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Renewables Become Mobile: Redeployable Solar-Wind-Diesel Plus Storage Solutions For Mining Exploration

Tue, 01 Nov 2016 05:00:00 +0000

Mining or mineral exploration is the mining process of finding ores. Due to the remote locations, power generation for mineral exploration camps is particularly expensive. Typically, power is generated by gensets, and the diesel fuel needs to be transported over long distances by truck or sometimes even by helicopter.

Renewables Become Mobile: Redeployable Solar-Wind-Diesel Plus Storage Solutions For Mining Exploration

Tue, 01 Nov 2016 05:00:00 +0000

Not Just Illegal, Targeting Solar Facilities With Fees is Poor Policy

Wed, 21 Sep 2016 05:00:00 +0000

Should utilities be able to add special fees on customers that have solar or small wind installations?

Freeing Electric Cooperatives from Fossil Fuel Serfdom? – Episode 33 of Local Energy Rules Podcast

Mon, 12 Sep 2016 05:00:00 +0000

Electric cooperatives arose from New Deal legislation that provided government-backed low-interest loans to bring electricity to rural areas that for-profit companies wouldn’t serve in the 1930s. They were engines of the rural economy.

Top 5 Hybrid Energy News (Solar- and Wind-Diesel-Hybrid + Microgrids) – Jul/Aug 2016

Fri, 09 Sep 2016 05:00:00 +0000

The Jul/Aug edition of our “Top 5 Hybrid Energy News” features CleanSpark, Webcor, Sungevity, SADAFCO, National Solar Systems, First Solar, Aquion Energy, SolarAfrica, Minnesota National Guard, Minnesota Power, Senvion and EDL. It is interesting to see that microgrids enter new market niches such as a golf course, the military, the food industry. Increasing the renewable energy penetration by combining different sources such as wind and solar or adding storage is a continuing trend.

Top 5 Hybrid Energy News (Solar- and Wind-Diesel-Hybrid + Microgrids) – Jul/Aug 2016

Fri, 09 Sep 2016 05:00:00 +0000

Video: John Farrell’s Keynote Presentation – Salt Spring Community Energy Conference

Wed, 07 Sep 2016 05:00:00 +0000

I was the keynote speaker for the Salt Spring Community Energy Group’s 2016 Conference in British Columbia, Canada on Saturday, April 23rd. Following the keynote presentation there were over a dozen different workshops on new energy methods and technologies that can be implemented by homeowners and businesses.

Hotels and Resorts are Pioneers for New Renewable Energy and Storage Technologies

Wed, 24 Aug 2016 05:00:00 +0000

The paradigm of power generation is changing, and an increasing number of decentralized small-scale cleantech solutions are evolving. For technology providers, the first reference projects are extremely important milestones of the market-entry process.

Hotels and Resorts are Pioneers for New Renewable Energy and Storage Technologies

Wed, 24 Aug 2016 05:00:00 +0000

IREC Team’s Work as Critical as Ever

Tue, 19 Jul 2016 05:00:00 +0000

As you read this, I am in my first month as the new president and CEO of IREC. Wow! What a privilege and honor it is to lead this great organization as we continue to work for a clean energy future.