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Author Archives: Kevin Wilcox
How to do a Solar Survey
PVWatts is a good tool that uses average sunshine data to predict solar collector efficiency, but there’s another important factor to the equation: shading. Once you determine the shading factor, the PVWatts data can be multiplied by the sun percentage … Continue reading
Solar project progress: Surveys and Rebates
There are a number of tools out there to help plan a PV installation. One of the most useful is the PVWATTS solar energy calculator. PVWATTS uses nationally compiled solar survey data to estimate location specific energy production based on array efficiency, panel … Continue reading
We’re going Green!
These days, prices on Solar power panels have been dropping like stones while the technology to use them as well as the connection/mounting standards to install them have been advancing at “Warp Factor Nine”. Of course, these rapid advancements … Continue reading
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Using Sunlight to increase the energy output.
This bridge technology can increase the fuel efficiency of NG fueled power plants by 20% on a sunny day! Source: txchnologist.com Publication date: April 12th 2013 By Michael Keller Scientists Inject Sunlight Into Natural Gas For Bigger Bang Government researchers have … Continue reading
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Another Capacitive battery hurdle crossed!
I uncovered this while browsing the web earlier today. I’ve always felt that capacitive batteries will become the ultimate energy storage device. Now, they can be mass produced. Source: UCLA Newsroom Publication date: February 19th 2013 By David Malasarn Kaner and … Continue reading
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Tiny Efficient Fuel-Burning Generators Could Replace Conventional Batteries
Here’s an interesting article I found while surfing the web this morning. Batteries as we know them might be changing soon to power our ever more hungry personal devices…. Source: txchnologist.com Publication date: February 26th 2013 By Charles Q. Choi … Continue reading
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Halogen equivalent MR16 Tracklight LEDs have arrived!
Lighting Science Group has done it again, this time with a 12v MR16 tracklight replacement that’s a match for any halogen bulb. The best thing about these lights is that they only use 8w as compared to their 50w halogen counterparts. … Continue reading
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New Nanotech Batteries Might Get Wind and Solar on the Grid
Here’s an article I found while randomly surfing today. One of the biggest hurdles to the wide adoption of renewable energy sources is their intermittent availability. A way to store that energy then meter it out in a measured, continuous … Continue reading
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Scenes from an election rally
The family went to the President’s rally in Milwaukee yesterday. My daughter Erika who is ten and my eight year old son Alex were both excited to go and see our President talk. I think its important for children to … Continue reading
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Promises
Another metric used to determine a President’s right to a second term is the analysis of campaign promises made vs. campaign promises kept. This is a difficult metric to gauge since many factors affect one’s ability to deliver on promises. Remember … Continue reading
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