warm air at the top, painting the inside better and taping the duct work. Also, the duct work will be directed into the office where the door can be closed and used in a smaller air mass. This kind of heater is ideal for urban survival and bugging in, since it requires no power input and is cheap and easy to make. It’s not just for strawbale, cob, cabins, cottages, earth ships or businesses. They can be installed on a home, and they look great when done right. Ragnar Benson would be proud. Visit our site at envirosponsible.com or call us at 905-666-2002.
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New offshore wind base in Scotland
First Minister Alex Salmond today announced plans by energy engineering giant Doosan Power Systems to locate its renewables research and development (R&D) base – and potentially offshore wind turbine manufacturing – in Scotland, creating hundreds of new jobs with investments worth up to £170 million over the next ten years. Doosan and Scottish Enterprise have agreed to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Under this MoU, the company intends to locate its R&D Centre of Excellence for Renewables at its current site at Westway in Renfrew, near Glasgow, supported by Scottish Enterprise, creating up to 200 jobs. Subject to further discussions under the MoU a second phase would see the establishment of assembly and manufacturing facilities in Scotland – now the company’s favoured location for wind turbine prototype-build and manufacturing. Separately the First Minister announced that Steel Engineering, also based at Westway, will create a least 120 new jobs, supported by £1.8 million Regional Selective Assistance through Scottish Enterprise – to double its full-time workforce and expand its business servicing a range of clean energy sectors, including offshore wind, wave and tidal power.
Solar Energy (Freiburg, Germany)
Solar Energy Village in Germany (Freiburg). en.wikipedia.org www.tve.org
Made in Germany | Offshore Energy: Germany Plans Wind Parks on the Open Sea
As more and more windy areas on land fill with rotors to convert wind power to electricity, manufacturers are pushing to move their facilities offshore, where the wind is stronger and steadier. Germany has plans to generate 25000 megawatts of power from offshore wind energy by 2030. That corresponds to 15 percent of electricity use. The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency has given the green light for six wind turbines for commercial use to be built 45 kilometers off the North Sea island of Borkum. The operator will be Alpha Ventus. Ironically, the wind has delayed construction until 2009. But a model plant is being built off the mainland town of Hooksiel. Three pipes, three meters in diameter are being rammed 45 meters deep into the Wadden Sea. Then come the tower, the gondola and the 60 meter long rotor blades. Made in Germany was there to see the giant wind energy plant put together.
President Obama Surprise Visit to Wind Energy Plant in Iowa
President Obama Surprise Visit to Wind Energy Plant in Iowa