Archive for category TES Thermal Energy Storage
STE has a start. Costs must come down.
Posted by 2011wd in Solar, Solar Companies, STE, TES Thermal Energy Storage on August 12, 2009
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=first-us-power-tower-lights-up-california
Storage must improve, back up sources must be included, however that is the plan and objective. There are not there as yet.
Cost cutting in solar. Think recycled materials
Posted by 2011wd in CPV, Green Job Training & Education, Green Jobs, Recycled Building Materials, Solar, Solar Companies, STE, TES Thermal Energy Storage on July 29, 2009
The basic green design idea is to heat water.
Others spend more money doing the same thing on a larger scale.
Then you have the light of 700 suns…
http://news.cnet.com/2300-11386_3-6126981-4.html?tag=mncol
via the Fresnel lens, something we focus on here. The trick to bring the cost down far more than the present numbers. Sad fact is most still don’t know where the lens goes. Green intergrated design is about first seeing the whole system working in harmony with the rest of the eco system.
If you don’t have permaculture at the heart of your work, your on the wrong team. Sad fact is most do not care as long as they have a paying job. That sad fact is not seen just yet. It will be when the investors take the hit. If you not cutting costs & reducing the footprint via recycled materials and integrated sustainable design it is only a matter of time before a long term price will be paid.
The objective to reduce the footprint & the cost. Most have forgotten what reducing costs means. Where are the recycled materials? Why aren’t they being used? What’s wrong with cutting costs and using recycled materials? Seems some just don’t care about the cost or about the size of the footprint as they have been given endless supplies of money.
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