Open innovation & solar: a new horizon is in the heart of coal country

Many visions were created and developed over the years, the show in the direction of what calls Economist Jeremy Rifken of the third industrial revolution: a network economy, where the whole system is interactive, integrated and seamless. This integration of energy sources is currently and will create still completely new opportunities for cross-industry relations in the coming years. For Rifken, the third industrial revolution will become a new era of "distributed capitalism" in the existing and new businesses and homeowners energy player. Unfortunately not Rifken the decompress mechanism like distributed capitalism functions on the level of raw materials, i.e. the kind and wise, will be there in which by answering the question below:

How do we create the necessary communication to ensure connections (formally/informally) to the emergence of the third industrial revolution?

Provides an important piece in this puzzle, a team of global pioneers come together to understand to the morphogenesis of human creativity at the base by experimenting with open innovation and solar development synergistically interact to increase technological change over the course of time. A living lab or iLab in the heart of Central Appalachian coal country develop, many organizations that make up the Central Appalachian sustainable development (CASE) network, to identify integrative synergies between traditional and new energy resources.

Barcelona LOW3 derived project of living Labs can be understood as a "holistic infrastructure for research and innovation and have the potential to draw off, tools for teaching, connects all three activities within the creative real world based on user co-creation and open innovation." The iLab open innovation Consortium is to develop exactly that of a peer-to-peer network, where "human creativity" used across multiple connected peers. Each participant of the Consortium provides a portion of their resources iLab participants directly.

Many regional universities, including the West Virginia University and University of Pikeville as anchor institutions serve an integral resource of the Consortium as an open curriculum and participates actively in the implementation of innovative educational strategies, based on experimental or integrative approaches to interdisciplinary research and development. An active member of the consortium of open innovation, explains Professor Peter Hackbert Berea College, that he excited a first course titled "applied sustainability: development of the entrepreneurial ecosystem" start this summer.

The development of an ecosystem open is about solar innovation already underway. This strategy allows partner companies proprietary thresholds to optimise internal returns and competitiveness to identify and identify external or shared innovation opportunities. The iLab-partner, the solar gardens Institute, believes that this innovation strategy provides an ideal setting, for the assessment of new business models.

Managing Director of the Institute garden solar on the joy Hughes, declared that it "their own shared renewable projects develop interest in local community groups to see. In addition, these communities of people, can the already projects - the ' solar gardener "completed have to learn." Hughes said, pointedly if "Tools such as software, business structures, and financial models in an open-source manner between groups, this inevitably can be shared to accelerate the development process."

Professor Hans Shaffer, a member of the iLab development team and a global expert in living Labs, underlined the importance of integrating solar development tools within a central IT platform. "The long-term sustainability of any open innovation strategy is very dependent on created on the quality of relations and effective use of mechanisms to ensure that the relational stability of these relationships in the course of time." Fortunately, the iLab team is one of the leading solar platform development, working with us is for us. "

CEO of geo adjuster, the nation forward and largest solar energy marketplace, David Levine put his enthusiasm for being a part of, what he "next generation" referred to as solar development strategy and regional transition. "The concept of a laboratory for clean-tech life in an environment traditionally used for fossil fuels is exciting." In some cases many residents in the territories are not aware of their dilemma and often that defend practices very, the most destructive to their well-being. It will be interesting to see if we can break this cycle and the kickstart is a culture of innovation, abundance and boost."

In a recent article in home power magazine, Kelly Davidson offers a clear statement that illuminates the transition strategy of the iLab. Companies that are commissioned in this proactive strategy "with the challenge of preparing Williamson for life. after the coal Production slowed in the region, and mining are increasingly automated and less labour intensive, need Williamson and coal to survive communities of new sources of income and new jobs. "

Based on what is commonly known in evolutionary circles, said West Virginia native and global expert for solar development, Murphy Poindexter, that "barriers breed innovation and power is an invaluable asset for this reason West Virginia's low-cost." He continued to openly stating that "solar makes no sense in our State now through this barrier and open innovation, maybe that is the only way to resolve this issue."

This novel approach for solar development can a new precedent for clean-tech innovation nationwide. In collaboration with the Mingo County redevelopment authority, sustainable Williamson expands currently this open innovation strategy on a comprehensive assessment of the integrated energy includes: control and response, memory, large amounts of data and a number of clean-tech - production facilities for the residential, commercial and utility-scale sectors require.

