Hurricanes. Snow storms. Earthquake. Tornadoes. You have all clobbered populated areas in recent years, leading to extended power outages, fuel shortages, also the lack of drinking water. But people were living comfortably in completely off-grid, their own electricity produce, the use of sustainable sources of heat and even recycled water.
Have questions for Barry? Parts of you they can be answered in the comments and in the next episode.
These off-grid systems are and who sneaked into established America. Generators are sold in some supermarkets, wood stoves are popular heating, people learn how makes to recover and to reuse greywater and battery, which fuse are solar power systems through low-cost batteries combined with rising utility prices is rejuvenated. Inevitably, prices for these technologies more affordable will be more expensive as electricity, gas and water.
Our special guest for this week's show is death of DuBois, CEO of Sangha energy. Death company specializes in off-grid living systems including generators, battery backup solar power, grey water recovery systems. Tune in this week energy to renewable energy world show how death and Barry about your options for sustainable electricity, heat and water talk - also in your suburban jungle.
YOU will find click here to listen to the episode 5 of the energy show, and past events here.
About the energy show
We start as energy costs consume more and more of our hard-earned dollars, as a consumer really to make sure. But we need to us to accept $5 / gallon gas prices, $200 / month electricity bill and $500 heating costs. There are literally hundreds of products, tricks, and techniques that we can use to dramatically reduce these costs - very cost effective.
The energy show on renewable energy world is a weekly 20 minutes podcast, which offers to reduce tips and advice, your home and energy consumption. Each week we cover topics that help to lower your electricity bill explain new products and technologies in plain English, and through the hype cut so that you can make intelligent and cost-effective energy decisions.
About your host
Barry Cinnamon is a longtime supporter of renewable energy and a widely recognized solar power experts. In 2001 he founded Akeena solar - she grew to the largest national residential solar installer from the middle of the last decade with more than 10,000 roof customers coast to coast. He cooperates with Westinghouse to build Westinghouse solar in 2010, and sold the company in the year 2012.
His pioneering work to reduce costs on the rooftop solar power systems include Andalay, the first solar panel with built-in racking, earthing and cabling; the first UL listed AC solar panel; and the first fully "plug and play" AC solar panel. His current efforts focus on reducing soft costs for solar power systems, cause the system rates against double from Germany, in the United States.
Although Barry may be known for his outstanding work in the solar industry, he has hands-on experience with a variety of energy-saving technologies. He makes residential energy audits since the days of punch cards, developed one of the first ground source heat pumps in the early 80s and always adhere to the laws of thermodynamics.
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Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Listen here: emergency power supply and sustainable way of living off-grid
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Thursday, December 27, 2012
EPA Awards $675,000 to Students in Sustainable Tech Competition
Thursday, December 27, 2012
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on December 4 awarded a total of $675,000 in grants to 45 college teams in its "People, Prosperity and the Planet" annual student design competition. Each grant, which awarded up to $15,000 per team, will be applied toward designing and developing sustainable technologies to help protect health and the environment while promoting economic development.
For example, a team from Southern Polytechnic State University in Georgia will work on increasing photovoltaic panel energy output by having solar cells track the sun. Another team from Johns Hopkins University will study the integration of waste treatment with algal cultivation for aquaculture and renewable biofuel production.
After eight months of work on their projects, the teams will bring their designs to Washington, D.C. to participate in EPA's National Sustainable Design Expo, scheduled for April 20-21, 2013. A panel of scientific experts will judge the projects, and winners receive an award and recommendation for a second phase grant of up to $90,000 to further develop their designs and prepare them for the marketplace. See the EPA press release.
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For example, a team from Southern Polytechnic State University in Georgia will work on increasing photovoltaic panel energy output by having solar cells track the sun. Another team from Johns Hopkins University will study the integration of waste treatment with algal cultivation for aquaculture and renewable biofuel production.
After eight months of work on their projects, the teams will bring their designs to Washington, D.C. to participate in EPA's National Sustainable Design Expo, scheduled for April 20-21, 2013. A panel of scientific experts will judge the projects, and winners receive an award and recommendation for a second phase grant of up to $90,000 to further develop their designs and prepare them for the marketplace. See the EPA press release.
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Thursday, August 16, 2012
Sustainable industry forecasts for the second half of 2012
Thursday, August 16, 2012
We predict that these five areas will result in the sustainable industries in the remainder of this year:
1. Rapid consolidation in the field of energy efficiency.
The market for sustainable industries saw a shift in last year as money left over which capital, such as biomaterials, bio-fuels and wind, and these investors began sectors with high barriers to moved their attention to the less capital-intensive sectors such as energy efficiency. Since this trend in 2012 continue, energy efficiency of the most rapidly consolidating industry in sustainable industries become. We believe that this sector appear as managed services providers continue to continue to look, concentrated just to acquire energy efficiency technology companies to growing customer demand for real time energy solutions. We expect companies that do not traditionally begin with the category, move energy efficiency market through strategic acquisitions in the energy services were involved in. Growing companies in the area either buyer or seller are concentrated at this halfway point in 2012, almost all of the technology, fast.
