In two minutes the video covers key causes and ideas for solutions.
Ignorance is a key cause!
Ignorance is a key cause!
Renewable Energy Incubator/Cluster on track in Sisters Oregon
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| The Evolution of Travel |
Growing Cluster of Renewable Energy Companies
A Public Private Partnership that Works
The airport is owned by the entrepreneur team of Benny and Julie Benson, both engineers and the founders of ENERGYneering Solutions, Inc.®.
Specialists in renewable energy from design engineering to plant operations now headquartered at the airport.
They hired Hobbs Magaret to take charge of managing the airport and to spearhead the effort to expand and resurface the runway. Working with the Oregon Department of Transportation public-private partnership program Hobbs Magaret led a successful grant application to obtain the necessary runway funding. May 2013 the expanded airstrip reopened. Now 3550 feet in length and 60 feet wide the airstrip serves a broader range of aircraft including many private and corporate jets.
With the completion of the annexation they plan to attract other businesses in the renewable energy industry to locate in the Eagle Airport region.
Sisters is long known as a hamlet of artists and thinkers, inspired by the splendor of the region. In many ways the science of sustainability is an art in and of itself. Applying he cycle of life to the cold absolutes of engineering and limitations of physics to reach the maximum efficiency and minimizing impact on our world. That's art, isn't it?
Renewable Energy
The focus on renewable energy fits well into the regions environmental culture as well, it will expand the alternative energy industry "talent" and businesses clustering in the region.
The public-private partnership concept has served this community well.
This article also ran in the Cascade Business News online view here
Distributed Generation, Article in the Economist Magazine March 8 2014
Distributed Generation, Article in the Economist Magazine March 8 2014
WHO needs the power grid when you can generate and store your own electricity cheaply and reliably? Such a world is drawing nearer: good news for consumers, but a potential shock for utility companies. That is the conclusion of a report this week by Morgan Stanley, an investment bank, which predicts that ever-cheaper solar and other renewable-energy sources, combined with better and more plentiful batteries, will allow many businesses and other electricity users to cut the cord on their electricity providers.
Wind Power ... Using wind to pump water to elevation.
Using wind power to pump water to elevation is a powerful tool for energy storage. With modern micro water turbines you can turn that energy into electricity as you distribute the water from the tank to the garden.
Micro Hydro Power Advances Leading to Increasing Practicality
OFF GRID POWER EMERGENCIES...
In preparing for extended off-grid power emergencies it is important to always focus on the fact that without your own system you and your family may be left in the dark.
Advances in Micro Hydro power provides new opportunities. Elevated water is a great way to store energy.The issue we face in using water to store energy is we must first "elevate" the water. Water must have elevation to have kinetic energy stored in it, with micro generators we convert the energy to electric power which is then used to "Trickle feed" batteries. Or if you can gain enough height in the water column, or "Head", and we install the right Pelton water wheel system you can get home use generators that produce up to 4000 watts.
That is enough to power tools such as table saws and drills. Even welders. Consider: In addition to your own needs these would be tools/jobs that can be easily bartered if you are one of the few in the community with enough power capacity. In extended emergencies of several days and more there will likely be need for wood and mettle cutting.
YOUR OWN POWER STATION
It is not as simple as flipping a wall switch but when designed correctly your system will be relatively simple to manage. Remember the alternative to a plan is that when the grid is down you have nothing.
You need at least 20 feet of water column to get any significant power generation. Therefor you have to elevate the water above the turbine by at least 20 vertical feet. Pipe friction will impact the energy capacity also causing any additional horizontal distance to increase the impact of friction and decrease your power capacity. Heres irony, storing water directly up a tree could be most effective. Hmmmm, three house and energy production .... Or a scaled down old west water tank that stands 30 - 40 feet high could provide a tremendous advantage. You're not going to be operating a wood shop all day long but you will have the ability to do much more than just charge a battery farm.
In preparing for extended off-grid power emergencies it is important to always focus on the fact that without your own system you and your family may be left in the dark.
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| Pelton water wheel turbine w/generator, below generator is pictured without the Pelton waterwheel |
Advances in Micro Hydro power provides new opportunities. Elevated water is a great way to store energy.The issue we face in using water to store energy is we must first "elevate" the water. Water must have elevation to have kinetic energy stored in it, with micro generators we convert the energy to electric power which is then used to "Trickle feed" batteries. Or if you can gain enough height in the water column, or "Head", and we install the right Pelton water wheel system you can get home use generators that produce up to 4000 watts.
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| I found this system available on e-bay for under 250 dollars |
Micro Home Power Water PMA Generator and Pelton Wheel 1000-3000 Watts, 12-36 VDC
That is enough to power tools such as table saws and drills. Even welders. Consider: In addition to your own needs these would be tools/jobs that can be easily bartered if you are one of the few in the community with enough power capacity. In extended emergencies of several days and more there will likely be need for wood and mettle cutting.
YOUR OWN POWER STATION
It is not as simple as flipping a wall switch but when designed correctly your system will be relatively simple to manage. Remember the alternative to a plan is that when the grid is down you have nothing.
You need at least 20 feet of water column to get any significant power generation. Therefor you have to elevate the water above the turbine by at least 20 vertical feet. Pipe friction will impact the energy capacity also causing any additional horizontal distance to increase the impact of friction and decrease your power capacity. Heres irony, storing water directly up a tree could be most effective. Hmmmm, three house and energy production .... Or a scaled down old west water tank that stands 30 - 40 feet high could provide a tremendous advantage. You're not going to be operating a wood shop all day long but you will have the ability to do much more than just charge a battery farm.
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| Water tower and windmill water pump system |
Advances Leading to Increasing Practicality have many landowners with water rights finding micro hydro power to be very cost competitive in every day use, in fact many are selling excess power into the grid. Here however I have focused primarily on the perspective of emergency power needs.
RE-purposed Wood Deck now Moves Water to the Garden
Using designs from our past, the flume, I create fountains and water conservation systems.
- Recirculating pumps for waterfall fountains
- Directing rooftop rainwater to far away gardens
- Water for light energy production and family/community farm irrigation
The elegance of redwood repurposed from a 40 year old Tahoe area deck
Water Towers and Power Generation in Landscape Art
I found these Castle Tree houses and a water tower converted to apartment building on line. Pintrist is a great culling tool. People have aggregated great pictorial showcases on many interests.
It struck me that these designs could also be used as "power generating" water towers as well. Windmill replicas pump the water to height and the electric power is generated by a Pelton water turbine systems. Systems can produce 15 amps others are better suited to power LED lights or "trickle charge" deep cell battery farms to support power tools and security systems.
We're working with the Canadian based cedar barrel maker Forest Lumber and Cooperage.
Using both cedar and other woods we are designing a landscape features with a range functional uses including electric power generation in remote locations and for backup power in emergencies.
One of these will be hangin' in a tree soon... with rope bridge access... can you see that in your landscape? Something else along those lines perhaps. Give us a call, we'll help design your setting and work with the right engineers to confirm its strength and then your general contractor to build your dream ...
We also work with several wind mill manufactures including American Eagle. They specialize in pond aeration windmills used to increase fish size in ponds and lakes. Powerful stuff!
Chuck Connell
Heritage Designes and Landscape Art
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