Simply, the evolution of communication has begun.

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Renewable Energy Optimization in the Heart of Coal Country

As part of its non-profit IndieGoGo campaign, Sustainable Williamson created a series of videos that depict a wide array of renewable energy projects that are either successfully deployed in the coalfields or are in the queue for deployment in the near future. It hopes that these projects will provide a working framework for “energy optimization” in the region — transitioning communities from an aging, tired fossil fuel economy to a rejuvinating renewable energy mix without picking winners or losers. This campaign focuses on creating a healthy combination of energies, both fossil and renewbale, that truly establishes an "all of the above" strategy.

Project highlights include:

The Smart-Office acts as the central node that will eventually become a pilot “micro-grid” or virtual power plant (VPP) by integrating a variety of technologies in a manner that allows our team to assess various energy optimization scenarios with the end goal of both net-zero design as well as assessing the relationship between both demand-control and demand-response technologies. With this effort, Sustainable Williamson hopes to identify synergies with West Virginia’s innovative “Super Circuit” project as they are utilizing similar resources on a smaller-scale.Integrated Energy Parks™ seek to synergistically scale-up a variety of energy resources which include natural gas, coal, solar and biomass. The IEP concept was recently discussed in Sustainable Williamson’s blog by Patriot Bioenergy’s CEO entitled “The Future Requires Integration of Energy Production and Processing.” Roger Ford describes how IEP’s point toward a concrete “All the Above” energy strategy that, if adopted, will position America as a global leader in energy research and development.Scaling up an innovative pyrolysis biomass technology developed by West Virginia’s very own Mid-Atlantic Technology, Research and Innovation Center (MATRIC). To date, laboratory research at Virginia Tech is moving forward with some field studies that will take place throughout 2013 based upon the successful lab trials. If viable, this approach will contribute to the Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative in scaling their proven Forest Reclamation Approach (FRA).
In the heart of coal country, many brilliant entrepreneurs are presently laying the framework for a new paradigm in energy development for the coalfields and perhaps the nation. Sustainable Williamson hopes to de-politicize energy and position America as a global leader in developing an energy strategy and policy that is rooted in what it does best: innovation.

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City, the country now of drilling machines stored wants oil

WHITTIER, California (AP) - Whittier city officials who has Bob Henderson account for three decades by his own spent, help save vast expanses of this hilly area from further drilling of oil companies. As head of the conservation authority was his responsibility is to protect the country.

But now, with oil hovering around $100 a barrel, the same man who led the 1.290 acre Whittier wilderness preserve to save the fee it interested drilling. Proponents believe that Whittier could get about $ 177 million a year in oil revenues, by new technology, they say, is the large hills of Whittier interfere with only 7 hectares. The proposal has bitterly divided this suburb of Los Angeles, which was founded by Quakers in the late 19th century, a religion with a strong commitment to environmental protection.

Henderson, who think continue to itself as a conservationist, said that he surprised, to find more in the direction of drilling.

"It is not that I have decided to destroy the preserve,", he said. "What I faith strong is having open and help on the Habitat and the city." This has the potential millions of dollars for the conservation efforts and ensure that the fencing is viable over the long term contribute.

Drilling opponents see not their former hero or his current argument in such nuanced light. You do to ensure that once drilling in a spot is allowed future City Council members elsewhere fencing could agree on that.

"" One can say one minute I want to save these hills, and then click it, drilling ' "Paula Castenon said watch resident with Whittier Hills oil."He is definitely on his word go back. "The whole point in obtaining the mineral rights too, that country and to prevent olive oil in the future."

The pool of Los Angeles has more oil per square foot than almost anywhere in the world. It is hidden behind an office building Street and undercover in a painted Tower in Beverly Hills high school drilling facade on a major city.

If the project approval gets county in the coming months some could however make a precedent beyond the Whittier Grenzen--thousands of acres of open space as other funds Southern California endanger communities search are set for money in tough economic times.

"Certainly the County would approve this it would be much pressure on the County, if other cities want to run same thing Park, can be restored", said Sean Hecht, the Managing Director of environmental law Center at the University of California, Los Angeles. "It opens the door to more people for questions."