2. All solar companies will see significant growth, in contrast to upstream solar company, the fight will be.
Although highly acclaimed failures such as Solyndra investors have been wary of the solar market, this bankruptcy for lack of answers to important market trends led, no general industry weakness. The decline in the cost of the curve panels, which is the most important of these trends actually builds growth opportunities especially in the downstream solar companies, balance of system supplier, solar finance companies and solar integrators. Upstream companies will however continue to struggle, as they are always forced, cut prices to stay competitive against other companies in the market.
3. Early stage Cleantech investments continue to accelerate.
A bright spot emerged from the first half of the year, as the number of early stage financing have increased further. In fact, 44 percent were all financing which in the first quarter of this year early stage transactions. For the sector means that more comfort treated investors to the risks at an early stage and taking, that entrepreneurs create companies, investors attractive of the business model and technology how to find prospects this positive.
4. Natural gas will use long term renewable energy
The U.S. Department of energy published a report in January, which said that an estimated 141 trillion cfm natural gas is in the position from the Marcellus shale are harvested with technologies that are currently on the market. There are many positive results with this relatively cheap and we see a reduction in investment in renewable energy abundant energy probably, while the natural gas infrastructure will be built in the next few years out. However, that natural gas infrastructure drive overall economic activity, in the long term in the area of renewable energy will be positive. We expect that in the coming years, many coal plants replace natural gas, but in our opinion of the fossil fuel market is too big to go through natural gas or only renewable energy sources be replaced.
5. Natural gas infrastructure will accelerate management under Romney
Financing and acquisitions have slowed on sustainable energy by the uncertainty, the forthcoming elections. However, if Romney is elected in November, we expect an uptick in the transactions in all market segments, including renewable energy sources, such as investor confidence in the economy as a whole have restored.
Building has Mitt Romney, which is an important supporter of natural gas, the natural gas infrastructure in the United States his number one aim of his energy policy made. While Obama has been natural gas development supportive, his policies have favoured renewable energy in General. This is not Obama say still promoting large-scale production either resource very successful.
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1. Rapid consolidation in the field of energy efficiency.
The market for sustainable industries saw a shift in last year as money left over which capital, such as biomaterials, bio-fuels and wind, and these investors began sectors with high barriers to moved their attention to the less capital-intensive sectors such as energy efficiency. Since this trend in 2012 continue, energy efficiency of the most rapidly consolidating industry in sustainable industries become. We believe that this sector appear as managed services providers continue to continue to look, concentrated just to acquire energy efficiency technology companies to growing customer demand for real time energy solutions. We expect companies that do not traditionally begin with the category, move energy efficiency market through strategic acquisitions in the energy services were involved in. Growing companies in the area either buyer or seller are concentrated at this halfway point in 2012, almost all of the technology, fast.
2. All solar companies will see significant growth, in contrast to upstream solar company, the fight will be.
Although highly acclaimed failures such as Solyndra investors have been wary of the solar market, this bankruptcy for lack of answers to important market trends led, no general industry weakness. The decline in the cost of the curve panels, which is the most important of these trends actually builds growth opportunities especially in the downstream solar companies, balance of system supplier, solar finance companies and solar integrators. Upstream companies will however continue to struggle, as they are always forced, cut prices to stay competitive against other companies in the market.
3. Early stage Cleantech investments continue to accelerate.
A bright spot emerged from the first half of the year, as the number of early stage financing have increased further. In fact, 44 percent were all financing which in the first quarter of this year early stage transactions. For the sector means that more comfort treated investors to the risks at an early stage and taking, that entrepreneurs create companies, investors attractive of the business model and technology how to find prospects this positive.
4. Natural gas will use long term renewable energy
The U.S. Department of energy published a report in January, which said that an estimated 141 trillion cfm natural gas is in the position from the Marcellus shale are harvested with technologies that are currently on the market. There are many positive results with this relatively cheap and we see a reduction in investment in renewable energy abundant energy probably, while the natural gas infrastructure will be built in the next few years out. However, that natural gas infrastructure drive overall economic activity, in the long term in the area of renewable energy will be positive. We expect that in the coming years, many coal plants replace natural gas, but in our opinion of the fossil fuel market is too big to go through natural gas or only renewable energy sources be replaced.
5. Natural gas infrastructure will accelerate management under Romney
Financing and acquisitions have slowed on sustainable energy by the uncertainty, the forthcoming elections. However, if Romney is elected in November, we expect an uptick in the transactions in all market segments, including renewable energy sources, such as investor confidence in the economy as a whole have restored.
Building has Mitt Romney, which is an important supporter of natural gas, the natural gas infrastructure in the United States his number one aim of his energy policy made. While Obama has been natural gas development supportive, his policies have favoured renewable energy in General. This is not Obama say still promoting large-scale production either resource very successful.
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