Little Victories

Got an e-mail yesterday from a parent who told me that the wind energy information I provided to his daughter was of some help in her recent science fair project.  She ended up with a third place in "Energy" category of the Junior Division.  She also received a special award from the American Meteorological Society and was asked to provide a special presentation of her project next month at a large public venue.  Now that the nice weather has hit, more or less, I might just venture out to see that presentation. 

Little Victories

Got an e-mail yesterday from a parent who told me that the wind energy information I provided to his daughter was of some help in her recent science fair project.  She ended up with a third place in "Energy" category of the Junior Division.  She also received a special award from the American Meteorological Society and was asked to provide a special presentation of her project next month at a large public venue.  Now that the nice weather has hit, more or less, I might just venture out to see that presentation. 

Looking for a Few Good Men?

I like the heroic theme... :)

Looking for a Few Good Men?

I like the heroic theme... :)

How it Might All Work Together

Greenpeace's Flash Model for a Climate-Friendly Town in the UK - Efficiencity

The Kombikraftwerk (Combined Power Plant) Flash Presentation of 100% Renewables in Action. Press "Animation Starten".

The instantaneous electrical energy use is the red line. Energy above the red line means either export or storage. Below the red line is the consumption and energy sources.

Yellow - Solar, Light Blue - Wind, Green - Biogas, Dark Blue - Pumped Hydro Storage, Purple - Export/Import.

You can see that it's not quite 100% renewable all the time as a few small patches of purple show up occasionally below the red demand line. The graph at the bottom of the frame is the storage state of the biogas and pumped storage plants. The reason for the purple imported supply, in spite of there still being energy in biogas storage, is because of a limited generation capacity. Once biogas output peaks and flattens out, the imports come in. That could be remedied by additional biogas generators as there's still energy to burn.

How it Might All Work Together

Greenpeace's Flash Model for a Climate-Friendly Town in the UK - Efficiencity

The Kombikraftwerk (Combined Power Plant) Flash Presentation of 100% Renewables in Action. Press "Animation Starten".

The instantaneous electrical energy use is the red line. Energy above the red line means either export or storage. Below the red line is the consumption and energy sources.

Yellow - Solar, Light Blue - Wind, Green - Biogas, Dark Blue - Pumped Hydro Storage, Purple - Export/Import.

You can see that it's not quite 100% renewable all the time as a few small patches of purple show up occasionally below the red demand line. The graph at the bottom of the frame is the storage state of the biogas and pumped storage plants. The reason for the purple imported supply, in spite of there still being energy in biogas storage, is because of a limited generation capacity. Once biogas output peaks and flattens out, the imports come in. That could be remedied by additional biogas generators as there's still energy to burn.