Whittier received to buy oil companies an estimated $16.3 million dollars in 1992 to the properties and oil rights of Chevron and Unocal that on the site for decades drilling been, Henderson said. Once healed has since was allowed again and now the only signs of the last holes are the occasional metal pole, marking an ancient well in an otherwise green area of grassy hills, Sage and oak.

The money was part of the estimated $859 million in State bond money, beaches, parks, and Wildlife Habitat to improve. The funds have bought more than 21,000 hectares mainly open space in cities and towns throughout Southern California.

But in the early 2000s, Whittier city began to examine what was below the country officials and Santa Barbara finally approached based matrix oil co., which was already in a different part of Whittier drilling.

Unanimously in 2008 the City Council, leasing features matrix for 30 years. Proponents say with advances in technology as more precisely and in a way that the environmental damage, noise and smoke, to protect the community surrounding would minimize holes in a slope instead of just down, that drilling can be done. The conditions of the lease limits the drilling on 7 hectares.

Whittier turned to the woman behind the original Park bond measure, Esther Feldman, study proposal of the drilling and lobby County for approval. Feldman, who was paid 15,000 US dollars per month, said that the proposal be violated no open spaces-proposition, and that if they the draft measure, which they a mechanism for the conversion of open space for a not Park county agreement to allow.

The tantalizing promise was safe, legal and lucrative that enough, take some longtime residents a chance to convince.

"If it is possible without hurting to do a wonderful source of revenue for Whittier, the community then it is," said Virginia ball, who has been living since 1963 in Whittier, California.

Others are stubbornly against and responded with the filing of a complaint and planting "not drilling" signs on their turf with pictures of pump jacks. The suit alleges that because the city of Whittier property using bond money purchased, it in fact an agreement to preserving space and correspond to the status of open space policy that does not allow oil exploration.

Susan was Carroll, an environmental consultant for the open space legal defense fund, which said the lawsuit against the city, County, and Feldman, it makes no sense, an important sensitive Habitat to drill.

"That the part that the Environment Agency was designed is to important enough, call core Habitat and restrict," she said. "People can go without it." "There is no public footpaths are."

For others such as Roy McKee, the drilling proposal is a very personal level. McKee was born in Whittier, three daughters grew up here and has observed, as his wife not sleep of Sorge about what, can do this for their lives.

"We are a beautiful, quiet, beautiful community, it is so blessed to have what we have," he said. "Not this as a godsend to the community, but a stroke of luck for an oil company displayed."

McKee points cracked on other Los Angeles communities such as Baldwin hills, blamed health problems, to renewed drilling houses and declining property values. He has also decided what he would do if the proposal is adopted.

"I this city will be left forever," he continued. "And never look back."

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Ernst & young releases quarterly report country attractiveness

London, UK-has global consultant group Ernst & young his latest renewable energy country attractiveness indices, recently that numerically top 30 globale renewable energy markets by arrange their investment strategies and infrastructures. The indexes are updated on a quarterly basis.

China increases, US remains stable

According to the report, remains China's top global competitors, scoring - a record high level due to his development of offshore wind energy market and aggressive five-year RFP. China has outlined a goal of 11.3% renewable energy by 2015.

Suffer despite a wind market us this quarter due largely that remains in second place on a thriving solar sector.

Developers prefer economic growth

Many countries in the top 20 are rank due to diminishing incentives and capital fell. Japan a high short-term demand for non-renewable energy resources fell three points, mainly due to its nuclear crisis led.

Although some countries have ground to a halt, many developing countries either entered or climbed the indexes in this quarter. Notable contributions are Morocco and Taiwan, both with promising solar and wind potential.

India grow its slow rise to fourth place and overtake Germany in the ranking. Brazil is also highlighted in the report jump four spots due to strong wind markets.

Solar blooming despite incentives

Solar, this quarter, 40 percent since May 2010 is growing significantly in the most flexible area. This growth is mainly due to the cost and cuts. Gil Forer, Ernst & young's global Cleantech, leader says that knowledge should take Governments. "It is important to overcome the misunderstanding that renewable energies too expensive, reduce costs through improvements in the production and supply chain is next to see how we, efficiency as well as in technology," he said.

Wind power suffered a 20 percent loss since May 2010, but the report shows a new boost for the industry.

The full report can be found in PDF format here.

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